"Ernst Herzfeld, Joseph Upton, and the Artaxerxes Phialai": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 55 (2020)

Colburn, Henry P. (2020)

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The Metropolitan Museum Journal is issued annually and publishes original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection. Highlights of volume 55 include an essay on Buddhist imagery in a medieval Chinese silk painted banner, a discussion of a rare 19th-century keyed guitar, and a contextualization of Ed Ruscha’s books of photographs of L.A. streets and gas stations of the 1960s and ’70s.

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Articles

"Buddhism and Silk: Reassessing a Painted Banner from Medieval Central Asia in The Met"
Michelle C. Wang, Xin Wen, Susan Whitfield

"Joris Hoefnagel's Insects"
Marjorie Shelley

"John Haberle's A Bachelor’s Drawer: Censorship, Geologic Time, and Truth"
Amy Werbel

"'The Toughest, Meanest Art I Was Making': Edward Ruscha's Books"
Doug Eklund

"An Ode to James Van Der Zee: Lorna Simpson's 9 Props"
Emilie Boone

Research Notes

"Domesticated Partners: A New Analysis of a Sumerian Vessel"
Bailey E. Barnard

"Radiance and the Power of Erasure in an Obsidian Lamaštu Amulet"
Miriam Said

"Ernst Herzfeld, Joseph Upton, and the Artaxerxes Phialai"
Henry P. Colburn

"New Insights into an Old Collection: Ptolemaic Pottery from Hibis (Kharga Oasis)"
James C. R. Gill

"A Bat and Two Ears and Jusepe de Ribera's Triumphant Virtue"
Viviana Farina

"Carmontelle's Telltale Marks and Materials"
Margot Bernstein

"The Met's German Keyed Guitar"
Daniel Wheeldon

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Henry P. Colburn is Research Associate, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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Wilkinson, Charles Kyrle. "The Art of the Ancient Near East." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 7, no. 7 (March, 1949). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1949. See more

Wilkinson, Charles Kyrle. "The First Millennium B.C. [Art of the Ancient Near East]." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 18, no. 8 (April, 1960). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1960. See more

Wilkinson, Charles Kyrle. "Treasure from the Mannean Land." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 21, no. 8 (April, 1963). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1963. See more

Wilkinson, Charles Kyrle. "Two Ancient Silver Vessels." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 15, no. 1 (Summer, 1956). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1956. See more

Winter, Irene J. "Carved Ivory Furniture Panels from Nimrud: A Coherent Subgroup of the North Syrian Style." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 11 (1976). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976. See more

van den Hout, Theo. “The Silver Stag Vessel: A Royal Gift": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 53 (2018). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. See more

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"Eynan/Ain Mallaha (10,000–8200 B.C.)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Benzel, Kim. "Hyperreality." 82nd & Fifth. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Animals in Ancient Near Eastern Art." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Art of the First Cities in the Third Millennium B.C." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Assyria, 1365–609 B.C." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Early Dynastic Sculpture, 2900–2350 B.C." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Ebla in the Third Millennium B.C." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "List of Rulers of Mesopotamia." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Lydia and Phrygia." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Phrygia, Gordion, and King Midas in the Late Eighth Century B.C." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550–330 B.C.)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Akkadian Period (ca. 2350–2150 B.C.)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Halaf Period (6500–5500 B.C.)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Hittites." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Nahal Mishmar Treasure." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Phoenicians (1500–300 B.C.)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Rediscovery of Assyria." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Sasanian Empire (224–651 A.D.)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Seleucid Empire (323–64 B.C.)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Ubaid Period (5500–4000 B.C.)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Ugarit." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Ur: The Royal Graves." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Ur: The Ziggurat." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Urartu." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "Uruk: The First City." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Greek and Roman Art. "Nabataean Kingdom and Petra." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Department of Greek and Roman Art. "Palmyra." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Fowlkes-Childs, Blair, expanded original text by Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. "The Parthian Empire (247 B.C.–224 A.D.)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Graff, Sarah B. "Bricks." 82nd & Fifth. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013. See more

Highcock, Nancy. "The Old Assyrian Period." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Kidd, Fiona. "Predator." 82nd & Fifth. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013. See more

Knott, Elizabeth "The Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods (2004–1595 B.C.)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Knott, Elizabeth. "Ancient Near Eastern Openwork Bronzes." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Knott, Elizabeth. "The Amarna Letters." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Rakic, Yelena. "Sealed." 82nd & Fifth. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013. See more

Seymour, Michael. "Nineveh." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Seymour, Michael. “Nimrud.” Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Seymour, Michael. “The Assyrian Sculpture Court.” Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Spar, Ira. "Epic of Creation (Mesopotamia)." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Spar, Ira. "Flood Stories." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Spar, Ira. "Gilgamesh." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Spar, Ira. "Mesopotamian Deities." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Spar, Ira. "The Gods and Goddesses of Canaan." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Spar, Ira. "The Origins of Writing." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Szostak, Daira. "Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879–1948) in Persepolis." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Tedesco, Laura Anne. "Hasanlu in the Iron Age." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Yates, Caitlin Chaves. "The Metropolitan Museum’s Excavations at Ctesiphon." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

Yates, Caitlin Chaves. “The Metropolitan Museum’s Excavations at Qasr-i Abu Nasr.” Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. See more

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Colburn, Henry P. "Ernst Herzfeld, Joseph Upton, and the Artaxerxes Phialai": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 55 (2020). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. See more

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