Tell Ahmar on the Syrian Euphrates : from Chalcolithic village to Assyrian provincial capital / Guy Bunnens ; with contributions by Cristina Baccarin [and eight others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunnens, Guy, author.

Contributor:

Baccarin, Cristina, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Til Barsip (Syria : Extinct city).

Til Barsip (Syria : Extinct city)--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 198 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxbow Books, [2022]

Summary:

"Tell Ahmar - also known as Masuwari, Til Barsib and Kar-Shalmaneser in the first millennium BCE - was first inhabited in the sixth millennium during the Ubaid period, and progressively developed to become a regional centre, and in the eighth and seventh centuries, a provincial capital of the Assyrian empire. Remains from the third millennium (a temple and a funerary complex), the second millennium (an administrative complex and well-preserved houses) and the first millennium (an Assyrian palace and elite residences) are particularly impressive. The book offers an archaeological and historical synthesis of the results obtained by the excavations of François Thureau-Dangin (1929-1931) and by the more recent excavations of the universities of Melbourne (1988-1999) and Liège (2000-2010). It presents a comprehensive and diachronic view of the evolution of the site, which, by its position on the Euphrates at an important crossroads of ancient communication routes, was at the heart of a game of cultural and political interference between Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean world and Asia Minor"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations Prologue: The site and its exploration

Part One: Tell Ahmar from its origins to the end of the second millennium: East meets west on the Euphrates

1. Tell Ahmar and the origins of urban life

2. Tell Ahmar in the second millennium

Part Two: Tell Ahmar between Luwians, Aramaeans and Assyrians: Birth of a regional capital

3. Tell Ahmar/Masuwari/Til Barsib and the Aramaean tribe of Adini (c. 1200-856)

4. From Til Barsib to Kar-Shalmaneser - The beginnings of Assyrian domination (c. 856-750)

Part Three: Tell Ahmar in the Assyrian empire: birth of an imperial koine

5. Ashur imposes its mark - The palace and the high dignitaries

6. Urbanism and residential buildings

7. Images in everyday life

8. People and crafts Epilogue: The end of Tell Ahmar

Fieldwork at Tell Ahmar - Selected bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789258400

1789258405

9781789258394

1789258391

OCLC:

1399168190