DOCSLIB.ORG

VOLUME XXXI ' PART 1 * SPRING 1969 in Honour of the SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY of PROFESSOR C

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
VOLUME XXXI ' PART 1 * SPRING 1969 in Honour of the SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY of PROFESSOR C IRAQ VOLUME XXXI ' PART 1 * SPRING 1969 In Honour of THE SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY of PROFESSOR C. J. GADD PROEM 1 SUR UN SIGNE CUNEIFORME RARE 1 par GEORGES DOSSIN A LIST OF COPPER OBJECTS i by O. R. GURNET SOME CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEGEND OF ETANA s by J. V. KINNIER WILSON IN ANNA AND SULGI: A SUMERIAN FERTILITY SONG 18 by S. N. KRAMER LE PAYS DE SIMASKI 24 par J.-R. KUPPER A MIDDLE ASSYRIAN MEDICAL TEXT 28 by W. G. LAMBERT BACK TO INGHARRA 40 by SETON LLOYD REDISCOVERED SKULLS FROM ARPACHIYAH 49 by M. E. L. MALLOWAN and HILDA LINFORD NOTE SUR BARUTU, CHAPITRE X, TABLETTE 15 59 par J. NOUGAYROL SCENES DE GUERRE A LARSA 64 par A. PARROT THE ABU AMURRIM 68 by M. B. ROWTON BABYLONIAN TIME RECKONING 74 by SIDNEY SMITH ZUR WIEDERHERSTELLUNG DER MARDUK-GEBETE BMS 11 82 UND 12 by WOLFRAM VON SODEN OLD-BABYLONIAN WORSHIPPER FIGURINES 90 by E. SOLLBERGER PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRAQ (GERTRUDE BELL MEMORIAL), Institute of Archaeology, 31-34, Gordon Square, London, W.C.i. Price 5 ox. net. THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRAQ (GERTRUDE BELL MEMORIAL) A list of the Officers of the School is printed on the inside of the back cover of this Journal. Enquiries All correspondence relating to membership and the work of the School should be addressed to the Honorary Secretary (Miss G. C. Talbot, M.A.), Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, W.C.i. IRAQ is devoted to studies of the history, art, archaeology, religion, economic and social life of Iraq, and to a lesser degree of the neighbouring countries where they relate to it, from the earliest times down to about A.D. 1700. Texts concerning these subjects, with translations and comments will be considered; exclusively philological articles will not be accepted. Contributors Articles must be submitted in typescript. For oriental languages, transcription into the Roman script should follow the approved system as laid down in the " Notes to Contributors " which will be sent on application. Illustrations should be submitted as clear prints of photographs or strong outline drawings in ink. Abbreviations follow those currently accepted in the journals Orientalia and Archiv fur Orientjorschung. Articles should be sent to the Editors, Professor SIR MAX MALLOWAN, C.B.E., M.A., D.LIT., F.B.A., F.S.A., ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD or Professor D. J. WISEMAN, O.B.E., M.A., F.B.A., F.S.A., SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, W.C.I. Subscriptions (1969) IRAQ normally appears twice yearly in the Spring and Autumn. Annual subscription for the two parts of current volumes is £3 10s. prepaid. Single parts of the current volume 50s. Back volumes (comprising two parts) £5, postage extra. Back numbers of single parts £2 10s., postage extra. Bankers Order forms available on application. IRAQ may be ordered through booksellers or direct from the publishers: BRITISH SCHOOL OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRAQ, INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY, 31-34, GORDON SQUARE, LONDON, W.C.I. NOTE: The list of Contents and Index of Vol. XXX is enclosed with this part of the Journal. Those binding Vol. XXX may wish to await the forthcoming publication of an index to IRAQ Vols. I-XXX. .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Camel Laboratory Investigates the Landscape
