{"product_id":"9780951942093","title":"Excavations at Tell Brak 2: Nagar in the Third Millennium BC","description":"\u003cp\u003eTell Brak, ancient Nagar, was one of the most important cities in northern Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC and a focus of long-distance trade. It was also, for about a century, a provincial capital of the Akkadian Empire founded by Sargon of Agade. This is the second of four volumes on the 1976-93 excavations at Tell Brak. The construction level of Naram-Sin's Palace, discovered by Mallowan in the 1930s, has been used as a point of chronological reference to provide the first well-dated corpus of archaeological material in northern Mesopotamia belonging to the second half of the third millennium. The major Akkadian buildings at Tell Brak are the first well-preserved examples to be discovered at any site, and include a great ceremonial complex and a unique caravanserai that housed the donkey caravans bringing metals from Anatolia. During the ritual closure of these buildings beautiful silver jewellery was deposited, along with numerous copper\/bronze tools and the skeletons of some of the caravan donkeys. Specialist reports provide detailed historical, geomorphological, ceramic, faunal, botanical, microstratigraphic and other data.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013279596784,"sku":"9780951942093","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780951942093_p0.jpg?v=1763859633","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780951942093","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}