Davide Nadali
Biographic Data
| ID | 5527797 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Davide Nadali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Davide |
| FAMILY NAME | Nadali |
| SIGNATURE | NADALI D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0188-2071 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Imagens viajantes no Antigo Oriente
This article explores the phenomenon of travelling images in the ancient Middle East, addressing how they transcend space and time. Based on archaeological theory, especially the “archaeology of images” (Bildarchäologie) it proposes a critical view of the life of images, from their creation to their reuse or destruction. Focusing on the iconographic interconnections from Mesopotamia, it highlights the importance of repetitiveness and the adaptati…
Geomorphology of the lower Mesopotamian plain at Tell Zurghul archaeological site
The landscape of the Lower Mesopotamia Plain (LMP) has been moulded by water-related processes, consequently, its Holocene geomorphic evolution has been strictly connected to the fluvial process and the anthropogenic water management since 8000 BC. About 6000 years ago, during the maximum marine ingression, the modern cities of Nasiriyah and Al-Amara were close to the Persian Gulf shoreline. Successively, the Tigris and Euphrates developed two wi…
How to Deal with Adobe Architecture in the Ancient Near East
The paper presents the restoration activities carried out at Tell Mardikh-Ebla (Syria) by the Italian Archaeological Expedition to Syria of the Sapienza University of Rome. In particular, the study focuses on the operations to preserve the mudbrick structures that have specifically suffered from erosion by rain wind which has caused the collapse of sections of walls. The programme of restoration at Ebla sought to clarify and outline a plan of exc…
To Fear or Not to Fear
How did ancient people fear? How did ancient people react to fear? The essays in this issue deal with these aspects, taking into account ancient texts, as well as material and visual culture from archaeological contexts. Fear is considered a basic emotion and can be seen and even inflected in different ways, distinguishing two natures: an induced fear and a derived fear. The analysis of emotions and feelings entered the field of ancient studies a…
Fragments of the Third Millennium Bc From Nigin
The ancient city of Nigin in the State of Lagash is largely attested in the epigraphic sources of the rulers of the First Dynasty of Lagash. Conversely, the archaeological evidence of the Early Dynastic Period is so far very scanty and limited. This paper presents a small group of documents to be dated to the Early Dynastic Period IIIb that were found out of context, but that nevertheless point to a phase of occupation of Nigin in the third mille…
New Inscriptions of Gudea from Tell Surghul/Niĝin, Iraq
In 2015 the Italian Archaeological Expedition to Niĝin (Southern Iraq) started the exploration of the site of Tell Surghul (Dhi Qar province). Excavations concentrated on two main operations (Areas A and B), while a survey was conducted along the western border of the site (Area C). In the present article, the epigraphic findings (inscribed cones and bricks of Gudea) from the south and south-east areas of Mound A in Area A are analysed: inscripti…
How Many Soldiers on the “Stele of the Vultures”? A Hypothetical Reconstruction
The study presents a reconstruction of the arrangement of the soldiers of Lagash as represented in the first and second registers of the “Stele of the Vultures” of King Eannatum according to both philological and iconographic data. Through a process of deconstruction, it is possible to read the composition as the result of a combination of two perspectives employed by the Sumerian artists.
Family Portraits
Family Portraits
Assyrian high-relief bricks from Nineveh and the fragments of a royal name
During the excavations in Nineveh carried out by R. Campbell Thompson on behalf of the British Museum in the years 1929 to 1932, many glazed Assyrian bricks were recovered and partly published in the excavation reports. Bricks were found in the years 1927–8 and 1929–30, respectively, when the Temple of Nabu and the so-called Palace of Assurnasirpal II were being excavated. Bricks were said to have come from the South-East area of the Temple of Na…
Esarhaddon's glazed bricks from Nimrud
During his excavations “in the south-east corner of the mound” at Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, A. H. Layard discovered some fragments of painted bricks (1853b: 164–7; 1867: 52–7). These can be dated to Esarhaddon on the basis of both iconographic style and subject matter. Thanks to the name “Tell of Athur” reported in Layard's accounts, we can plausibly identify the location as the site of Fort Shalmaneser; unfortunately, Layard does not give a more pr…
The Shape of Sennacherib's Camps
Sennacherib's representations of military events on the reliefs which decorate his residence in Nineveh offer some of the most remarkable images of camps. Their iconographic aspect deserves to be explored, especially considering their role in the visual narrative. Unfortunately, many drawings of lost slabs with representations of camps are totally isolated and unrelated to the narrative episodes; the reconstruction of their role in the dynamics o…
How to Deal with Adobe Architecture in the Ancient Near East
The paper presents the restoration activities carried out at Tell Mardikh-Ebla (Syria) by the Italian Archaeological Expedition to Syria of the Sapienza University of Rome. In particular, the study focuses on the operations to preserve the mudbrick structures that have specifically suffered from erosion by rain wind which has caused the collapse of sections of walls. The programme of restoration at Ebla sought to clarify and outline a plan of exc…
The Shape of Sennacherib's Camps
Sennacherib's representations of military events on the reliefs which decorate his residence in Nineveh offer some of the most remarkable images of camps. Their iconographic aspect deserves to be explored, especially considering their role in the visual narrative. Unfortunately, many drawings of lost slabs with representations of camps are totally isolated and unrelated to the narrative episodes; the reconstruction of their role in the dynamics o…
Esarhaddon's glazed bricks from Nimrud
During his excavations “in the south-east corner of the mound” at Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, A. H. Layard discovered some fragments of painted bricks (1853b: 164–7; 1867: 52–7). These can be dated to Esarhaddon on the basis of both iconographic style and subject matter. Thanks to the name “Tell of Athur” reported in Layard's accounts, we can plausibly identify the location as the site of Fort Shalmaneser; unfortunately, Layard does not give a more pr…
Assyrian high-relief bricks from Nineveh and the fragments of a royal name
During the excavations in Nineveh carried out by R. Campbell Thompson on behalf of the British Museum in the years 1929 to 1932, many glazed Assyrian bricks were recovered and partly published in the excavation reports. Bricks were found in the years 1927–8 and 1929–30, respectively, when the Temple of Nabu and the so-called Palace of Assurnasirpal II were being excavated. Bricks were said to have come from the South-East area of the Temple of Na…
How Many Soldiers on the “Stele of the Vultures”? A Hypothetical Reconstruction
The study presents a reconstruction of the arrangement of the soldiers of Lagash as represented in the first and second registers of the “Stele of the Vultures” of King Eannatum according to both philological and iconographic data. Through a process of deconstruction, it is possible to read the composition as the result of a combination of two perspectives employed by the Sumerian artists.
Family Portraits
Family Portraits
New Inscriptions of Gudea from Tell Surghul/Niĝin, Iraq
In 2015 the Italian Archaeological Expedition to Niĝin (Southern Iraq) started the exploration of the site of Tell Surghul (Dhi Qar province). Excavations concentrated on two main operations (Areas A and B), while a survey was conducted along the western border of the site (Area C). In the present article, the epigraphic findings (inscribed cones and bricks of Gudea) from the south and south-east areas of Mound A in Area A are analysed: inscripti…
To Fear or Not to Fear
How did ancient people fear? How did ancient people react to fear? The essays in this issue deal with these aspects, taking into account ancient texts, as well as material and visual culture from archaeological contexts. Fear is considered a basic emotion and can be seen and even inflected in different ways, distinguishing two natures: an induced fear and a derived fear. The analysis of emotions and feelings entered the field of ancient studies a…
Fragments of the Third Millennium Bc From Nigin
The ancient city of Nigin in the State of Lagash is largely attested in the epigraphic sources of the rulers of the First Dynasty of Lagash. Conversely, the archaeological evidence of the Early Dynastic Period is so far very scanty and limited. This paper presents a small group of documents to be dated to the Early Dynastic Period IIIb that were found out of context, but that nevertheless point to a phase of occupation of Nigin in the third mille…
Geomorphology of the lower Mesopotamian plain at Tell Zurghul archaeological site
The landscape of the Lower Mesopotamia Plain (LMP) has been moulded by water-related processes, consequently, its Holocene geomorphic evolution has been strictly connected to the fluvial process and the anthropogenic water management since 8000 BC. About 6000 years ago, during the maximum marine ingression, the modern cities of Nasiriyah and Al-Amara were close to the Persian Gulf shoreline. Successively, the Tigris and Euphrates developed two wi…
How to Deal with Adobe Architecture in the Ancient Near East
The paper presents the restoration activities carried out at Tell Mardikh-Ebla (Syria) by the Italian Archaeological Expedition to Syria of the Sapienza University of Rome. In particular, the study focuses on the operations to preserve the mudbrick structures that have specifically suffered from erosion by rain wind which has caused the collapse of sections of walls. The programme of restoration at Ebla sought to clarify and outline a plan of exc…
Imagens viajantes no Antigo Oriente
This article explores the phenomenon of travelling images in the ancient Middle East, addressing how they transcend space and time. Based on archaeological theory, especially the “archaeology of images” (Bildarchäologie) it proposes a critical view of the life of images, from their creation to their reuse or destruction. Focusing on the iconographic interconnections from Mesopotamia, it highlights the importance of repetitiveness and the adaptati…
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