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The Rediscovery of Assyria
During the nineteenth century, most of the Middle East belonged to the Turkish Ottoman empire. However, people independent of the central authorities in the capital Constantinople controlled much of the region. This made travel for Europeans in the area not only extremely difficult but often very dangerous. Nonetheless, merchants, diplomats, and adventurers occasionally journeyed into this land and returned with tantalizing tales of ancient ruins. Since most educated people in Europe were schooled in the Hebrew Bible and classical authors, they recognized that many of the sites in the Holy Land, and especially Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq), represented the remains of some of the oldest civilizations in the world.
The Rediscovery of Assyria | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art the antiquities he gathered formed the basis for the mesopotamian collections in the british museum. it was a frenchman, paul-emile botta (1802–1870), however, who undertook the first major excavations. ... in 1842, botta started digging at nineveh in north mesopotamia, but a lack of major discoveries led him to shift his attention to the site of khorsabad. here he discovered the palace of sargon ii, built around 710 b.c. the mud-brick walls of the palace had been lined with slabs of alabaster finely carved in relief depicting the king'
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rdas/hd_rdas.htm [1103 words]
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Associated subjects: ottoman empire (+), nimrud (ancient kalhu) (+), napoleon's expedition to egypt (+), ancient city (+), mesopotamia (+), hittite (+), ancient near eastern art (+)
Assyria, 1365–609 B.C. | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art under the powerful northern mesopotamian state of mitanni, assyria's fortunes revived in the reign of ashur-uballit i (1365–1330 b.c. ). from his capital at ashur, ashur-uballit extended assyrian control over the rich farming lands of nineveh and arbela to the north. the new conquests were consolidated by succeeding kings and, under adad-nirari i (r. 1307–1275 b.c. ), the remnants of the state of mitanni were conquered and assyrian control stretched to the euphrates and the borders of the hittite empire.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/assy/hd_assy.htm [1552 words]
Earring in the form of a three-lobed wineskin ¦ Highlights ¦ Ancient Near Eastern Art ¦ Collection Database ¦ Works of A earring in the form of a three-lobed wineskin period parthian date ca. 2nd–1st century b.c. geography mesopotamia, said to be from nineveh medium gold dimensions l. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm) classification metalwork-ornament credit line purchase, mrs. vladimir s. littauer gift, 1995 accession number 1995.366 on view: gallery 405 provenance provenance 1845-
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/earring_in_the_form_of_a_three_lobed_wineskin/objectview.a [122 words]
Bracelet - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections after a relief in the british museum. on the clasp, a babylonian cylinder in steatite. the assyrian sculptures in the british museum excavated by sir a.h. layard were a source of inspiration to many designers. layard published nineveh and its remains (1848-9) and nineveh and babylon (1853). descriptive line gold bracelet with applied decoration representing ashurbanipal, king of assyria, after a relief in the british museum,
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O75096/bracelet/ [311 words]
![Earring in the form of a three-lobed wineskin [Mesopotamia] (1995.366) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://kunstbus.com/images/k/me/www.metmuseum.org/toah_2F_images_2F_h2_2F_h2_1995.366.jpg)
Earring in the form of a three-lobed wineskin [Mesopotamia] (1995.366) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropo thomas hope accompanied the earring into the museum's collection, and on the back are notes detailing the history of ownership, stating that it was found by british archaeologist austen henry layard, excavator of nimrud and nineveh, around 1845. The New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art collections include more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years from every part of the globe.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1995.366 [291 words]
![Nude goddess figurine [Excavated at Tell el-Duweir (ancient Lachish), southern Levant] (34.126.53) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://kunstbus.com/images/k/me/www.metmuseum.org/toah_2F_images_2F_h2_2F_h2_34.126.53.jpg)
Nude goddess figurine [Excavated at Tell el-Duweir (ancient Lachish), southern Levant] (34.126.53) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline the major fortified center in judah that was destroyed by the assyrian army under sennacherib (701 b.c.). the city's fate is chronicled in the bible and represented in wall reliefs from the assyrian palace at nineveh. this buxom goddess figurine with pillar base is nude and supports her breasts in her hands. the head is simply rendered with a short, tightly curled caplike hairdo articulated in ridges, and the facial features are mold-made and clearly articulated.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/34.126.53 [263 words]
![Head of a ruler [Iran or Mesopotamia] (47.100.80) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://kunstbus.com/images/k/me/www.metmuseum.org/toah_2F_images_2F_h2_2F_h2_47.100.80.jpg)
Head of a ruler [Iran or Mesopotamia] (47.100.80) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropolitan Museum of Art and enlarged ears all suggest a portrait of an actual person. while the date and place of manufacture of this piece have been much debated, its apparent similarity to the magificent bronze head found at nineveh makes a late third millennium date most likely. the headdress, however, is similar to that of later middle elamite small figurines found at susa, one of gold and the other of silver. the eyes, eyebrows and nose also seem to render a related ethnic type.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/47.100.80 [281 words]