    PAGE 6 NEWS & NOTES CAMEL LABORATORY INVESTIGATES THE LANDSCAPE OF ASSYRIA FROM SPACE JASON UR In 1932 the Oriental Institute excavated the city of Dur- research on Assyrian settlement, canals, and roads at the 49th Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), the capital of the Assyrian Em- annual meeting of the Rencontre Assyriologique International pire under King Sargon II (721–705 B.C.) and the original home at the British Museum in London, in a session organized by of the magnificent reliefs on display in the Museum’s new Tony Wilkinson, the founder of CAMEL. Yelda Khorsabad Court. During the excavation, a workman re- My own contribution was a reassessment of Jacobsen and layed stories of stone blocks inscribed with cuneiform writing Lloyd’s reconstruction of the course of Sennacherib’s canal. They had been limited to ground observation and testimony from local residents, but I have been able to use aerial photog- raphy and declassified American intelligence satellite imagery from the 1960s and early 1970s (the CORONA program) to map the traces in a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) computer program (fig. 2). In addition to the Jerwan canal, this research has identified and mapped over 60 km of other canals across a wide swath of Assyria (fig. 3), some of which had not been recognized on the ground before. The unexpected extent of Sennacherib’s canals must be understood within the context of his other actions. Upon the death of his father, he moved the capital to the newly ex- panded city of Nineveh. As known from the Bible and his own inscriptions, he was a very prolific deporter of conquered populations; many of them were settled in his new capital, but many others filled in the productive agricultural hinterland of Figure 1.
    [Show full text]
  • REPORT & ACCOUNTS for the YEAR ENDED 31St MAY, Rg6g
    BRITISH SCHOOL OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRAQ (Gertrude Bell Memorial) 31-34 GORDON SQUARE, LONDON, W.C.I * REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MAY, rg6g * THE THmTY-SlXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SCHOOL W1LL BE HELD IN THE ROOMs oF THE BRITISH ACADE:M:Y, BuRLINGTON HousE, PICCADILLY, W.r, ON FRIDAY, 28th NO~ER, 1969, AT 5 p.m., TO HEAR MR. DAVID OATES; TO CONSIDER THE ACCOUNTS, THE BALANCE SHEET AND THE REPORTS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE AUDITOR; TO ELECT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL; TO APPOINT AN AUDITOR; AND FOR ANY OTHER BUSINESS WHICH MAY PROPERLY DE TRANSACTED. BEFORE THE MEETING THERE WILL BE A :MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. ' COUNCIL PRESIDENT SIR JOHN TROUTBECK, G.B.E., K.C.M.G, LIFE MEMBERS *LADY RICHMOND SIR GEORGE TREVELYAN, BART. VICE-PRESIDENTS LADY MALLOW AN, C.B.E,, F.R.S.L., RON, D.LITT. (EXON.) *c, J• EDMONDS, C.M.G., C.B,E. T. E, EVANS, C.M.G., O.B.E. NOMINATED MEMBERS REPRESENTING RT. RON. THE LORD SALTER, P.O., G.B.E., K.C.B. *R. D, BARNETT, D.LITT., M.A., F.B,A., F.S.A. Society of Antiquaries *PROFESSOR 0. R. GURNEY, D. PHIL. Magdalen College, Oxford FOUNDERS MISS L, H. JEFFERY, M,A,, F.S,A. Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford THE LATE GERTRUDE BELL THE LATE SIR HUGH BELL, BART. MISS K, M, KENYON, C.B,E., M.A., D.LlT., F,B,A., F.S.A. THE LATE SIR CHARLES HYDE, BART. Board of Oriental Studies, Oxford University THE LATE SIR HENRY WELLCOME THE LATE MRS.
