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Research paper thumbnail of Tell Hamoukar: early city in northeastern Syria

Antiquity, Sep 1, 2000

Le site syrien de Tell Hamoukar fait ici l'objet d'une etude. Edifiee sur un tertre cette... more Le site syrien de Tell Hamoukar fait ici l'objet d'une etude. Edifiee sur un tertre cette cite fortifiee a connu plusieurs phases de construction principalement durant la periode Uruk. L'analyse du materiel mis au jour (ceramique, cachets en os, argile et pierre...) indique egalement une occupation du site sous les Akkadiens et informe sur l'organisation sociale et politique de ses habitants.

Research paper thumbnail of An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other Weavings William Eagleton. New York, Interlink Books. 1988. 144 pp., 124 full-page color plates. - Kordi: Lives, Rugs, Flatweaves of the Kurds in Khorasan Wilfried Stanzer, Vienna, Adil Besim. 1988. 220 pp., 78 full-page color plates, 48 color figures in ...

Research paper thumbnail of Umm el-Jīr, a Town in Akkad

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Oct 1, 1972

JOURNAL OF Near Eastern Studies OCTOBER 1972 * VOLUME 31 - NUMBER 4 EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR UMM EL-JIR,... more JOURNAL OF Near Eastern Studies OCTOBER 1972 * VOLUME 31 - NUMBER 4 EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR UMM EL-JIR, A TOWN IN AKKAD* MCGUIRE GIBSON, University of Chicago ... 15 Private communication from MA Mustafa. Page 3. UMM EL-JIR, A TowN IN AKKAD 239 ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Organization of Power: Aspects of Bureaucracy in the Ancient near East

American Journal of Archaeology, Apr 1, 1989

Research paper thumbnail of Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade. Neil Brodie , Morag M. Kersel , Christina Luke , Kathryn Walter Tubb

Journal of Anthropological Research, Jul 1, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of From the Prevention Measures to the Fact‐finding Mission

Museum International, Dec 1, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of The Early Dynastic-Akkadian transition, Part 2. The authors' response

Iraq, 1997

Dr Matthews was kind enough to show us a draft of the preceding article before publication so tha... more Dr Matthews was kind enough to show us a draft of the preceding article before publication so that we could reply, for which we thank him. Our original article was intended as a review of the problem of the Early Dynastic to Akkadian transition and as a quick general overview of the WF excavation at Nippur, rather than the final statement on either. The point of the article was not to define the Akkadian Period but to make steps towards the identification of an assemblage of material culture (pottery, tablets, objects, and seals) found in levels which are dated to the historical Akkadian Period. That assemblage included pottery types, but we did not suggest that a single pottery type or a few types alone should be the basis for dating; nor would we prefer, as is implied by Matthews, to define a period by pottery as opposed to other objects. What the Nippur WF excavation gave us was a well-stratified sequence of artifacts; and we were careful when suggesting the level at which we might have entered the Akkadian (historical) period not to be adamant about the date of the pertinent level and to precede it with a “transitional” level (Level XVII) which might have been either Early Dynastic or Akkadian. Perhaps we should have been more cautious and extended that transitional label to cover Level XVI as well.

Research paper thumbnail of Seals and Sealing in the Ancient near East

Journal of the American Oriental Society, Jul 1, 1981

Research paper thumbnail of A Re-Evaluation of the Akkad Period in the Diyala Region on the Basis of Recent Excavations at Nippur and in the Hamrin

American Journal of Archaeology, Oct 1, 1982

... Graduate seminars in Chicago, including Richard L. Zettler, James A. Armstrong, Guillermo Alg... more ... Graduate seminars in Chicago, including Richard L. Zettler, James A. Armstrong, Guillermo Algaze,Vladimir Lekovic and Margaret Brandt, laid the foundations for this discussion. ... But compare B.Hrouda and K. Karstens, ZA 58 (1964) 255-67 and E. Whelan, JFA 5 (1978) 79-96. ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Organization of Power: Aspects of Bureaucracy in the Ancient Near East

Journal of the American Oriental Society, Jul 1, 1991

Research paper thumbnail of Symbols of Prehistoric Mesopotamia. Beatrice Laura Goff

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Oct 1, 1972

Research paper thumbnail of Sasanian Remains from Qasr-i Abu Nasr: Seals, Sealings, and Coins. Richard N. Frye

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Jul 1, 1977

Research paper thumbnail of Sasanidische Numismatik. Handbücher der Mittelasiatischen Numismatik. Vol. 1. Robert Göbl

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 1973

Research paper thumbnail of Catalogue of Ancient near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum. Vol. I. Cylinder Seals. Briggs Buchanan

