Tell Halaf : : A New Culture in Oldest Mesopotamia /

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

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 disco...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (425 p.) :; 87
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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

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