L'espace domestique en Mesopotamie de la IIIe dynastie d'Ur a l'epoque paleo-babylonienne

by Laura Battini-Villard

The study aims to form a better understanding of Old-Babylonian houses, both as a building and as a socio-economic and anthropological space. A sample of 131 houses are analysed for their different construction types and, more importantly, thier different proxemics. The different types, some with central courtyards and/or central halls, others without, may have reflected the different status, size or function of these houses, or the nature of the family group occupying those spaces.

580 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1999