is published twice a year in April and October. Two parts form a volume. It covers all areas and ... more is published twice a year in April and October. Two parts form a volume. It covers all areas and periods of archaeology, with a particular focus on the role of human intellectual abilities as reflected for example in the art, religion and symbolism of early societies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Jack Cheng and Marian H. Feldman A Personal Perspective on Irene W... more TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Jack Cheng and Marian H. Feldman A Personal Perspective on Irene Winter's Scholarly Career John M. Russell Picturing the Past, Teaching the Future Michelle I. Marcus Bibliography for Irene J. Winter, 1967-2005 I. "Seat of Kingship/A Wonder to Behold": Architectural Contexts A Note on the Nahal Mishmar "Crowns" Irit Ziffer Upright Stones and Building Narratives: Formation of a Shared Architectural Practice in the Ancient Near East Omur Harmansah Blurring the Edges: A Reconsideration of the Treatment of Enemies in Ashurbanipal's Reliefs Stephanie Reed II. "Idols of the King": Ritual Contexts Assyrian Royal Monuments on the Periphery: Ritual and the Making of Imperial Space Ann Shafer The Godlike Semblance of a King: The Case of Sennacherib's Rock Reliefs Tallay Ornan Ceremony and Kingship at Carchemish Elif Denel The Temple and the King: Urartian Ritual Spaces and their Role in Royal Ideology Tugba Tanyeri-Erdemi...
This second volume of collected essays, complement to volume one, focuses upon the art and cultur... more This second volume of collected essays, complement to volume one, focuses upon the art and culture of the third millennium B.C.E. in ancient Mesopotamia.
The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Jul 1, 2007
This study brings together the archaeological record and the pictorial documentation of ornamenta... more This study brings together the archaeological record and the pictorial documentation of ornamental wall painting produced in Assyria, from the thirteenth to the seventh centuries BC Nimrud, Khorsabad, Til Barsip, and Tell Sheikh Hamad, are among the ancient sites where ...
THE AUTHOR Irene J. Winter received her BA degree from Barnard College, MA from the University of... more THE AUTHOR Irene J. Winter received her BA degree from Barnard College, MA from the University of Chicago, and Ph.D. from Columbia University. She has taught at Columbia, at Queens College of the City University of New York, and since 1976 at the University of Pennsylvania, ...
... An account of the king, the statue, and the building project is also inscribed around the phy... more ... An account of the king, the statue, and the building project is also inscribed around the physical mass of the statue, a shor-tened version of what appears in Gudea's lengthy Cylinders A and B. At the obvious level of action, Gudea is clearly the agent through whom the project is ...
Ivory as a material has a unique and fascinating appeal by virtue of its rich warm colour and she... more Ivory as a material has a unique and fascinating appeal by virtue of its rich warm colour and sheen. Since very early times, ivory has been synonymous with luxury, as witnessed in the Old Testament reference to Ahab's " house of ivory ", the epitome of luxurious living; in Amos' ...
is published twice a year in April and October. Two parts form a volume. It covers all areas and ... more is published twice a year in April and October. Two parts form a volume. It covers all areas and periods of archaeology, with a particular focus on the role of human intellectual abilities as reflected for example in the art, religion and symbolism of early societies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Jack Cheng and Marian H. Feldman A Personal Perspective on Irene W... more TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Jack Cheng and Marian H. Feldman A Personal Perspective on Irene Winter's Scholarly Career John M. Russell Picturing the Past, Teaching the Future Michelle I. Marcus Bibliography for Irene J. Winter, 1967-2005 I. "Seat of Kingship/A Wonder to Behold": Architectural Contexts A Note on the Nahal Mishmar "Crowns" Irit Ziffer Upright Stones and Building Narratives: Formation of a Shared Architectural Practice in the Ancient Near East Omur Harmansah Blurring the Edges: A Reconsideration of the Treatment of Enemies in Ashurbanipal's Reliefs Stephanie Reed II. "Idols of the King": Ritual Contexts Assyrian Royal Monuments on the Periphery: Ritual and the Making of Imperial Space Ann Shafer The Godlike Semblance of a King: The Case of Sennacherib's Rock Reliefs Tallay Ornan Ceremony and Kingship at Carchemish Elif Denel The Temple and the King: Urartian Ritual Spaces and their Role in Royal Ideology Tugba Tanyeri-Erdemi...
This second volume of collected essays, complement to volume one, focuses upon the art and cultur... more This second volume of collected essays, complement to volume one, focuses upon the art and culture of the third millennium B.C.E. in ancient Mesopotamia.
The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Jul 1, 2007
This study brings together the archaeological record and the pictorial documentation of ornamenta... more This study brings together the archaeological record and the pictorial documentation of ornamental wall painting produced in Assyria, from the thirteenth to the seventh centuries BC Nimrud, Khorsabad, Til Barsip, and Tell Sheikh Hamad, are among the ancient sites where ...
THE AUTHOR Irene J. Winter received her BA degree from Barnard College, MA from the University of... more THE AUTHOR Irene J. Winter received her BA degree from Barnard College, MA from the University of Chicago, and Ph.D. from Columbia University. She has taught at Columbia, at Queens College of the City University of New York, and since 1976 at the University of Pennsylvania, ...
... An account of the king, the statue, and the building project is also inscribed around the phy... more ... An account of the king, the statue, and the building project is also inscribed around the physical mass of the statue, a shor-tened version of what appears in Gudea's lengthy Cylinders A and B. At the obvious level of action, Gudea is clearly the agent through whom the project is ...
Ivory as a material has a unique and fascinating appeal by virtue of its rich warm colour and she... more Ivory as a material has a unique and fascinating appeal by virtue of its rich warm colour and sheen. Since very early times, ivory has been synonymous with luxury, as witnessed in the Old Testament reference to Ahab's " house of ivory ", the epitome of luxurious living; in Amos' ...
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Originally Broadcast on HDNet World... more By Micah Garen and Marie-Hélène Carleton Four Corners Media
Originally Broadcast on HDNet World Report Season 9, Episode 22 - March 20, 2012
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