The Pots And Potters Of Assyria

Author : Kim Duistermaat
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : IND:30000125109854

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The Pots and Potters of Assyria by Kim Duistermaat Pdf

This is the first monograph that deals with the Middle Assyrian remains at Tell Sabi Abyad, northern Syria. It offers a detailed description of the ceramics excavated between 1991 and 1998 in the project of Leiden National Museum of Antiquities. The study integrates technological, morphological, stylistic, and archaeological data to come to an understanding of pottery production and use. The book contains seven lavishly illustrated chapters and six appendices presenting the raw data on typology, pottery kilns, archaeometric analyses and functional analyses. The large-scale excavation and the excellent preservation of pottery workshops, tools and kilns as well as the meticulous study of technology and standardization provide a unique insight into the organization of pottery production. The chapter on function and use combines information on performance characteristics, shape and capacity, traces of use, depictions of vessels in iconography and information from texts, in an attempt to reconstruct how vessels were used. In a contribution by Dr. Frans Wiggermann two cuneiform texts from Sabi Abyad dealing with pottery have been published, and a first step has been taken to connect the ceramic repertoire with Middle Assyrian vocabulary. This study will be interesting to Near Eastern archaeologists, ceramicists and Assyriologists as well as to students of craft production in archaeology or ethno-archaeology. Dr. Kim Duistermaat is director of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo. She has participated in archaeological research projects in the Netherlands, Egypt and Syria, where she directed the Netherlands Institute for Academic Studies in Damascus between 1997 and 2005.

Author : Andrew Jamieson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 9042923644

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Tell Ahmar III by Andrew Jamieson Pdf

Tell Ahmar, ancient Til Barsib, on the east bank of the Euphrates River, close to the confluence of the Sajur River, was ideally placed to function as a crossing point from upper Mesopotamia to northern Syria. To a large extent the prominent and strategic location of Tell Ahmar determined the Assyrian interest in the site and it is apparent that Tell Ahmar reached its maximum size under the Assyrians.This study presents the Neo-Assyrian pottery from the excavations in Area C at Tell Ahmar. At least three buildings were identified in Area C. The distribution of the different pottery wares and types reflects patterns associated with the different activity areas identified within the buildings in Area C. Some wares and types were found with high degrees of frequency, other wares and types occurred infrequently. The buildings in Area C were only occupied for a short duration and this limited period of use is reflected in the ceramic evidence. The Area C pottery from Stratum 2 may be dated to the seventh century BCE, and most likely to the second half of the seventh century BCE.The Area C pottery from Tell Ahmar displays many correlations with other contemporary site assemblages. The Tell Ahmar pottery finds close parallels with similar wares and shapes in the Assyrian heartland, especially at Nimrud. The value of the Neo-Assyrian pottery from Tell Ahmar is that it offers an extensive ceramic corpus from three closely related residential buildings of an important provincial centre located in the middle and upper Euphrates valley of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

Author : Samuel Birch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Pottery
ISBN : MSU:31293009169719

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History of Ancient Pottery by Samuel Birch Pdf

Author : Bleda S. Düring
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108478748

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The Imperialisation of Assyria by Bleda S. Düring Pdf

How can we understand the remarkable success of the Assyrian Empire? This book provides an agent-centred explanation using archaeological data.

Author : Samuel Birch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNN:BN000616246

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History of Ancient Pottery, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman by Samuel Birch by Samuel Birch Pdf

Author : Dominik Bonatz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110691931

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Middle Assyrian Seal Motifs from Tell Fekheriye (Syria) by Dominik Bonatz Pdf

Despite ongoing interest in Middle Assyrian glyptic art, the publications of Middle Assyrian seals and seal impressions from excavated sites in the Near East are very rare. The book is the first to offer a comprehensive study on the seal corpus from an archaeological site historically located in the western territory of the Middle Assyrian state. The seal impressions and few original seals, which were found during the excavations in Tell Fekheriye (Syria), substantially add to our understanding of the iconographic repertory and the use of seals in the Middle Assyrian period. The corpus dates to the reigns of the Assyrian kings Shalmaneser I and Tukulti-Ninurta I in the 13th century B.C. It documents practices of governance and administration in the growing Middle Assyrian Empire, points to activities of high-ranking Assyrian officials and unfolds the pictorial reality of political and ideological intensions. While finding detailed information on unpublished materials, their archaeological contexts and interpretations, the reader is also invited to follow a discourse on art, state and society for which the Middle Assyrian seal motifs from Tell Fekheriye provide an excellent case study.

Author : Claudia Glatz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781315422565

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Plain Pottery Traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East by Claudia Glatz Pdf

The evolution and proliferation of plain and predominantly wheel-made pottery presents a characteristic feature of the societies of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean since the fourth millennium B.C. This plain pottery has received little detailed archaeological attention in comparison to aesthetically more pleasing and chronologically sensitive decorated traditions. Yet, their simplicity and standardization suggest they are products of craft specialists, the result of high-volume production, and therefore important in understanding the social systems in early complex societies. This volume-reevaluates the role and significance of plain pottery traditions from both historically specific perspectives and from a comparative point of view;-examines the uses and functions of this pottery in relation to social negotiation and group identity formation;-helps scholars understand cross-regional similarities in development and use.