    [Show full text]
  • SENNACHERIB's AQUEDUCT at JERWAN Oi.Uchicago.Edu
    oi.uchicago.edu THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ORIENTAL INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS JAMES HENRY BREASTED Editor THOMAS GEORGE ALLEN Associate Editor oi.uchicago.edu oi.uchicago.edu SENNACHERIB'S AQUEDUCT AT JERWAN oi.uchicago.edu THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY NEW YORK THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA TOKYO, OSAKA, KYOTO, FUKUOKA, SENDAI THE COMMERCIAL PRESS, LIMITED SHANGHAI oi.uchicago.edu oi.uchicago.edu 4~ -d~ Royal Air Force Official Crown Copyrighl Reored THE JERWAN AQUEDUCT. AnB VIEW oi.uchicago.edu THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ORIENTAL INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS VOLUME XXIV SENNACHERIB'S AQUEDUCT AT JERWAN By THORKILD JACOBSEN and SETON LLOYD WITH A PREFACE BY HENRI FRANKFORT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS oi.uchicago.edu COPYRIGHT 1035 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PUBLISHIED MAY 1935 COMPOSED AND PRINTED BY THE UNIVERSITr OF CHICAGO PRE8S CHICAGO,ILLINOIS, U.S.A. oi.uchicago.edu PREFACE It so happens that the first final publication of work undertaken by the Iraq Expedition refers neither to one of the sites for which the Oriental Institute holds a somewhat permanent concession nor to a task carried out by the expedition as a whole. The aqueduct at Jerwan- identified by Dr. Jacobsen at the end of the 1931/32 season-was explored by the two authors of this volume in March and April, 1933, on the strength of a sounding permit of four weeks' validity. Mrs. Rigmor Jacobsen was responsible for the photography. It was only by dint of a sustained and strenuous effort that the excavation was completed within the stipulated period.
    [Show full text]
  • Anatolian Studies
    ANATOLIAN STUDIES Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara VOL XL 1990 CONTENTS Page The Year's Work ------ 3 Lions of the Mountains: the Sarcophagi of Balboura, by D. K. Money - - 29 Terracotta Spacer Pins in Lycian Bath Buildings, by A. Farrington and J. J. Coulton - - - 55 The Lower Theatre at Balboura, by Lionel Bier ------ 69 The Adiyaman Survey: an interim report, by S. R. Blaylock, D. H. French and G. D. Summers ----------- 81 A Peripteros of the Geometric Period in the Artemision of Ephesus, by Anton Bammer ----------- 137 Byzantine Malagina and the Lower Sangarius, by Clive Foss - - - 161 Sagalassos 1989, by Marc Waelkens, Stephen Mitchell and Edwin Owens - 185 A Rock-Working at Cursat Castle, by D. W. Morray 199 Amorium Excavations 1989: second preliminary report, by R. M. Harrison - 205 Back to Alanya, by Seton Lloyd --------- 219 Abbreviations ------------ 222 Published annually by THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AT ANKARA c/o The British Academy, 20-21 Cornwall Terrace, NW1 4QP Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. University of Athens, on 27 Sep 2021 at 23:20:34, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0066154600007080 NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS The titles of books and periodicals should be written in italics (in typing, under- lined), the titles of articles in periodicals in Roman letters between quotation marks. REFERENCES : The volume and date of a periodical and the publication date of a book should both be cited in the first reference to it. The number of a volume in a series should be written in capital Roman numerals.
