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The British Museum's excavations at Nineveh, 1846-1855 / by Geoffrey Turner ; edited by John Malcolm Russell.

By: Turner, Geoffrey (Geoffrey Eric) [author.]
Contributor(s): Russell, John Malcolm [editor.]
Series: : 115.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020Description: xxiii, 790 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789004435360Subject(s): Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894 | British Museum | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq -- Nineveh (Extinct city) | Architecture, Assyro-Babylonian | Relief (Sculpture), Assyro-Babylonian -- Iraq -- Nineveh (Extinct city) | Nineveh (Extinct city)Additional physical formats: Online version:: The British Museum's excavations at Nineveh, 1846-1855
Contents:
The Sources for Layard's Excavations at Nineveh -- Layard's First Expedition to Assyria, October 1845-June 1847 -- Layard's Second Expedition, First Phase, September 1849-March 1850 -- Layard's Second Expedition, Second Phase, May-July 1850 -- Layard's Second Expedition, Third Phase, August-October 1850 -- Layard's Second Expedition, Fourth Phase, October 1850-April 1851 427 -- The Southwest Terrace Wing, Chambers QQ-UU and ZZ, Rooms LI-LIX 555 7 Kuyunjik, May 1851-March 1855.
Summary: "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 Based on exhaustive analysis of unpublished archives combined with his own extensive knowledge of Assyrian architecture, Turner's work documents the complete history of these excavations. Turner also draws on the archives and numerous additional sources to provide a detailed reconstruction of the architecture and relief sculpture in the building that was the primary focus of these excavations, the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib (ruled 705-681 BC). The result constitutes the final report both on the results of these excavations and on the original appearance of one of the ancient world's most famous buildings"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Middle East Shelves 1372D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 23/04/2024 ME000000022477
Total holds: 1

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Sources for Layard's Excavations at Nineveh -- Layard's First Expedition to Assyria, October 1845-June 1847 -- Layard's Second Expedition, First Phase, September 1849-March 1850 -- Layard's Second Expedition, Second Phase, May-July 1850 -- Layard's Second Expedition, Third Phase, August-October 1850 -- Layard's Second Expedition, Fourth Phase, October 1850-April 1851 427 -- The Southwest Terrace Wing, Chambers QQ-UU and ZZ, Rooms LI-LIX 555 7 Kuyunjik, May 1851-March 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 work documents the complete history of these excavations. Turner also draws on the archives and numerous additional sources to provide a detailed reconstruction of the architecture and relief sculpture in the building that was the primary focus of these excavations, the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib (ruled 705-681 BC). The result constitutes the final report both on the results of these excavations and on the original appearance of one of the ancient world's most famous buildings"-- Provided by publisher.