Nineveh, the great city : symbol of beauty and power / edited by L. P. Petit & D. Morandi Bonacossi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petit, L. P., editor.

Bonacossi, D. Morandi, editor.

Series:

Papers on archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities ; 13.

PALMA ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nineveh (Extinct city).

Iraq--Antiquities.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [Netherlands] : Sidestone Press, 2017.

Summary:

Well, as for Nineveh, skipper, it was wiped out long ago. There's not a trace of it left, and one can't even guess where it was' (Lucian, 2nd century AD).0Nineveh, the once-flourishing capital of the Assyrian Empire, has fascinated writers, travellers and historians alike since its complete annihilation by allied forces in 612 BC. It was said to have been a great and populous city with 90-km walls, stunning palaces and colossal statues of pure gold. Since 1842 archaeologists have been investigating the ruins of Nineveh, which are located on the eastern banks of the river Tigris, near the modern Iraqi city of Mosul. The hundreds of thousands of objects that have been collected tell an intriguing story of life and death in a remarkable Mesopotamian city.0The edited volume 'Nineveh, the Great City' contains more than 65 articles by international specialists, providing the reader with a detailed and thorough study of the site of Nineveh. It describes the history of the city, the excavations and the dispersed material culture that can today be appreciated in more than 100 museums and institutes around the world. Special attention is paid to the endangered heritage of Nineveh, which recently faced destruction for the second time in its history.

Contents:

Intro

Contributors

Nineveh, the Great City. Symbol of Beauty and Power

Lucas P. Petit and Daniele Morandi Bonacossi

Part I: Nineveh, Famous but Lost

1. Nineveh, Famous but Lost

Daniele Morandi Bonacossi

2. Nineveh in the Cuneiform Sources

John MacGinnis

3. Nineveh in Biblical, Ancient Jewish and the Earliest Christian Traditions

Jürgen K. Zangenberg

4. Nineveh in Classical Literature

Menko Vlaardingerbroek

5. Nineveh in Western Art

Jan de Hond

6. Early Travellers and Nineveh

Paolo Matthiae

Nineveh: a Great Adventure

7. Nineveh: a Great Adventure

Lucas P. Petit

8. The Topography of Nineveh

Jason Ur

9. French Research at Nineveh

Ariane Thomas

10. The British Museum Excavations at Nineveh

John Curtis

11. Austen Henry Layard

Frederick Mario Fales

12. The Curse of the Tigris River

13. Archaeology, Politics and Espionage

14. Max Mallowan and Agatha Christie Mallowan in Nineveh

David Stronach

15. Gertrude Bell and the Monuments of Nineveh

Lisa Cooper

16. Iraqi Excavations at Nineveh

17. The Nergal Gate: a Calamitous History

Layla Salih

18. Italian Research in the Nineveh Region: Archaeological Investigation and Cultural Heritage Protection and Management

From Prehistory to the Arrival of the Neo-Assyrian Kings

19. From Prehistory to the Arrival of the Neo-Assyrian Kings

20. The Prehistoric Roots of Nineveh

Marco Iamoni

21. The Ninevite 5 Culture at Nineveh

Elena Rova

22. Nineveh in the Second Millennium BC: the Birth of an Assyrian City

Aline Tenu

Part IV: Neo-Assyrian Nineveh: the Largest City in the World

23. Neo-Assyrian Nineveh: the Largest City in the World.

Lucas P. Petit and Daniele Morandi Bonacossi

24. Neo-Assyrian Town Planning

Mirko Novák

25. Water for Assyria: Irrigation and Water Management in the Assyrian Empire

26. The Rural Landscape of Nineveh

27. The Neo-Assyrian Kings in Nineveh

Bradley J. Parker

28. The Palaces of Nineveh

David Kertai

29. The Production and Use of Reliefs

30. Sennacherib's Quarries and the Stones of the Southwest Palace Decoration

Pier Luigi Bianchetti

31. (De)colouring Ancient Nineveh using Portable XRF Equipment

Dennis Braekmans

32. Nineveh in the Assyrian Reliefs

Davide Nadali

33. Nineveh and Neo-Assyrian Trade: an Active Hub with Far-Flung Contacts

Diederik J.W. Meijer

34. Nineveh and Foreign Politics

Giovanni-Battista Lanfranchi

35. Sennacherib

Carlo Lippolis

36. Sennacherib's Nineveh and the Staging of Atmosphere

Stephen Lumsden

37. Sennacherib's Palace Garden at Nineveh, a World Wonder

Stephanie Dalley

38. The Lachish Reliefs

David Ussishkin

39. Ashurbanipal and the Lion Hunt Reliefs

Pauline Albenda

40. Language and Writing in Nineveh

Jan Gerrit Dercksen

41. Intellectual Life in Nineveh

Eckart Frahm

42. The Library of Ashurbanipal

Jeanette C. Fincke

43. Aramaic Epigraphs in Nineveh

44. Demons, Deities and Religion

Barbara N. Porter

45. Ištar of Nineveh

46. Apotropaic Figures in Nineveh

Carolyn Nakamura

47. Music in Nineveh

Theo J.H. Krispijn

48. The Last Days of Assyrian Nineveh: a View from the Halzi Gate

49. The Sack of Nineveh in 612 BC

Marc Van De Mieroop

Nineveh after the Destruction in 612 BC

50. Nineveh after the Destruction in 612 BC

Daniele Morandi Bonacossi.

51. Nineveh in the Achaemenid Period

52. Graeco-Parthian Nineveh

Rocco Palermo

53. Nineveh and the City of Mosul

Hikmat Basheer Al-Aswad

54. Monitoring Damage to Iraqi Archaeological and Cultural Heritage: the Case of Nineveh

A. Bianchi, S. Berlioz, S. Campana, E. Dalla Longa, D. Vicenzutto and M. Vidale

55. Deir Mar Behnam: the Destruction of Iraq's Christian Heritage

Bas Lafleur

56. Rekrei: Crowdsourcing Lost Heritage

Matthew Vincent and Chance Coughenour

57. Building a 3D Reproduction of the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib

Boris Lenseigne and Naphur van Apeldoorn

The Material Culture of Nineveh

58. The Material Culture of Nineveh

59. The Material Culture of Nineveh in France

60. The Material Culture of Nineveh in Italian Collections

61. Nineveh in the United Kingdom

Paul Collins

62. Nineveh in Berlin

Lutz Martin

63. The Material Culture of Nineveh in Belgium and the Netherlands

Lucas P. Petit and Bruno Overlaet

64. The Material Culture of Nineveh in Collections in the United States

Michael Seymour

65. Nineveh, Lady Charlotte Guest and The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yelena Rakic

66. The Iraq Museum in Baghdad

67. The Material Culture of Nineveh in Turkish Collections

Ayşe Tuba Ökse, with contributions from Zeynep Kızıltan and Gülcay Yağcı

Abbreviations

References

Concordance of Museums and registration numbers*

Index

7. Introduction

Lucas P. Petit.

13. Archaeology, Politics and Espionage

9. Introduction

23. Neo-Assyrian Nineveh: the Largest City in the World

David Ussishkin.

39. Ashurbanipal and the Lion Hunt Reliefs

51. Nineveh in the Achaemenid Period

A. Bianchi, S. Berlioz, E. Dalla Longa, D. Vicenzutti and M. Vidale

Michael Seymour.

65. Nineveh, Lady Charlotte Guest and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed November 28, 2017).

ISBN:

90-8890-498-7

OCLC:

1009332345