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- catalog abstract "The British Museum has one of the finest collections of Assyrian artifacts in the world, centered around the famous carved stone reliefs from the palaces of the Assyrian kings at Nimrud and Nineveh. Dating from the ninth to the seventh centuries B.C., these remarkable sculptures show the kings' exploits in battle and in hunting, and ceremonies at the Assyrian court. This catalogue describes their excavation in the mid-nineteenth century and the excitement aroused in Western Europe by the discovery of reliefs depicting peoples mentioned in the Bible. A broader picture of life in Assyria is created by numerous smaller objects, such as delicate ivories, embossed bronze bowls, ceramic and glass vessels, and exquisite cylinder seals carved in miniature. Particularly important are the clay tablets from the royal library of King Ashurbanipal, written in the cuneiform script and dealing with a wide range of subjects, from the administration of the empire to magic, religion and divination, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, history and literature. The book is written by a team of experts, mainly from the British Museum, and more than 250 items are described and illustrated in color, providing a magnificent record of one of the great civilizations of antiquity.".
- catalog contributor b8605387.
- catalog contributor b8605388.
- catalog contributor b8605389.
- catalog contributor b8605390.
- catalog contributor b8605391.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-224).".
- catalog description "Reliefs and Sculptures -- Palaces and Temples -- Magic and Religion -- Furniture and Fittings -- Vases and Vessels -- Horse Trappings and Harness -- Dress and Equipment -- Seals and Sealings -- Administration and Society -- Literature and Science -- Assyria Revealed.".
- catalog description "The British Museum has one of the finest collections of Assyrian artifacts in the world, centered around the famous carved stone reliefs from the palaces of the Assyrian kings at Nimrud and Nineveh. Dating from the ninth to the seventh centuries B.C., these remarkable sculptures show the kings' exploits in battle and in hunting, and ceremonies at the Assyrian court. This catalogue describes their excavation in the mid-nineteenth century and the excitement aroused in Western Europe by the discovery of reliefs depicting peoples mentioned in the Bible. A broader picture of life in Assyria is created by numerous smaller objects, such as delicate ivories, embossed bronze bowls, ceramic and glass vessels, and exquisite cylinder seals carved in miniature. Particularly important are the clay tablets from the royal library of King Ashurbanipal, written in the cuneiform script and dealing with a wide range of subjects, from the administration of the empire to magic, religion and divination, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, history and literature. The book is written by a team of experts, mainly from the British Museum, and more than 250 items are described and illustrated in color, providing a magnificent record of one of the great civilizations of antiquity.".
- catalog extent "224 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Art and empire.".
- catalog identifier "0810964910".
- catalog isFormatOf "Art and empire.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams,".
- catalog relation "Art and empire.".
- catalog spatial "England London".
- catalog subject "730/.0935 20".
- catalog subject "Art England London Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "Art, Assyro-Babylonian Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "British Museum Exhibitions.".
- catalog subject "N5370 .A78 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "Reliefs and Sculptures -- Palaces and Temples -- Magic and Religion -- Furniture and Fittings -- Vases and Vessels -- Horse Trappings and Harness -- Dress and Equipment -- Seals and Sealings -- Administration and Society -- Literature and Science -- Assyria Revealed.".
- catalog title "Art and empire : treasures from Assyria in the British Museum / edited by J.E. Curtis and J.E.Reade ; with contributions by D. Collon ... [et al.] ; foreword by R.G.W. Anderson.".
- catalog type "Exhibition catalogs. fast".
- catalog type "text".