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 +**Nimrud Ivories** 
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 +//Title//: Herrmann, G., //Ancient ivory: masterpieces of the Assyrian Empire//, London: Thames and Hudson, 2017.
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 +//Keywords//: ivory - early 1st millennium BC - Age of Ivory - Kalḫu - Nimrud - Assyria - Neo-Assyrian Empire - gift - tribute - booty - discovery - Austen Henry Layard - 19th century AD - excavations - palaces - temples - forts - Max Mallowan - 20th century - modern destruction - Iraq - Iraq Museum - cultural heritage 
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 +//Abstract//: Ivory is a wonderful material: tactile, beautiful, workable into many different forms and the strongest in the animal kingdom. Unfortunately for the elephant, it has been highly prized from the Palaeolithic to the present day, in part by virtue of its rarity and the difficulty of acquiring it. During the early first millennium bc – the ‘Age of Ivory’ – literally thousands of carved ivories found their way to the Assyrian capital city of Kalhu, or modern Nimrud, in northern Iraq. The majority were not made there, in the heart of ancient Assyria, but arrived as gift, tribute or booty gathered by the Assyrian kings from the small neighbouring states of the ancient Middle Eastern world. The ivories were first unearthed in the mid-19th century by renowned Victorian traveller and adventurer Austen Henry Layard, but it was not until the mid-20th century that the extent of the treasure was realized by Max Mallowan, the archaeologist husband of Agatha Christie. Thousands of extraordinary ivories have since been excavated from the ruins of the ancient city’s extravagant palaces, temples and forts. In recent years, many have been destroyed or remain at risk following the invasion of Iraq and the sacking of the Iraq Museum, as well as in the ongoing conflict and destruction of cultural heritage in the region. As a result, the ivories preserved in these pages form a unique and unparalleled record of the otherwise lost art of the Middle East. 
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 +**Mesopotamian Art and Architecture** 
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 +//Title//: Bahrani, Z., //Mesopotamia: ancient art and architecture//, London: Thames and Hudson, 2017. 
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 +//Keywords//: Art - architecture - Mesopotamia - 8000 BC - 636 CE - historical public monument - art history - narrative representation - aesthetic commentaries - images - monuments - collection - conservation - animating statues - architectural construction - Ur - Babylon - Nineveh - Hatra - Seleucia - Tigris
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 +//Abstract//: This book is the first in ten years to present a comprehensive survey of art and architecture in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, northeast Syria and southeast Turkey), from 8000 BCE to the arrival of Islam in 636 CE. The book is richly illustrated with c. 400 full-colour photographs, and maps and time charts that guide readers through the chronology and geography of this part of the ancient Near East. The book addresses such essential art historical themes as the origins of narrative representation, the first emergence of historical public monuments and the earliest aesthetic commentaries. It explains how images and monuments were made and how they were viewed. It also traces the ancient practices of collecting and conservation and rituals of animating statues and of architectural construction. Accessible to students and non-specialists, the book expands the scope of standard surveys to cover art and architecture from the prehistoric to the Roman era, including the legendary cities of Ur, Babylon, Nineveh, Hatra and Seleucia on the Tigris. 
 +In this fascinating and compelling book, Zainab Bahrani introduces readers to the spectacular images and monuments of this region of the Near East, covering modern Iraq, northeast Syria and southeast Turkey. As the narrative unfolds, readers will learn about the art of the legendary civilizations that flourished between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, and how it was made and received. She addresses the present-day situation in these lands and the violent destruction that continues to threaten the rich cultural heritage of Mesopotamia.
 +Chapter-opening maps and overviews guide readers through the geography and chronology of Mesopotamia, visiting the ancient cities of Ur, Babylon, Nineveh, Hatra and Seleucia on the Tigris. The book includes a glossary that defines all art-historical and technical terminology.
 +([[https://thamesandhudson.com/mesopotamia-9780500519172|table of content]])
  
 **Sumerian Onomasticon from Lagaš**  **Sumerian Onomasticon from Lagaš** 
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