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Classic Study of the Ziggurat at Ur
Woolley, Leonard. THE ZIGGURAT AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. New York, 1939. Large 4to, original russet cloth and printed boards. Frontispiece, xiv, 150 pages; 88 plates, many of them folding. Previous owner's stamp on flyleaf; corner bumps; near fine. Based on Sir Leonard Woolley's 12 seasons spent excavating at Tell el-Muqayyar, the site of the ancient city of Ur. Publications of the Joint Expedition of the British Museum and of the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia to Mesopotamia. Ur Excavations Volume V.
Woolley, Leonard. THE ZIGGURAT AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. New York, 1939. Large 4to, original russet cloth and printed boards. Frontispiece, xiv, 150 pages; 88 plates, many of them folding. Previous owner's stamp on flyleaf; corner bumps; near fine. Based on Sir Leonard Woolley's 12 seasons spent excavating at Tell el-Muqayyar, the site of the ancient city of Ur. Publications of the Joint Expedition of the British Museum and of the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia to Mesopotamia. Ur Excavations Volume V.