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1 Mesopotamia: the Tigris i and Euphrates from the source to Baghdad Version 1.0

2 These programmes on The World of Ancient Art for students and the public. have been designed They use material on the web to show the wealth of information that is available. They are visual with many images and minimal text. The url given for each image enables users to learn more about any subject. Particular attention has been given to highlighting both the scholarly websites and the public resources of social networking sites, Wikipedia and Google Earth/Maps. The first programmes begin with the great riverine cultures of antiquity. Modules on other parts of the ancient world will be phased in during All programmes will be updated regularly. The World of Ancient Art ( waa ac is being designed as a web-based collaborative research platform, initially for the School of Archaeology in the University of Oxford. When firmly established it will welcome contributions from scholars and the public. As part of ongoing research in ICT for cultural heritage ( the site will use emerging technologies to deliver scholarly information in accessible formats to a global community of users. Donna Kurtz

3 Contents t Chronological charts and maps Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent Tell Halaf Tell Brak Nineveh Nimrud Khorsabad Assur Jarmo Hasanlu Page 1 of 2

4 Contents t Dura Europus Mari Ebla Tell es Sawwan Samarra Museum and collections

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8 Comparative chronological chart Comparative chronological chart Art of the First Cities (2003), xx-xxi.

9 Map of Mesopotamia

10 Euphrates River

11 Tigris and Euphrates watersheds euph png

12 Persian Gulf from space p

13 Sites in Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

14 Sources of metal

15 Archaeological sites and modern cities Archaeological sites and modern cities

16 Tell Halaf

17 Plan of Tell Halaf Plan of Tell Halaf

18 Tell Halaf culture / iki/fil t i d PNG

19 Tell Halaf pottery p y

20 Mother goddess figurine t ti iti /183/

21 Oxford Research: detecting forgeries t ti iti /184/

22 Tell Brak

23 TllB Tell Brak p p

24 Large administrative i i building cam ac htm

25 4th millennium Jewellery hoard t /b k/i d

26 Deir ez-zor (Syria), Museum Hoard from Tell Brak, Hoard from Tell Brak, Art of the First Cities (2003), 158.

27 New York, Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen Recumbent human-headed bull/bison (h: 28.2cms), from Tell Brak, Art of the First Cities (2003), 157.

28 Recording devices with numbers and animals cam ac htm

29 3rd millennium clay dockets with cuneiform inscriptions t /b k/i d

30 Cylinder seal with dancing bear and animals y g

31 Tell Brak

32 Eye idols from Tell Brak Eye idols from Tell Brak

33 Computer models of Eye Temple com/brak/tell-brak_home.htm htm

34 Archaeological sites and modern cities Archaeological sites and modern cities

35 Layard s Nineveh y

36 walls gates.jpg

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43 The Mashki Gate restored The Mashki Gate restored

44 Relief from Sennacherib s palace east/room assyria aspx

45 Modern looting of Nineveh g

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47 Archaeological sites and modern cities Archaeological sites and modern cities

48 Nimrud p _ Calah.html

49 The archaeological site hi / / i d/i d h / i d02 ti i i i l

50 _ANE,_Assyrian_Sculpture_14_West_Wall_(M_%2B_N)_~_Assyrian_Empire_%2B_- Assyrian Wall N) Assyrian Empire Lamassu,_Gates_at_Balawat,_Relief_Panel's)_%26_Full_Projection.3.JPG

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56 Tomb of a queen of Tiglath-Palisser II Computer model of one of the three tombs

57 Tomb offerings Tomb offerings

58 Nimrud and its ivories

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61 Flickr as source of images com/photos/mharrsch/ /

62 files wordpress com/2008/11/nimrud ivories jpg&i mgrefurl= =126&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnimrud%2Bivories&usg= g wvz-j9ivmr0jawp7- _QZTJqFmno=&sa=X&ei=sDhgTJe6H5DQjAeNt6GlDg&ved=0CCkQ9QEwAw

63 Archaeological sites and modern cities hi / h/l / /i l

64 Khorsabad

65 Khorsabad

66 Khorsabad / iki/fil l d

67 Winged bull from Khorsabad t p o e/ga e es/ e_east/ east/room _ 10c_assyria_ khorsabad.aspx asp

68 Khorsabad Relief Project

69 Archaeological sites and modern cities g

70 Assur AshurSitePlan.jpg Assur ziggurat png?action=big&size=original

71 Archaeological sites and modern cities Archaeological sites and modern cities

72 Braidwood s excavations

73 Hasanlu binesheno.com

74 Hansanlu Publications Project Hansanlu Publications Project

75 The archaeological site iranica.com

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77 The burned site /CAIS/Hi t / hi t /h

78 Hasanlu horse trappings Expedition 31 (1989) pages

79 Hansanlu Publications Project j

80 Archaeological l sites and modern cities p p

81 Mari

82 Damascus, NatMus2399 Pendant from Mari Gold, lapis, bitumen, copper alloy (h. 12.8cms), BC Art of the First Cities 81

83 Damascus, National Museum 2184 Cylinder seal (h: 4cms), shell with copper alloy caps, from Mari, from Mari, Art of the First Cities (2003), 151.

84 Statue from Mari p _

85 Aleppo, National Museum Seated couple (h: 12.8cms) on a bench, gypsum, from Mari, Art of the First Cities (2003), 93.

86 Damascus, s National Museum 2071 Statue of a singer (h: 26cms), gypsum, from Mari, Art of the First Cities (2003), 91.

87 Ebla Mari

88 The site of Ebla today The site of Ebla today

89 The archaeological site of Ebla The archaeological site of Ebla

90 Cuneiform tablet from Ebla

91 The Palace

92 Cuneiform tablet recording Zimrilim as king /e/ee/tablet_zimri-lim_louvre_ao20161.jpglouvre Wall-painting from the palace with investututre of Zimrilim

93 Halaf-Samarra culture p p _ Per%C3%ADodo_ 6.PNG

94 Female stone figure from Tell es Sawwan Female stone figure from Tell es Sawwan

95 Archaeological l sites and modern cities p p

96 Samarran pottery /i

97 Samarran figurine g

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99 Euphrates River

100 Museum collections east.aspx museum/smb/kalender/details php?lang=en&objid=17497&typeid= t i it/ h The Baghdad Museum

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