4 Ergebnisse.

A guide to the Nimrud Ivories - one of the world's most spectacular collections of ancient ivory.

Part of the Ivories From Nimrud series. Fascicule IV is a two volume set on the ivories found in room SW37 at Fort Shalmaneser. Part 1, contains the text while Part 2 contains the plates.

The fifth in a five volume series. Volume V deals with small collections of ivories found at Fort Shalmaneser and tries to place them in their positions before the final assault and looting on the palace.

Nimrud is an exceptionally generous site, and has richly rewarded those that work there. It was first famous for the Assyrian bas reliefs found by the 19th century archaeologist, Austen Henry Layard, but is also famous for the thousands of ivories found during the 19th and 20th centuries. The ivories were mostly imported from the Levantine kingdoms to the west, either as tribute or booty, although there were some in the distinctive local Assyr...