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KASSITE HOUSING AT UR: THE DATES OF THE EM, YC, XNCF, AH AND KPS HOUSES

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Tim Clayden
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A study of the excavated structures at Ur which Woolley identified as domestic and possibly Kassite (or later) in date. Through an examination of the objects excavated in the structures and associated graves (principally pottery, glass and faience vessels, scaraboids and tablets) the housing in area EM is dated to roughly the 13th century b.c. while the remains in areas XNCF, AH, YC and KPS are dated to the 8th/7th centuries b.c. The review also presents a summary history of Ur from the mid third millennium b.c. to the neo-Babylonian period highlighting the periods of royal patronage at the city.

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IRAQ , Volume 76 , December 2014 , pp. 19 - 64
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I am grateful to the Trustees of the British Museum, who in 1984 and 2009 gave me access to the pottery and excavation records from Woolley's excavations at Ur. I am equally grateful to Dr James Armstrong, who gave me access to his forthcoming article on Kassite pottery and provided extensive comments on the pottery from Ur; Professors Michael Roaf and Richard Zettler, who commented in detail on drafts of this paper; and to Katja Sternitzke for her comments on the graves. All errors of fact and judgement remain mine.

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