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Excavations at Abu Salabikh, 1981

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

J. N. Postgate  and
J. A. Moon
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This report really covers the work of two seasons, because that planned for autumn 1980 had to be deferred until March 1981, and this was followed in the autumn of the same year by a rather curtailed spell at the site in October and November. A special vote of thanks is due this year to the State Organization for Antiquities and Heritage under its President, Dr. Muayad Sa'id Damerji, for enabling us to carry on our work despite difficult circumstances. We received the readiest co-operation from the Director-General for the Southern Region, Dr. Abd-as-Sittar al-Azzawi, and we shall remember with gratitude the very real help and friendliness afforded us by Sd. Abd-as-Salam Sim'an and Sd. Abd-ar-Rahman Muhammad Ali as Representatives of the Organization, and by Sd. Muhammad Yahya and his staff at the Diwaniyah Inspectorate. As in former years we are indebted to four institutions for their generous support with funds: The British Academy, The British Museum, The National Geographic Society, Washington D.C., and the Royal Ontario Museum. We thank them again for both the visible financial backing and the moral encouragement implicit therein. For their warm hospitality on several occasions we are also most grateful to the French and British engineers of Dragage (at Shomeli) and GKN (at Diwaniyah), who also gave us material assistance of crucial importance by allowing us to draw fresh water for the camp.

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IRAQ , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , Autumn 1982 , pp. 103 - 136
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Copyright © The British Institute for the Study of Iraq 1982

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