Steingebaude (White Temple, Anu), 76
Steinkeller, P., 27 , 29 n, 62 , 63 , 270 n, 402 , 571 , 572 ,
573
Stele of the Vultures, 234 , 235 , 241 , 383 , 385 , 386 ;
graves, 424 – 5
Stevenson, A., 620 – 36
Stone, E., 29 n, 156 – 74
Stone Cone Mosaic Temple, Eanna, 77 , 181
stratigraphy, 112 , 116 ; Mari, 522 , 525 , 528 – 9
Strommenger, E., 222 n
Subartu (term for north), 463 , 472 – 3 ; see also
north Mesopotamia, third millennium
subject–object–verb languages, 96
subsistence, Western Syria and Middle Euphrates
Valley, 478 – 80
Sumer: clergy of, 246 ; everyday life seeeveryday
life, Sumer; hydraulic landscapes and irrigation
systems, 33 – 51 ; land management, and
agriculture (Ur III period), 55 – 65 ; later cities,
169 – 73 ; north of, third millennium, 462 – 3 ;
relationship with Subartu, 472 – 3 ; settlement
patterns seesettlement patterns (Sumer and
Akkad), 131 – 52 ; in texts, 569 – 71 ; Uruk seeUruk
(ancient city of Sumer)
Sumerian Empire seeThird Dynasty of Ur (Ur
III) ( 2112 – 2004 BC)
Sumerian King list (SKL), 113 , 116 – 20 , 141 , 285 – 6 ,
301
Sumerian Mythology(Kramer), 435
“Sumerian Problem/Question,” 111
“Sumerian Renaissance,” 197 , 300 – 2 ; Neo-Sumerian
Renaissance, 337 ; Ur as centre of, 192 – 6
Sumerians: as “black-headed people,” 111 ; and
Gulf, 579 – 99 ; origins, 111 – 12
Sumerian World (c. 3000 – 2000 BC), 179 ; built
environment, 180 ; end of, 147 , 192 – 3 ; public
architecture, 197 , 198 ; seals in, 319 – 41 ; trade in,
447 – 61 ; urban representatives, 180
survey evidence, 71 , 72 – 5 ; issues and methods,
132 – 6 ; northern Mesopotamia, 464 – 5
Susa: and Iran, 453 , 454 , 455 – 6 , 457 ; “Massif
Funéraire,” 89 n; and the south, 450
Susa Acropole, 324
Susiana plain, Khuzestan, 82 , 89 n
sustenance land, 62 – 4 , 65 n
Suter, C.E., 201 – 26
SVPS (sexagesimal place value system), 316 n
Syria: lapis lazuli in, 624 ; map, 479 ; Tabqa Dam
area, 75 ; Upper Khabur basin, 84 , 88 ; Western
seeWestern Syria, cultural developments
Syrian Bottle, 507 , 508
T 29 site, Naqada (Egypt), 626
Tarut, 587 – 8
Taurus Mountains, Turkey, 79
Taylor, J., 290 – 304
technological revolution, 290 – 1
Tell Abraq, 454
Tell Abu Salabikh, 117
Tell Abu Sheeja, 162
Tell Agrab, 348
Tell Ahmar, 484
Tell al-Hiba (ancient Lagash), island, 26
Tell Asmar, 323 , 380 , 408 ; everyday life, 348 , 349 ,
351 ; physical remains, 162 , 165 , 167 , 172
Tell Banat, 484
Tell Brak, 69 , 84 , 324 , 463 , 466 , 470
Tell Halawa, 172
Tell Harmal, 173
Tell Hassuna, 463
Tell Judaideh, 483
Tell Khuera, 550
Tell Leilan, 463
Tell Mardikh, 538 , 544
Tello, 73 , 119
Tell Qannas, 84
tells, 466
Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria, 319 , 320
Tell Suleimeh, 385 , 386
Tell ‘Ubaid, 162
Tell ‘Uqair, 72 , 157 , 159 , 174 – 5 n
Telul eth-Thalathat V, 466
Temple Hymns, 301
temples: Abu Temple, Tell Asmar, 162 ; definition,
179 – 80 ; Eye Temple, 84 ; Inanna Temple,
Nippur, 162 , 163 , 291 , 366 ; Limestone Temple,
Eanna, 77 , 78 – 9 , 181 ; Mari, kingdom of, 527 ,
536 ; Nanna, 255 ; Ningal, 257 ; origins, 157 ;
Oval, 163 , 164 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 ; Red Temple,
Ebla, 540 , 541 , 542 , 543 , 550 ; Sin Temple and
Small Temple, Khafajah city, 162 – 3 , 185 , 187 ,
188 , 362 , 364 ; Stone Cone Mosaic Temple,
Eanna, 77 , 181 ; Syrian, 491 ; Tell ‘Uqair, 159 ;
Temple D, Eanna, 79 , 89 n; Temple of the
Rock, Ebla, 541 – 2 , 543 ; White Temple complex,
Anu Precinct, 76 , 78 , 89 n; see alsopalaces
Tepe Gawra, 455 – 6 , 630
Tepe Sialk, 565
Tepe Yahya, 565
Teppo, S., 227
textile industries, Sumerian and Akkadian, 222 n,
395 – 6 , 395 – 417 ; basic resources, 396 – 8 ;
clothing, 396 , 399 ; colors, 400 , 402 ;–– Index ––