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The evidence for early writing: utilitarian or ceremonial
- N. Postgate, T. Wang, T. Wilkinson
- History
- 1 September 1995
A comparison of the evidence for the earliest scripts in different parts of the world suggests that an apparent preponderance of ceremonial; and symbolic usage should not be interpreted too… Expand
Bronze Age Bureaucracy: Writing and the Practice of Government in Assyria
- N. Postgate
- Geography
- 13 January 2014
1. Introduction 2. The land of Assur in the late Bronze Age 3. Writing in Assyria: the scribes and their output 4. Archives at Assur 5. Archives in the provinces 6. The government of Assyria and its… Expand
How Many Sumerians per Hectare? — Probing the Anatomy of an Early City
- N. Postgate
- Geography
- 1 April 1994
Excavations at the Early Dynastic site of Abu Salabikh in southern Iraq have aimed at recovering a rounded view of early urban life. One of the questions regularly and rightly asked about our results… Expand
A Luwian Shrine? The Stele Building at Kilise Tepe
- N. Postgate, Adam Stone
- Engineering
- 2013
This chapter describes the IIa/b and IIc phases of the Stele Building as a "shrine", and treats these symbolic features as attributes of a Luwian religious structure. The central space, called Room… Expand
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