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27. 4 Plan of City II


28. 5 Reconstruction of Mari


29. 6 The Man of Mari


30. 7 Plan of City III


31. 8 Reconstruction and plan of the palace of Zimri-Lim


32. 9 The goddess with the flowing vase


33. 1 The northeast rampart of Old Syrian Ebla


34. 2 The Temple of the Rock in Area HH


35. 3 Plan of the Red Temple in Area D on the Acropolis


36. 4 Plan of the Temple of the Rock in Area HH


37. 5 General plan of the Royal Palace G


38. 6 Blocks of raw lapis lazuli from the Administrative Quarter in the
    Royal Palace G


39. 7 Steatite and lapis lazuli hair-dresses from the storeroom L. 2982


40. 8 Reconstruction of the maliktum’s standard, from the Royal Palace G


41. 9 Fragments of shell inlays from Building P 4 in the Lower Town north


42. 10 Fragment of painted plaster decoration from the Hall of Painted
    Plasters (Chapel FF 2 )


43. 11 Reconstruction of a cylinder seal impression on clay bullae, from the
    Royal Palace G


44. 12 Fragment of a wooden piece of furniture, from the Royal Palace G


45. 13 Fragment of a carved limestone plaque, from the Royal
    Palace G


46. 14 Fragment of a carved and inlaid wooden chair from the Royal Palace G


47. 1 Map showing geographical areas discussed in the text


48. 2 Late Uruk or Jamdat Nasr cylinder seal found near Abu Dhabi, UAE


49. 3 Map of the Gulf showing sites of the Uruk to ED II periods


50. 4 Previously unpublished pottery of Jamdat Nasr to ED II date found
    in the Gulf


51. 5 Site HD- 6 , Ras al-Hadd, Oman


52. 6 Detail of Building 5 at HD- 6 , showing Mesopotamian-style tripartite
    architecture


53. 1 Map of the regions discussed in the text


54. 2 A hoard of copper bun ingots


55. 3 Some classic indicators of the Harappan Civilization


56. 4 Map showing the various “domains” of the Harappan Civilization


57. 5 Two Jemdet Nasr/Early Dynastic I-style rim sherds from Matariya


58. 6 Examples of Harappan-style sherds from Bat in northern Oman


59. 7 Harappan-related material from one compound at R’as al-Jinz in
    eastern Oman


60. 8 Examples of third millennium Southeastern Iranian pottery


61. 1 Portion of the painted wall of Naqada IIC tomb 100 at Heirakonpolis


62. 2 Decorated pottery vessel from Predynastic Egypt, Naqada II, with
    triangular lug handles


63. 3 First Dynasty niched mastabaat Saqqara

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