PART II: SUMERIAN SOCIETY:
THE MATERIAL REMAINS 129
7 Patterns of settlement in Sumer and Akkad 131
Jason Ur
8 The organisation of a Sumerian town: the physical remains of ancient
social systems 156
Elizabeth C. Stone
9 Public buildings, palaces and temples 179
Marlies Heinz
10 Kings and queens: representation and reality 201
Claudia E. Suter
11 The Sumerian sacred marriage: texts and images 227
Kathleen McCaffrey
12 In the service of the gods: the ministering clergy 246
Joan Goodnick Westenholz
PART III: SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT 275
13 Democracy and the rule of law, the assembly and the first law code 277
Marc Van De Mieroop
14 Administrators and scholars: the first scribes 290
Jon Taylor
15 Calendars and counting 305
Tonia Sharlach
16 Seals and sealings in the Sumerian World 319
Holly Pittman
PART IV: LIFE AND DEATH 343
17 Everyday life in Sumer 345
Paul Collins
18 Women and agency: a survey from Late Uruk to the end of Ur III 359
Julia M. Asher-Greve
19 A note on Sumerian fashion 378
Lamia al Gailani Werr
20 Sumerian and Akkadian industries: crafting textiles 395
Rita P. Wright
–– Contents ––
vi