    [Show full text]
  • Phoenicia, Philistia, and Judah As Seen Through the Assyrian Lens
    Phoenicia, Philistia, and Judah as Seen Through the Assyrian Lens: A Commentary on Sennacherib’s Account of His Third Military Campaign with Special Emphasis on the Various Political Entities He Encounters in the Levant Thesis Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree in the Graduate School of the Ohio State University By Paul Downs, B.A. Graduate Program in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures The Ohio State University 2015 Thesis Committee: Dr. Sam Meier, Advisor Dr. Kevin van Bladel Copyright by Paul Harrison Downs 2015 2 Abstract In this thesis I examine the writings and material artifacts relevant to Sennacherib’s third military campaign into the regions of Phoenicia, Philistia, and Judah. The intent of this examination is to investigate the political, ethnic, and religious entities of the ancient Levant from an exclusively Assyrian perspective that is contemporary with the events recorded. The focus is to analyze the Assyrian account on its own terms, in particular what we discover about various regions Sennacherib confronts on his third campaign. I do employ sources from later periods and from foreign perspectives, but only for the purpose of presenting a historical background to Sennacherib’s invasion of each of the abovementioned regions. Part of this examination will include an analysis of the structural breakdown of Sennacherib’s annals (the most complete account of the third campaign) to see what the structure of the narrative can tell us about the places the Assyrians describe. Also, I provide an analysis of each phase of the campaign from these primary writings and material remains.
    [Show full text]
  • Masaryk University Faculty of Arts
    Masaryk University Faculty of Arts Department of Archaeology and Museology BACHELOR’S DIPLOMA THESIS The Study of Halaf pottery from the Eastern Khabur Archaeological Survey (EHAS) in Iraqi Kurdistan Brno 2017 Beáta Baluchová Masaryk University Faculty of Arts Department of Archaeology and Museology Centre of Prehistoric Archaeology of the Near East Beáta Baluchová Bachelor’s Diploma Thesis Supervisor: Mgr. Mateiciucová, Inna Ph.D. Consultant: Prof. Dr. Pfälzner, Peter Dr. Sconzo, Paola Dr. Nieuwenhuyse Olivier Brno 2017 DECLARATION I declare that I have worked on this thesis independently, Using only the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography. I agree with storing this work in the library of the Prehistoric Archaeology of the Near East At the Masaryk University in Brno and making it accessible for study purposes. Brno 30.11.2017 ............................................................. Signature Abstract/Annotation Title: The Study of Halaf pottery from the Eastern Khabur Archaeological Survey (EHAS) in Iraqi Kurdistan Author: Beáta Baluchová Department/Institute: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Archaeology and Museology, Centre of Prehistoric Archaeology of the Near East Supervisor: Mgr. Mateiciucová Inna Ph.D. Consultant: Prof. Dr. Pfälzner, Peter Dr. Sconzo, Paola Dr. Nieuwenhuyse Olivier The study deals with the pottery, identified as Halaf, from the autonomous area of Kurdistan in Iraq. The material, which I analysed, originates from a surface collection carried out by the team of Tuebingen University from 2013. The work in field is lead under supervision of Prof. Dr. Peter Pfälzner and Dr. Paola Sconzo. The thesis is a preliminary effort to present material and distinguish more precisely ceramic material from EHAS to the chronological order from Pre-Halaf/Proto-Hassuna, Proto-Halaf, Early Halaf, Middle Halaf, Late Halaf and Halaf-Ubaid Transitional.
    [Show full text]
  • Open Dissertation-Final Submision-2
    The Pennsylvania State University The Graduate School College of the Liberal Arts RECONSTRUCTING THE RURAL ECONOMY OF SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA DURING THE THIRD MILLENNIUM B.C. A Dissertation in Anthropology by Zaid Alrawi © 2018 Zaid Alrawi Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy December 2018 The dissertation of Zaid Alrawi was reviewed and approved by the following: José M. Capriles Assistant Professor of Anthropology Dissertation Advisor Chair of Committee David Webster Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Kirk French Associate Teaching Professor of Anthropology Mark Munn Professor of Ancient Greek History and Greek Archaeology, Departments of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, and History Head of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies George Chaplin Special Member Senior Research Associate of Anthropology Douglas J. Kennett Department Head and Professor of Anthropology *Signatures are on file in the Graduate School. ii ABSTRACT This dissertation addresses the rural economy of southern Mesopotamia during the Third Millennium B.C. Previous research suggested that during the Early Dynastic, the region was characterized by a largely dispersed and decentralized settlement system that progressively became increasingly centralized with the emergence of the Akhadian Empire and the subsequent Ur III State. Our knowledge about the economic organization of rural Sumer, however, is largely based on ancient textual evidence, which is biased toward the perspective of city-based administrators. Focusing on the Girsu peripheral region of southern Mesopotamia, I explore landscape management, craft production, and exchange. I constructed a geographic information system including remote sensing images, field observations, published archaeological maps, and ancient textual evidence to explore the nature of settlement patterns and their change over time.
