Kleinfunde aus Elfenbein und Knochen aus Assur

Wicke, Dirk

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“…However, as Erica Fischer (2012: 366) points out, the catalogue actually mentions numerous, as yet unpublished, ivories. The graves in Tall Šaiḫ Ḥamad (Kreppner 2008) and Ziyaret Tepe (Wicke 2009;Wicke 2010: 69, n. 120) have moreover shown that ivories were not uncommon in Late Assyrian elite graves. More importantly, the tombs represent specific sets of curated objects that cannot straightforwardly be used to reconstruct the popularity and use of objects in daily life.…”

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After the Court Moved Away: A Reinterpretation of the Ivory Finds within the Royal Palaces of Kalḫu

Kertai

2015

Altorientalische Forschungen

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Excavations at Kalḫu (modern Nimrud) have resulted in a collection of ivories that are exceptional in their quantity, quality and diversity. They have been used to assess the appreciation and use of ivories by the Assyrian royal court. A re-examination of the archaeological contexts in which ivories were found within the Northwest Palace and Fort Shalmaneser suggests that most belong to the period after the royal court had moved away. In the few preserved contexts, imported and Assyrian ivories were generally intermixed. These contexts are easiest to explain if one assumes that imported and Assyrian ivories were used side by side. Nimrud's complicated history during the 7 th century B.C., however, argues against such a simple equation. The ivories were rarely found in their original contexts and were much affected by the looting, sack and abandonment of the palaces. The recontextualisation of the ivory finds into their 7 th century contexts brings different, non-royal agents to the fore within the Assyrian palaces.

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After the Court Moved Away: A Reinterpretation of the Ivory Finds within the Royal Palaces of Kalḫu

Kertai

2015

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Kleinfunde aus Elfenbein und Knochen aus Assur

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After the Court Moved Away: A Reinterpretation of the Ivory Finds within the Royal Palaces of Kalḫu

After the Court Moved Away: A Reinterpretation of the Ivory Finds within the Royal Palaces of Kalḫu

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