Tell Halaf : : A New Culture in Oldest Mesopotamia / / Baron Max von Oppenheim.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Oppenheim, Baron Max von,
• MitwirkendeR: Herzfeld, Ernst,; Jensen, Peter,; Langenegger, Felix,; Meissner, Bruno,; Müller, Karl,; Schmidt, Hubert,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Kiraz Classic Archaeological Reprints
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (425 p.) :; 87

The site of Tell Halaf was located by Baron von Oppenheim while on a mission to survey the land for the Baghdad Railway. The Baron returned some years later to excavate the mound, and this monograph is his considered statement of the site’s importance. Setting the stage with a narrative of the discovery of the tell, von Oppenheim proceeds to describe the structures, monumental statuary and smaller objects recovered from the dig. Lavishly illustrated with over 85 illustrations and maps, this volume contains a storehouse of knowledge on ancient Syria, at that time part of the cultural continuum of Mesopotamia.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword to the English Edition -- Foreword to the German Edition -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- I. The Discovery and Excavation of Tell Halaf -- II. The Khabur Headwaters Region and its History -- III. The Old Tell Halaf Town -- IV. The Great Statues of the Temple-Palace -- V. The Small Orthostats -- VI. The Other Stone Carvings -- VII. Small Objects -- VIII. Jebelet-el-Beda -- IX. The Results of our Work and the Outlook -- APPENDIX I. Stylistic Investigation and Dating of the Stone Carvings -- APPENDIX II. Technical Remarks on the Excavations on the Citadel Hill -- APPENDIX III. Technical Remarks on the Excavations in the Town Area -- APPENDIX IV. On the Smaller Finds -- APPENDIX V. Remarks on the Cuneiform Texts -- APPENDIX VI. On the Aramaic Documents -- INDEX