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Robert D. Biggs

Author of Discoveries from Kurdish looms

9+ Works 26 Members

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Works by Robert D. Biggs

Discoveries from Kurdish looms (1983) 6 copies

Inscriptions from Al-Hiba-Lagash : the first and second seasons (1976) 5 copies

The Organization of Power: Aspects of Bureaucracy in the Ancient Near East (1987) 5 copies

Inscriptions from Tell Abū Ṣalābīkh (1974) 3 copies

Šà.zi.ga, ancient Mesopotamian potency incantations 2 copies

Proceedings of the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, July 18-22, 2005 (2008) 2 copies

Studies presented to A. Leo Oppenheim June 7, 1964 1 copy

Šà.zi.ga, ancient Mesopotamian potency incantations 1 copy

Proverbs [Akkadian] Ancient Near Eastern Texts (ANET), p. 425, 593 1 copy

Associated Works

Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (1950) — Contributor — 367 copies, 1 review

The Birth of Writing (1974) — Introduction, some editions — 132 copies, 1 review

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*Catalog project (Ancient. Middle & Far East. Ethnograpic/tribal/folk) (1) /Kurdistan - Iraq - weavings/ (2) /Kurds - Iran - Rugs/ (3) /Textiles - Kurds/ (1) /Turkey - Kurds - weavings/ (1) Akkadian sources (1) Bibliotheca Mesopotamica (2) Chicago Oriental Rug and Textile Society (CORTS) - Chicago (1) Chicago Rug Society see Chicago Oriental Rug and Textile Society (CORTS) - Chicago (1) duplicate (1) Ex Libris Glenn R. Magid (2) history-anthropology (1) Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art. Northwestern University - Evanston (Illinois) (1) Northwestern University. Mary and Leigh Block Gallery see Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art. Northwestern University - Evanston (Illinois). (1) Oriental Institute Publications (1) Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization (2) Texts from Cuneiform Sources (1) water (1)

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Birthdate: 1934-06-13
Gender: male
Education: Johns Hopkins University
Occupations: Assyriologist
Organizations: University of Chicago
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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Works: 9
Also by: 2
Members: 26
Popularity: #495,360
Rating: 4.2

ISBNs: 8

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