Sumerian and akkadian industries: Crafting textiles

The Sumerian World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 395-418

  Wright, Rita P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203096604-32     Document Type: Chapter

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