    [Show full text]
  • Archaeology in Turkey
    Archaeology in Turkey MARIE-HENRIETTE GATES Three concurrent patterns in Turkish archaeol- about sites threatened by industrial and demographic ogy can be understood from the following expansion report (more on this below). Archaeological strat- on the 1995 season's activities* The first and most egy is advancing on technical fronts, however, to ad- obvious is the recent dramatic increase in field proj- dress this urgency, and the information acquired can ects (fig. 1). The annual reports published by the Turk- only be considered a fortunate harvest. ish Ministry of Culture (in 1996, for the 1994 season) Third, to balance the enormous increase in data filled four bulging volumes, with some 1,000 pages concerning all periods, one can now welcome new on excavations and another 800 on surveys, despite concerted efforts at synthesis. Anatolian archaeol- enforced limits on manuscript length. This newslet- ogy has so far inspired fewer general studies and ter has therefore also swelled in size, and the west- handbooks than other cultural areas of the Near East. ern portion of its map has become a dense grid of Those in standard use are, at this stage, venerable points and place-names. classics-in a field where much has changed since Second, the vigorous health of archaeological their outlines were formulated: R. Naumann's Ar- fieldwork is broadening complementary research on chitektur Kleinasiens (Tiibingen 1955, rev. 1971), U.B. related questions, the projects inspiring or encour- Alkim's Anatolia I (Cleveland 1968), and S. Lloyd's aging others to pursue similar or parallel issues. Re- Ancient Turkey (London 1989- but conceived much search on Byzantine sites, for example, attracts each earlier).
    [Show full text]
  • HENRIETTE ANTONIA GROENEWEGEN-FRANKFORT by Claudia E
    HENRIETTE ANTONIA GROENEWEGEN-FRANKFORT By Claudia E. Suter Henriette Antonia Groenewegen was born on December 17, 1896 in Leyden, the Netherlands. She was the second youngest of six children. Her father, Hermanus Ysbrand Groenewegen, was a minister in the Remonstrantse Broederschap, a branch of the Dutch Reformation, which distinguishes itself from Lutheran hard-liners by its liberal attitudes.1 When Jettie, as Henriette was called by her family and friends, was six years old, her father became professor for practical theology, history of the Remonstrantse Broederschap, and philosophy of religion at the Fig. 1: H. A. Groenewegen- seminary of the Remonstrantse Broederschap in Frankfort in 1941. Leyden. He was an important figure in this circle, and famous as orator. Over time the focus of his work seems to have shifted more and more toward philosophy. In 1916, when Jettie was twenty years of age, he became professor for philosophy of religion and philosophical ethics in the theological faculty of the University of Amsterdam, for which he had to give up his leadership at the seminary. Jettie thus grew up in a liberal and intellectual milieu, and received a good general education. Perhaps inspired by her father's work, she pursued studies in Greek and Chinese philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. Although women had been admitted to universities in Holland since 1890, it was still unusual for a young woman in the second decade of our century to pursue academic studies, especially philosophy. Most professions then were taught by apprenticeship, institutions of higher education in general were restricted to those who could afford it, and the middle and upper class woman's common occupation was that of mother and housewife.
