The British Museum's Excavations at Nineveh, 1846-1855 /

The British Museum's Excavations at Nineveh, 1846-1855 /

Geoffrey Turner has written the definitive study of the mid-19th century excavations sponsored by the British Museum at the ancient Assyrian site of Nineveh in Iraq. Based on exhaustive analysis of unpublished archives combined with his own extensive knowledge of Assyrian architecture, Turner's...

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Main Author: Turner, Geoffrey (Author)

Other Authors: Russell, John Malcolm (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East ; 115.

Subjects:

Excavations (Archaeology) > Iraq.
Architecture, Assyro-Babylonian.
Relief (Sculpture), Assyro-Babylonian.

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Call Number: DS70.5.N47

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Illustrations with Image Credits
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter Abstracts
  • The Sources for Layard's Excavations at Nineveh
  • 1 Layard's First Expedition to Assyria, October 1845-June 1847
  • 2 Layard's Second Expedition, First Phase, September 1849-March 1850
  • 3 Layard's Second Expedition, Second Phase, May-July 1850
  • 4 Layard's Second Expedition, Third Phase, August-October 1850
  • 5 Layard's Second Expedition, Fourth Phase, October 1850-April 1851
  • 6 The Southwest Terrace Wing, Chambers QQ-UU and ZZ, Rooms LI-LIX
  • 7 Kuyunjik, May 1851-March 1855
  • Epilogue
  • Colour Plates
  • Plans
  • Bibliography
  • Index.