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Some thoughts on the Assyrian ivories from the Temple of Nabu at Nimrod
Excavations in a throne room in the Temple of Nabû at Nimrud uncovered ivory plaques carved in an Assyrian-style. These appeared to be part of the temple furniture that had been deliberately burnt at the end of the Assyrian empire. The incised imagery includes processions of foreign tributaries interpreted as...Collins, Paul
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Mummies of Ancient Egypt, Rediscovering Six Lives
This exhibition book explores the lives of six mummified individuals who once lived in Egypt between the Third Intermediate Period (about 1069-664 BC) and the Roman time (30 BC - AD 395). Using cutting-edge scientific investigations, each mummy offers insights into specific aspects of their lives and deaths, which are...Vandenbeusch, Marie ; Antoine, Daniel
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Journal article
'Mediocre essays in medallic vituperation': German First World War medals and the British Museum
The centenary of the outbreak of the First World War provides a timely opportunity to examine the British Museum’s acquisition of German art medals relating to the conflict. A modest collection of thirty-six medals was acquired between 1916 and the end of the war in 1918 but, in that same...Hockenhull, Tom
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Stamped all over the king’s head: defaced coins and women’s suffrage
Using the British Museum's 'Votes for Women' penny as its starting point, this article conducts an analysis of a group of similar coins. It attempts to answer how they were made, how many were made, their purpose and place in suffragette historiography.Hockenhull, Tom
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Rising above the propaganda: German medallic art in Britain (1914–1919)
During the First World War museums in Britain faced numerous challenges to their collecting and display strategies. Many museums were temporarily closed owing to a cut in government grant aid, which proved severely restrictive to available display space and caused considerable controversy, both in Britain and in Europe. In Vienna,...Hockenhull, Tom
medals and World War I
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Cuban complementary notes
Cuba is well-known for its complex cash economy. The series discusses here addresses more of an ideological conundrum than a practical challenge – how the state engenders unity and material disinterest from work carried out in the name of the Cuban Revolution. Adopting a form reminiscent of revolutionary scrip money/bonds...Solorzano Arias , Zoreidi ; Hockenhull, Tom
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Medals for a Sailor King
A survey of designs for medals produced in the period 1827-31 during the Duke of Clarence's short-lived tenure as Lord High Admiral and his later coronation as King William IV.Hockenhull, Tom
medals and William IV
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Silk Road textiles on banknotes of the Central Asian Republics
Since independence in 1991, the Central Asian republics have used traditional textiles to construct their national identities and to strengthen their association with the famous Silk Roads. This national branding is exemplified by the designs used on modern banknotes, reflecting each nation’s priorities and preferred associations.Wang, Helen ; Sluka, Victoria
textiles, banknotes, and Central Asia
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Seal impressions from Tell Iswid
Regulski, Ilona
Sealing, Egypt, and Archaeology
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The first preliminary report of the Khirbat Umm al-Ghuzlān Excavation Project: investigating an EB IV olive processing site in north Jordan
The evidence from Khirbat Umm al-Ghuzlān suggests that this enclosure site served a specialised economic purpose in the Early Bronze Age (EB) IV (ca 26/2500-2000BC). Given the site’s location, it is likely that it was used as a processing centre for upland horticultural crops such as olive, which grow better...Fraser, James ; Cartwright, Caroline ; Zoubi, N. ; Carr, A. ; Handziuk, N. …