Author : Craig W. Tyson,Virginia R. Herrmann
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607328230

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Imperial Peripheries in the Neo-Assyrian Period by Craig W. Tyson,Virginia R. Herrmann Pdf

Though the Neo-Assyrian Empire has largely been conceived of as the main actor in relations between its core and periphery, recent work on the empire’s peripheries has encouraged archaeologists and historians to consider dynamic models of interaction between Assyria and the polities surrounding it. Imperial Peripheries in the Neo-Assyrian Period focuses on the variability of imperial strategies and local responses to Assyrian power across time and space. An international team of archaeologists and historians draws upon both new and existing evidence from excavations, surveys, texts, and material culture to highlight the strategies that the Neo-Assyrian Empire applied to manage its diverse and widespread empire as well as the mixed reception of those strategies by subjects close to and far from the center. Case studies from around the ancient Near East illustrate a remarkable variety of responses to Assyrian aggression, economic policies, and cultural influences. As a whole, the volume demonstrates both the destructive and constructive roles of empire, including unintended effects of imperialism on socioeconomic and cultural change. Imperial Peripheries in the Neo-Assyrian Period aligns with the recent movement in imperial studies to replace global, top-down materialist models with theories of contingency, local agency, and bottom-up processes. Such approaches bring to the foreground the reality that the development and lifecycles of empires in general, and the Neo-Assyrian Empire in particular, cannot be completely explained by the activities of the core. The book will be welcomed by archaeologists of the Ancient Near East, Assyriologists, and scholars concerned with empires and imperial power in history. Contributors: Stephanie H. Brown, Anna Cannavò, Megan Cifarelli, Erin Darby, Bleda S. Düring, Avraham Faust, Guido Guarducci, Bradley J. Parker

Author : Costanza Coppini
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1136 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9783111075303

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The Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Ceramic Sequence at Tell Fekheriye (Syria) by Costanza Coppini Pdf

The importance and primary role of the site of Tell Fekheriye (Syria) has always been emphasized in the research history of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology. As known from excavations and written sources, the site was an important centre in the Mittani and the Middle Assyrian periods. However, a systematic study and analysis of the pottery has never been accomplished, although the material offers a local and regional perspective on the ceramic production of a Late Bronze Age urban centre. This book fills this gap, offering an insight into the pottery from the site. The material provides a crucial set of data from Northern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on the Late Bronze Age, and in the phase of power alternation between the Mittani Kingdom and the Middle Assyrian state. This work illustrates the chrono-typological changes in the ceramic assemblages and provides an analysis of the functions related to the ceramic vessels, in context with other findings (sealings). In the end, the analysis of ceramic material as a starting point leads the reader to the investigation of topics related to society and social behaviours, economy, and political assets and administration in this urban centre for roughly 300 years of its history.

Author : Hans Peter Hahn,Anja Klöckner,Dirk Wicke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789258158

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Values and Revaluations by Hans Peter Hahn,Anja Klöckner,Dirk Wicke Pdf

Author : Samuel Birch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z226241501

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History of Ancient Pottery by Samuel Birch Pdf

Author : Erin Darby
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161524926

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Interpreting Judean Pillar Figurines by Erin Darby Pdf

"Judean Pillar Figurines regularly appear in discussions about Israelite religion, monotheism, and female practice. Erin Darby uses Near Eastern texts, iconography, the Hebrew Bible, and the archeology of Jerusalem to explore figurine function, the gender of figurine users, and the relationship between Judean figurines and the Assyrian Empire"--Back cover.

Author : Stefano Anastasio
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Assyria
ISBN : 2503532888

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Atlas of the Assyrian Pottery of the Iron Age by Stefano Anastasio Pdf

"Assyrian pottery of the XI-VI centuries BC is a very special topic in Near Eastern archaeology for several reasons: it is widely diffused, relates to the expansion of the first real "empire" in Western Asia, and is well-characterized in terms of typology, manufacturing and decoration." "Especially from the VIII century BC on, the Assyrian policy of settlement in conquered regions led to a wide-ranging occupation of all the available landscapes in many of the conquered provinces. The result is a large amount of excavations with materials dating back to that period. The Atlas aims to develop a global typology that can be applied to the whole Assyrian repertory, in order to highlight the main types and to define their precise chronology and diffusion in the various regions conquered by Assyrians." --Book Jacket.

Author : Dominik Bonatz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110370348

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The Archaeology of Political Spaces by Dominik Bonatz Pdf

This book, consisting of 12 contributions, amalgamates the most recent results from archaeological research in the Upper Mesopotamian piedmont. Under the growing influence of expanding territorial states which had become established during the 2nd millennium BC, this region experienced a substantial change in social and political life during that time. The discussion is centered around settlement shapes, developments in the material culture, as well as written documents that attest to this change. In summary, this book emphasizes the significant roll of archaeological research in the reconstruction of models concerning the formation and transformation of political space in the ancient world.

Author : Federico Manuelli,Dirk Paul Mielke
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803272023

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Late Bronze Age Painted Pottery Traditions at the Margins of the Hittite State by Federico Manuelli,Dirk Paul Mielke Pdf

The intent of this volume is to break through the boundaries usually imposed by the study of 2nd millennium BC pottery production in Anatolia. 12 papers of leading specialists working on relevant material offer, for the first time, the possibility of a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of painted pottery in the 2nd millennium BC.