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 1970

Research paper thumbnail of Tell Shimshara: The Hassuna Period. Peder Mortensen

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 1976

Research paper thumbnail of The Archaeological Uses of Cuneiform Documents: Patterns of Occupation at the City of Kish

Iraq, 1972

... Previous work by various cuneiform scholars other than Professor Gurney, such as D. Kennedy, ... more ... Previous work by various cuneiform scholars other than Professor Gurney, such as D. Kennedy, WG Lambert ... However, in the Neo-Babylonian Period, Kish was no longer said to lie on the Purattu ... that seem later than Ur Archaic but slightly earlier than Fara or Abu Salabikh texts ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Archaeology of the Yemen High Plains: A preliminary chronology

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, May 1, 1997

Research paper thumbnail of Nimrud: The Queens' Tombs

Muzahim Hussein’s 1989 discovery of tombs of Neo-Assyrian queens in the palace of Ashurnasirpal i... more Muzahim Hussein’s 1989 discovery of tombs of Neo-Assyrian queens in the palace of Ashurnasirpal in Nimrud (Kalhu/Calah) was electrifying news for archaeology. Although much is known of the Assyrian kings (8th/9th century BC), very little was known about the queens, with the exception of semi-mythical Semiramis. Now, for the first time, not only were actual remains and burial objects of Assyrian queens discovered, but also names and attempts through curses to protect the burials. Elaborate gold jewelry and other items in the tombs rivaled in quality and quantity that found in Egyptian royal tombs. A short scholarly publication of a few items, as well as limited coverage in the world’s press, gave only hints of the importance of the objects in the tombs. Planned international exhibitions of the treasures from the tombs had to be cancelled due to war and sanctions. Nimrud: A City of Golden Treasures by Hussein and Amer Suleiman (1999), published under extraordinarily difficult conditions, could not do justice to the objects. The present volume, a joint publication of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage and the Oriental Institute, is a new version of the finding of the tombs and their contents, giving much additional information derived from Hussein’s continued analyses of classes of artifacts, accompanied by numerous full color plates.

Research paper thumbnail of The Early Dynastic to Akkadian Transition: The Area WF Sounding at Nippur

Research paper thumbnail of Excavations at Nippur: Twelfth Season

Research paper thumbnail of Tell Hamoukar: early city in northeastern Syria

Antiquity, Sep 1, 2000

Le site syrien de Tell Hamoukar fait ici l'objet d'une etude. Edifiee sur un tertre cette... more Le site syrien de Tell Hamoukar fait ici l'objet d'une etude. Edifiee sur un tertre cette cite fortifiee a connu plusieurs phases de construction principalement durant la periode Uruk. L'analyse du materiel mis au jour (ceramique, cachets en os, argile et pierre...) indique egalement une occupation du site sous les Akkadiens et informe sur l'organisation sociale et politique de ses habitants.

Research paper thumbnail of An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other Weavings William Eagleton. New York, Interlink Books. 1988. 144 pp., 124 full-page color plates. - Kordi: Lives, Rugs, Flatweaves of the Kurds in Khorasan Wilfried Stanzer, Vienna, Adil Besim. 1988. 220 pp., 78 full-page color plates, 48 color figures in ...

Research paper thumbnail of Umm el-Jīr, a Town in Akkad

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Oct 1, 1972

JOURNAL OF Near Eastern Studies OCTOBER 1972 * VOLUME 31 - NUMBER 4 EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR UMM EL-JIR,... more JOURNAL OF Near Eastern Studies OCTOBER 1972 * VOLUME 31 - NUMBER 4 EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR UMM EL-JIR, A TOWN IN AKKAD* MCGUIRE GIBSON, University of Chicago ... 15 Private communication from MA Mustafa. Page 3. UMM EL-JIR, A TowN IN AKKAD 239 ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Organization of Power: Aspects of Bureaucracy in the Ancient near East

American Journal of Archaeology, Apr 1, 1989

Research paper thumbnail of Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade. Neil Brodie , Morag M. Kersel , Christina Luke , Kathryn Walter Tubb

Journal of Anthropological Research, Jul 1, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of From the Prevention Measures to the Fact‐finding Mission

Museum International, Dec 1, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of The Early Dynastic-Akkadian transition, Part 2. The authors' response

