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2022
Book chapter
The Assyrian fort at Usu Aska in Iraqi Kurdistan
MacGinnis, John
Usu Ask, archaeology, and Assyria
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2022
Book chapter
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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2022
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Kingship in time and space in the Northwest Palace, Nimrud
The wall reliefs of Neo-Assyrian palaces have been investigated for relationships between text and image, their historiographical significance and affective properties. The sculptured images and associated inscriptions projected the power and authority of Assyrian kingship through representations of the achievements of individual rulers and their connections with royal ancestors and...Collins, Paul
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2018
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2018
Book chapter
Cyprus and Assyria
A overview of the relationship between Cyprus and Assyria at the time of Ashurbanipal in an exhibition catalogue to accompany the 2018 British Museum exhibition, I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria.Kiely, Thomas
Assyria, Ashurbanipal, archaeology, and Cyprus