The fourth volume of the Oxford History of the Ancient Near East covers the period from the end of the second to the middle of the first millennium BC, ca. 1100-600 BC, corresponding with Egypt's ""Third Intermediate Period"". Fifteen chapters present the history of the Near East during ""The Age of Assyria,"" from the formative period of the Assyrian Empire to this influential state's disintegration.
Texts: Old Assyrian (Hertel), Middle Assyrian (Llop-Raduà ), Neo-Assyrian (Radner), N. Babylonian (George), Ugaritic (van Soldt).
Assyriens Könige an einer der Quellen des Tigris: archäologische Forschungen im Höhlensystem von Birkleyn und am sogenannten Tigris-Tunnel
Sculptures from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh (668-627 B.C.)
A fascinating glimpse into ancient Assyrian culture, history, and art explored through one of its most famous rulers, King Ashurbanipal.
Minuscule writing used the writing material far more economically and thereby soon became the regular script for producing books (Wilson 1996, 66). Most works belonging to the curriculumweretranscribed and survived (at least fora while) ...
Inthealluvial plain no stone was procurable; clay, on the other hand, was everywhere. All buildings, accordingly, were constructedof clay bricks, bakedinthe sun, andbonded together with cement ofthe same material; their roofswere of ...
Treasures of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH. Bachelot, L. 1991. “La fonction politique des reliefs néo- assyriens.” In Marchands diplomates et empereurs: Études sur la civilisation mésopotamienne offertes à Paul ...
Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society
This book is a comprehensive analysis of the image of "enemy" in Assyrian state ideology, based on royal titles attested in Assyrian documents from Old Assyrian through Neo-Assyrian times, the narratives of Assyrian royal inscriptions, and ...
In part 3 of this book, you will: Get a sense of how Ur came to existence, how it grew, reached its zenith, fell, re-rose, and ultimately perished until it reemerged a little over a century and a half ago Learn of its history, laden with ...