Research Catalog

Title

An examination of late Assyrian metalwork : with special reference to Nimrud / John Curtis ; with an appendix on scientific analysis by Matthew J. Ponting.

Author

Curtis, John, 1946-

Publication

• Oxford : Oxbow Books, [2013]
• ©2013

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Details

Additional Authors

Ponting, Matthew.

Description

x, 242 pages, 50 pages of plates : illustrations, charts; 30 cm

Subject

• Metal-work > Assyria
• Metal-work > Iraq > Calah (Extinct city)
• Metallurgy > Assyria
• Metallurgy > Iraq > Calah (Extinct city)
• Material culture > Assyria
• Material culture > Iraq > Calah (Extinct city)
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Assyria
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Iraq > Calah (Extinct city)
• Assyria > Antiquities
• Calah (Extinct city)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE -- Nimrud -- Nineveh -- Khorsabad -- Ashur -- Balawat -- Sharif Khan -- Tell Billa -- Tell al Rimah -- Tell Abu Marya -- Sites in the Makhmur Plain -- Assyrian metalwork -- TOOLS AND WEAPONS -- Axes -- Axe-adze -- Adzes -- Pick-axes -- Saws -- Ploughshares -- Sickle-blades -- Hoes -- Knife-blades -- Needles and bodkins -- Wedges -- Miscellaneous tools -- Daggers -- Swords -- Scabbards -- Spearheads -- Spear-butts -- Arrowheads -- Quivers -- Quiver-pin -- Helmets -- Shields -- Armour scales -- FIXTURES AND FITTINGS -- Foundation plaques and bosses -- Miniature symbols -- Model dogs -- Masonry clamps -- Brick-stamps -- Wall-pegs and plaques -- Pivot-casings -- Gate-post caps -- Holdfasts for doors -- Door-lock -- Bronze gate overlay -- Metal overlay for columns -- Bronze overlay for hands of Ishtar -- Ring fixtures -- Movable temple furniture -- Grappling-irons and chains -- Pulley-wheels -- Altar- and throne-bases -- TRIPODS, VESSELS AND WEIGHTS -- Tripods -- Cauldrons and large vessels -- Bowls and other small vessels -- Buckets -- Strainers -- Spoons -- Lamps -- Weights -- FURNITURE AND BOXES -- Complete items of furniture -- Furniture legs and feet -- Furniture finials -- Bronze furniture overlay -- Applied furniture ornaments -- Furniture hinges and connecting rods -- Holdfasts for boxes -- Box hinges -- Box handles -- Decorative plaques for boxes.
• HORSE HARNESS AND CHARIOT FITTINGS -- Horse-bits -- Decorative bosses -- Blinker ornaments -- Bronze bells -- Decorative bronze plaques -- Decorative bronze caps -- Bronze nail-studs -- Tubular beads -- Corrugated caps and their fittings -- Torques -- Wire tassel -- Figure-of-eight plaques -- Bronze toggles -- Linch-pins -- Wheel-flange -- PERSONAL ORNAMENTS -- Bracelets -- Anklets -- Finger-rings -- Earrings -- Hair-rings -- Torques -- Fibulae -- Pendants -- Beads -- Moulds -- Garment plaques -- Pins -- Belts -- Belt-buckles -- Mirrors -- Tweezers -- Spatulae -- VARIA -- Mace-heads -- Standards -- Iron ingots -- Statuary -- Cymbals -- THE INDUSTRY -- Organization -- Techniques -- Ore sources -- CONCLUSIONS -- Ironwork -- Bronzework -- Gold, silver and lead -- The introduction of iron -- An indigenous tradition -- Status of Assyrian metalwork -- Historical conclusions -- CATALOGUE -- Tools and weapons -- Fixtures and fittings -- Tripods, vessels and weights -- Furniture and boxes -- Horse harness and chariot fittings -- Personal ornaments -- Varia -- CONCORDANCES -- APPENDIX: Scientific Analysis of Copper Alloy Metalwork from Nimrud / by Matthew J. Ponting -- PLATES.

Call Number

JFG 13-42

ISBN

• 9781842175071
• 1842175076

LCCN

2012039229

OCLC

798616038

Author

Curtis, John, 1946-

Title

An examination of late Assyrian metalwork : with special reference to Nimrud / John Curtis ; with an appendix on scientific analysis by Matthew J. Ponting.

Publisher

Oxford : Oxbow Books, [2013]

Copyright Date

©2013

Edition

1st edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Ponting, Matthew.

Research Call Number

JFG 13-42