    [Show full text]
  • Professor Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, C.B.E., M.A., F.B.A., A.R.I.B.A
    PROFESSOR SETON HOWARD FREDERICK LLOYD, C.B.E., M.A., F.B.A., A.R.I.B.A. 1902-1996 Seton Lloyd, who died in hospital in Oxford on 7 January 1996 at the age of 93, was one of the last surviving pioneer archaeologists who put Near Eastern archaeology on to a sound, professional footing and established the special procedures necessary for excavating Near Eastern mounds. He was born on 30 May 1902 at Edgbaston, Birmingham, the second of eight children, into a family connected with Lloyds Bank (his grandfather had been a Director) and Lloyds Insurance. His father was a "shadowy" figure who became stone deaf during his honeymoon so that relationships with his children were difficult. Seton's mother was from a military family and he adored her. She was a great influence and he was able to base parts of his memoirs (The Interval, 1986) on his numerous letters to her. He studied at the Architectural Association in London, qualifying in 1926, and spent two years as Sir Edwyn Lutyens' assistant before setting up a small private architectural practice with two friends in 1928. That same year one of his partners got engaged to be married and was not, therefore, in a position to take up the post of architect on the Tell el-Amarna excavations in Egypt. Seton went to Egypt instead. Thus began the "professional transformation" which was to produce one of this century's great field archaeologists. The director at Amarna, Henri Frankfort, engaged Seton Lloyd for his next venture on behalf of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, namely the excavations in the Diyala Region north-east of Baghdad.
    [Show full text]
  • Diyala Project Clemens D
    oi.uchicago.edu CHICAGO HITTITE DICTIONARY to allow easier access to the electronic content. As we enhance the query facility we will also be making a concerted effort to document its effective use more clearly for users of all kinds. Exciting was the visit of Dr. Andreas Schachner, the director of the German excavations in Bo©azköy, the former capital of the Hittite empire Hattuåa, who gave two lectures. We also talked about possible ways of future cooperation, especially in light of the eCHD. It has always been our aim to present where relevant in the dictionary as much archaeological evidence as possible. For instance, in treating the word åeppikkuåta- “needle, pin” we, of course, refer to the existing excavation reports that publish all known pins and needles found, but the eCHD would give us the possibility of actually showing them and linking to the publications. This is something that we will have to explore in the coming years. —————————— DIYALA PROJECT Clemens D. Reichel Started work after lunch with 12 men from Shergat [=Assur, modern Qala’at Shergat]. Dug trench at north and south end of deeper pit (g), in order to find out: 1) whether that long low lying stretch of ground could be used anywhere for dumping; 2) with what the pit hangs to- gether; 3) to get a baked brick building so that the men could be trained first on easy work. Soon baked bricks turn up with the name of Ur-nin-giå-zi-da, patesi [= governor, modern read- ing: ensí] of Ashnunnak [= Eånnunna]. All the stamps are in his name.
    [Show full text]
  • Ancient Cities and Landscapes in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: the Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey 2012 Season
    Ancient Cities and Landscapes in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: The Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey 2012 Season The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Ur, Jason, Lidewijde de Jong, Jessica Giraud, James F. Osborne, and John MacGinnis. 2013. Ancient cities and landscapes in the Kurdistan region of Iraq: The Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey 2012 season. Iraq 75:89-118. Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11510264 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA 89 ANCIENT CITIES AND LANDSCAPES IN THE KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ: THE ERBIL PLAIN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2012 SEASON1 By jason Ur, lidewijde de jong, jessica giraud, james f. osborne and john macginnis In 2012, the Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey (EPAS) conducted its first season of fieldwork. The project’s goal is the complete mapping of the archaeological landscape of Erbil, with an emphasis on the Neo-Assyrian and Hellenistic periods. It will test the hypothesis that the Neo-Assyrian landscape was closely planned. This first report emphasizes the project’s field methodology, especially the use of a variety of satellite remote sensing imagery. Our preliminary results suggest that the plain was part of the urbanized world of Mesopotamia, with new cities of the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Sasanian era identified. Introduction Iraq is one of the intellectual birthplaces of the study of ancient settlement patterns and landscapes.
    [Show full text]