Assyrian Origins: Discoveries at Ashur on the Tigris: Antiquities in the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

by Prudence Oliver Harper

This pubblication is issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 2-August 13, 1995.

Translation from the German of all texts by the Berlin authors is by Russell Stockman.

Contents

Foreword by Philippe de Montebello
Contributors to the Catalogue
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology for Ashur and Southern Mesopotamia
Map

The History of the Excavations at Ashur and of the Vorderasiatisches Museum

The History of Ashur in the Third and Second Millennia B.C.

Temple and Cult: Early Periods at Ashur

The Archaic Ishtar Temple
Cat. nos. 1–11

The Copper Hoard from the Ashur Temple
Cat. nos. 12–21

Monumental Sculpture
Cat. no. 22

Trade and Exchange: The Old Assyrian Period

An Old Assyrian Merchant's Grave (Grave 20)
Cat. nos. 23–43

Cult Vessel
Cat. no. 44

Colorplates

The Wealth of Ashur: The Middle Assyrian Period

A Noble Truth (Tomb 45)
Cat. nos. 45–60

Middle Assyrian Imagery and the Decorative Arts
Cat. nos. 61–74

Royal Monument
Cat. no. 75

Assyrian Terracotta Figurines
Cat. nos. 76–85

Written Sources
Cat. nos. 86–88

Transition to the First Millennium B.C.

Concordance
Bibliography
Index

Genres: History, Ancient, Art

142 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 1995