Umfang:
XVIII, 268 S.
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Ill., Kt
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27 cm
ISBN:
1584658177
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9781584658177
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index
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List of illustrationsForeword -- Preface -- Ch. 1. "Our Nineveh enterprise" / Ada Cohen and Steven E. Kangas -- Plates -- Ch. 2. The early exploration of Assyria / Julian Reade -- Ch. 3. Archaeology and politics in Iraq : from the British mandate to Saddam Hussein / James F. Goode -- Ch. 4. Assyria in the Bible / Susan Ackerman -- Ch. 5. Decorations, political posters, time capsules, and living gods : the meaning and function of the Assyrian palace carvings in the Hood Museum of Art / Barbara N. Porter -- Ch. 6. "Time and eternity" in the northwest palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud / Mehmet-Ali Ataì -- Ch. 7. Attending the king in the Assyrian reliefs / Paul Collins -- Ch. 8. Banquets, baubles, and bronzes : material comforts in the Neo-Assyrian palaces / Allison Karmel Thomason -- Ch. 9. The Northwest palace in the digital age / Samuel M. Paley with the collaboration of Donald H. Sanders -- Notes -- References -- List of contributors -- Index.
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List of illustrations ; Foreword ; Preface ; Ch. 1. "Our Nineveh enterprise"
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Plates ; Ch. 2. The early exploration of Assyria
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Ch. 3. Archaeology and politics in Iraq : from the British mandate to Saddam Hussein
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Ch. 4. Assyria in the Bible
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Ch. 5. Decorations, political posters, time capsules, and living gods : the meaning and function of the Assyrian palace carvings in the Hood Museum of Art
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Ch. 6. "Time and eternity" in the northwest palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud
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Ch. 7. Attending the king in the Assyrian reliefs
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Ch. 8. Banquets, baubles, and bronzes : material comforts in the Neo-Assyrian palaces
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Ch. 9. The Northwest palace in the digital age
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Notes ; References ; List of contributors ; Index.
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
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Theologie/Religionswissenschaften
Schlagwort(e):
Hood Museum of Art
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Relief
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Palast Assurnasirpals II.
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Assurnasirpal II. Assyrien, König
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Biografie
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