Assyrian Reliefs from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II
A Cultural Biography
Distributed for University Press of New England
294 pages
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8 x 10
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Table of Contents

Contents
List of Illustrations • Foreword • Preface • "Our Nineveh Enterprise" – Ada Cohen and Steven E. Kangas • PLATES • The Early Exploration of Assyria – Julian Reade • Archaeology and Politics in Iraq • From the British Mandate to Saddam Hussein – James F. Goode • Assyria in the Bible – Susan Ackerman • Decorations, Political Posters, Time Capsules, and Living Gods • The Meaning and Function of the Assyrian Palace Carvings in the Hood Museum of Art – Barbara N. Porter • "Time and Eternity" in the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud – Mehmet-Ali Ataç • Attending the King in the Assyrian Reliefs – Paul Collins • Banquets, Baubles, and Bronzes • Material Comforts in the Neo-Assyrian Palaces – Allison Karmel Thomason • The Northwest Palace in the Digital Age – Samuel M. Paley with the collaboration of Donald H. Sanders • Notes • References • List of Contributors • Index
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