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"Discovering the Art of the Ancient Near East: Archaeological Excavations Supported by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1931-2010": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 68, no. 1 (Summer, 2010)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 68 | NUMBER 1

"Discovering the Art of the Ancient Near East: Archaeological Excavations Supported by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1931–2010"

Aruz, Joan, Kim Benzel, Paul Collins, Jean M. Evans, Elisabetta Valtz Fino, Sarah B. Graff, and Yelena Rakic

2010

48 pages

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

Contents

Map of the Near East

Archaeology and the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art
Joan Aruz, Curator in Charge, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Uncovering the Ancient Near East through Archaeology

Mesopotamia (1931–1990)

Ctesiphon
Elisabetta Valtz Fino, Curator, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Nimrud
Sarah B. Graff, Assistant Curator, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Neo-Assyrian Reliefs in the Metropolitan
Kim Benzel, Associate Curator, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Nippur
Jean M. Evans, Research Associate, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Al-Hiba
Tell Genj
Tell Taya
Nineveh

Iran (1932–1978)

Qasr-i Abu Nasr
Nishapur
Yarim Tepe
Shahr-i Qumis
Tepe Nush-i Jan

Hasanlu
Paul Collins, Curator, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum

Pisdeli Tepe
Dalma Tepe
Hajji Firuz Tepe
Agrab Tepe
Dinkha Tepe
Qalatgah
Sé Girdan
Ziwiye
Tal-e Malyan

The Levant and Syria (1932–2010)

Tell ed-Duweir
Tawilan
Teleilat el-Ghassul
Tell Leilan

Tell Brak
Yelena Rakic, Assistant Curator, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Til Barsip
Umm el-Marra
Tell Mozan

Anatolia, Southwestern Arabia, and Central Asia (1981–2001)

Tell Gritille
Hacinebi Tepe
Jujah
Piandjikent
Merv

Reading List

Met Art in Publication

Figure of a man with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin, Ivory, Assyrian — Figure of a man with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin
Assyrian
ca. 8th century BCE

Foundation figure of king Shulgi of Ur, carrying a basket, Copper, Neo-Sumerian — Foundation figure of king Shulgi of Ur, carrying a basket
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2094–2047 BCE

Roundel with radiating palmettes, Stucco, Sasanian — Roundel with radiating palmettes
Sasanian
ca. 6th century CE

Wall panel with a charging bear, Stucco, Sasanian — Wall panel with a charging bear
Sasanian
ca. 6th century CE

Wall panel with a bird in roundel, Stucco, Sasanian — Wall panel with a bird in roundel
Sasanian
ca. 6th century CE

Wall panel with wings and a Pahlavi device encircled by pearls, Stucco, Sasanian — Wall panel with wings and a Pahlavi device encircled by pearls
Sasanian
ca. 6th century CE

Incised furniture plaque with a kneeling bull, Ivory, Assyrian — Incised furniture plaque with a kneeling bull
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a male figure slaying a griffin, Ivory, Assyrian — Furniture plaque carved in relief with a male figure slaying a griffin
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Cloisonné furniture plaque with two griffins in a floral landscape, Ivory, Assyrian — Cloisonné furniture plaque with two griffins in a floral landscape
Assyrian
ca. 8th century BCE

Furniture plaque carved in relief with standing woman, Ivory, Assyrian — Furniture plaque carved in relief with standing woman
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Furniture plaque carved in relief with warrior holding lotuses, Ivory, Assyrian — Furniture plaque carved in relief with warrior holding lotuses
Assyrian
ca. 8th century BCE

Champlevé furniture or cosmetic box plaque with a winged youth, Ivory, Assyrian — Champlevé furniture or cosmetic box plaque with a winged youth
Assyrian
ca. 8th–7th century BCE

Head of a male or female figure, Ivory, Egyptian Blue, Assyrian — Head of a male or female figure
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Painted glass fragment, Glass, paint, Assyrian — Painted glass fragment
Assyrian
ca. 8th–7th century BCE

Painted glass fragment, Glass, paint, Assyrian — Painted glass fragment
Assyrian
ca. 8th–7th century BCE

Head of a female or goddess wearing a necklace, Ivory, gold, Assyrian — Head of a female or goddess wearing a necklace
Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE

Head of a female figure, Ivory, Assyrian — Head of a female figure
Assyrian
ca. 8th century BCE

Handle of a flywhisk or fan, Ivory, Assyrian — Handle of a flywhisk or fan
Assyrian
ca. 8th–7th century BC

Mud impression of ivory handle 54.117.3, Mud, Assyrian — Mud impression of ivory handle 54.117.3
Assyrian
ca. 8th century BCE

Brick fragment with the head of an ibex, Ceramic, glaze, Assyrian — Brick fragment with the head of an ibex
Assyrian
ca. 9th century BCE

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