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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
| established = 1919
| location = University of Chicago1155 E 58th Street
Chicago, Illinois | type = Archaeology; languages | website = }}
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa (ISAC), formerly known as the Oriental Institute, is the University of Chicago's interdisciplinary research center for ancient Near Eastern studies and archaeology museum. Established in 1919, it was founded for the university by Egyptology and ancient history professor James Henry Breasted with funds donated by John D. Rockefeller Jr. It conducts research on ancient civilizations throughout the Near East, including at its facility, Chicago House, in Luxor, Egypt. The institute also publicly exhibits an extensive collection of artifacts related to ancient civilizations and archaeological discoveries at its on-campus building in Hyde Park, Chicago. According to anthropologist William Parkinson of the Field Museum, the ISAC's highly focused "near Eastern, or southwest Asian and Egyptian" collection is one of the finest in the world. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1930
Inscriptions from Adab /
:
"After the first few portraits, this volume is made up of accounts ... illustrating the conduct of business in the city and temple of Adab during the third millennium B.C."--Foreword.
At head of titel page : The University of Chicago Oriental institute publications, vol. XIV.
Edited by Edward Chiera. cf. Foreword.
The numbered leaves are printed on one side only.
The texts are from the "Oriental institute collections." cf. pages 7. :
ix, 8 pages, 87 number l. ; 31 cm.