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Nineveh
. Ed(S): Collon, Dominique; George, A.
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paperback. The XLIXe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale convened in London to celebrate the British Museum's quarter millennium. Nineveh, the last great imperial capital of the Assyrian Empire, was a topic well suited to the occasion. On the museum's behalf excavations were conducted at the site intermittently for more than 80 years, from 1847 to 1932. Editor(s): Collon, Dominique; George, A. Num Pages: 427 pages. BIC Classification: HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 195 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1624.
The XLIXe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale convened in London to celebrate the British Museum's quarter millennium. Nineveh, the last great imperial capital of the Assyrian Empire, was a topic well suited to the occasion. On the museum's behalf excavations were conducted at the site intermittently for more than 80 years, from 1847 to 1932. The attractive bas-reliefs that adorned the palaces of Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal have become some of the museum's most familiar exhibits. The vast numbers of clay tablets sent back from Nineveh by Austen Henry Layard and his successors are ... Read more
The XLIXe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale convened in London to celebrate the British Museum's quarter millennium. Nineveh, the last great imperial capital of the Assyrian Empire, was a topic well suited to the occasion. On the museum's behalf excavations were conducted at the site intermittently for more than 80 years, from 1847 to 1932. The attractive bas-reliefs that adorned the palaces of Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal have become some of the museum's most familiar exhibits. The vast numbers of clay tablets sent back from Nineveh by Austen Henry Layard and his successors are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The British School of Archaeology in Iraq United Kingdom
Language
German
Number of pages
427
Condition
New
Number of Pages
427
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780903472180
SKU
V9780903472180
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About . Ed(S): Collon, Dominique; George, A.
Dominique Collon obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Western Asiatic Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology in London. In 1968 she was invited by Edith Porada to study at Columbia University in New York for an MA (1969) and Phd (1971), the latter on The Seal Impressions from Tell Atchana/Alalakh (1975). In 1983 she became a full-time curator at the British ... Read more
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