Iraq, 1997

Dr Matthews was kind enough to show us a draft of the preceding article before publication so tha... more Dr Matthews was kind enough to show us a draft of the preceding article before publication so that we could reply, for which we thank him. Our original article was intended as a review of the problem of the Early Dynastic to Akkadian transition and as a quick general overview of the WF excavation at Nippur, rather than the final statement on either. The point of the article was not to define the Akkadian Period but to make steps towards the identification of an assemblage of material culture (pottery, tablets, objects, and seals) found in levels which are dated to the historical Akkadian Period. That assemblage included pottery types, but we did not suggest that a single pottery type or a few types alone should be the basis for dating; nor would we prefer, as is implied by Matthews, to define a period by pottery as opposed to other objects. What the Nippur WF excavation gave us was a well-stratified sequence of artifacts; and we were careful when suggesting the level at which we might have entered the Akkadian (historical) period not to be adamant about the date of the pertinent level and to precede it with a “transitional” level (Level XVII) which might have been either Early Dynastic or Akkadian. Perhaps we should have been more cautious and extended that transitional label to cover Level XVI as well.

Research paper thumbnail of Seals and Sealing in the Ancient near East

Journal of the American Oriental Society, Jul 1, 1981

Research paper thumbnail of A Re-Evaluation of the Akkad Period in the Diyala Region on the Basis of Recent Excavations at Nippur and in the Hamrin

American Journal of Archaeology, Oct 1, 1982

... Graduate seminars in Chicago, including Richard L. Zettler, James A. Armstrong, Guillermo Alg... more ... Graduate seminars in Chicago, including Richard L. Zettler, James A. Armstrong, Guillermo Algaze,Vladimir Lekovic and Margaret Brandt, laid the foundations for this discussion. ... But compare B.Hrouda and K. Karstens, ZA 58 (1964) 255-67 and E. Whelan, JFA 5 (1978) 79-96. ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Organization of Power: Aspects of Bureaucracy in the Ancient Near East

Journal of the American Oriental Society, Jul 1, 1991

Research paper thumbnail of Symbols of Prehistoric Mesopotamia. Beatrice Laura Goff

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Oct 1, 1972

Research paper thumbnail of Sasanian Remains from Qasr-i Abu Nasr: Seals, Sealings, and Coins. Richard N. Frye

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Jul 1, 1977

Research paper thumbnail of Sasanidische Numismatik. Handbücher der Mittelasiatischen Numismatik. Vol. 1. Robert Göbl

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 1973

Research paper thumbnail of Catalogue of Ancient near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum. Vol. I. Cylinder Seals. Briggs Buchanan

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 1970

Research paper thumbnail of Tell Shimshara: The Hassuna Period. Peder Mortensen

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 1976

Research paper thumbnail of The Archaeological Uses of Cuneiform Documents: Patterns of Occupation at the City of Kish

Iraq, 1972

... Previous work by various cuneiform scholars other than Professor Gurney, such as D. Kennedy, ... more ... Previous work by various cuneiform scholars other than Professor Gurney, such as D. Kennedy, WG Lambert ... However, in the Neo-Babylonian Period, Kish was no longer said to lie on the Purattu ... that seem later than Ur Archaic but slightly earlier than Fara or Abu Salabikh texts ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Archaeology of the Yemen High Plains: A preliminary chronology

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, May 1, 1997

Research paper thumbnail of Nimrud: The Queens' Tombs

Muzahim Hussein’s 1989 discovery of tombs of Neo-Assyrian queens in the palace of Ashurnasirpal i... more Muzahim Hussein’s 1989 discovery of tombs of Neo-Assyrian queens in the palace of Ashurnasirpal in Nimrud (Kalhu/Calah) was electrifying news for archaeology. Although much is known of the Assyrian kings (8th/9th century BC), very little was known about the queens, with the exception of semi-mythical Semiramis. Now, for the first time, not only were actual remains and burial objects of Assyrian queens discovered, but also names and attempts through curses to protect the burials. Elaborate gold jewelry and other items in the tombs rivaled in quality and quantity that found in Egyptian royal tombs. A short scholarly publication of a few items, as well as limited coverage in the world’s press, gave only hints of the importance of the objects in the tombs. Planned international exhibitions of the treasures from the tombs had to be cancelled due to war and sanctions. Nimrud: A City of Golden Treasures by Hussein and Amer Suleiman (1999), published under extraordinarily difficult conditions, could not do justice to the objects. The present volume, a joint publication of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage and the Oriental Institute, is a new version of the finding of the tombs and their contents, giving much additional information derived from Hussein’s continued analyses of classes of artifacts, accompanied by numerous full color plates.

Research paper thumbnail of The Early Dynastic to Akkadian Transition: The Area WF Sounding at Nippur

Research paper thumbnail of Excavations at Nippur: Twelfth Season