Assyrian reliefs from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II
Subtitle: a cultural biography
By: edited by Ada Cohen and Steven E. Kangas.
Contributors: Cohen, Ada.; Kangas, Steven E.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College; University Press of New England
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hanover, N.H
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781584658177
Subjects: Ashurnasirpal -- II, -- King of Assyria, -- fl. 885-860 B.C. -- Homes and haunts -- Iraq -- Calah (Extinct city); Relief (Sculpture), Assyro-Babylonian -- Iraq -- Calah (Extinct city); Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq -- Calah (Extinct city); Assyria -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: Ch. 1. "Our Nineveh enterprise" / Ada Cohen and Steven E. Kangas; title: Plates; title: Ch. 2. The early exploration of Assyria / Julian Reade; title: Ch. 3. Archaeology and politics in Iraq : from the British mandate to Saddam Hussein / James F. Goode; title: Ch. 4. Assyria in the Bible / Susan Ackerman; title: Ch. 5. 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; title: Ch. 6. "Time and eternity" in the northwest palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud / Mehmet-Ali Ataì; title: Ch. 7. Attending the king in the Assyrian reliefs / Paul Collins; title: Ch. 8. Banquets, baubles, and bronzes : material comforts in the Neo-Assyrian palaces / Allison Karmel Thomason; title: Ch. 9. The Northwest palace in the digital age / Samuel M. Paley with the collaboration of Donald H. Sanders; title: Notes; title: References; title: List of contributors; title: Index.