This volume analyzes texts recording the administration of an ambitious construction project undertaken at Garšana by general Shu-Kabta, brother-in-law of the reigning king.
Analysis of the daily progress of work on a flourmill, brewery, kitchen, textile mill, craftsmen's shops, residences, warehouses, and the wall that enclosed it all. The information on construction tasks includes evidence on new or rarely documented techniques.
| ISBN: | 9781934309049 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2009 |
| Author: | Wolfgang Heimpel |
| Publisher: | Eisenbrauns an imprint of CDL Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 394 pages |
| Series: | Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS) |
| Genres: |
Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts |