Assyrian Antiquities Lost in Translation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6078121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian Reade (University of Copenhagen, corresponding author), Julian Edgeworth Reade |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 167-188 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cuneiform Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0256 • E-ISSN: 2325-6737 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5615/jcunestud.70.2018.0167 |
| OpenAlex | W2811015149 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Europeans who excavated the great Assyrian cities in the mid-nineteenth century discovered colossal alabaster figures, hundreds of wall panels, and innumerable smaller items that they wished to send home. The journey was perilous and much was lost, most notably sculptures from Khorsabad and elsewhere that were on a French convoy attacked near the Tigris-Euphrates confluence in 1855. There has been much uncertainty over what perished on this and other occasions. This paper integrates the relevant sources, identifies antiquities lost during transport from Khorsabad, the Northwest Palace at Nimrud, the Southwest and North Palaces at Nineveh, and other sites, and compares the loss of original photographs, squeezes and paper archives after arrival in Europe
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Sculpture · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History
Real and imagined “Hittite palaces” at Khorsabad and elsewhere
Sennacherib's Palace at Nineveh
Alexander the Great and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
More Drawings of Ashurbanipal Sculptures
Twelve Ashurnasirpal Reliefs
Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
The Report of the Japan Mission for the Survey of the Under-Water Antiquities at Qurnah, the first season (1971-1972)
The Early Iranian Stone "Weights" and an Unpublished Sumerian Foundation Deposit
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |