Some Axe-Heads from Chagar Bazar and Nimrud

Curtis, John

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“…It would also seem to be earlier than the group of axes from Nimrud, Chagar Bazar, Ras Shamra and elsewhere which are dated to the third quarter of the second millennium B.C. (Curtis 1983;Chavane 1987: 360-4;Philip 1989). There is no resemblance to the axeheads and molds from Kiiltepe II and IB which have larger and heavier tapering blades, more substantial shaft holes and which lack projections at the back (Ozgiic, 1986: 42-8, Pis.…”

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Metalwork in Gaziantep Museum said to be a Hoard from the Region of Sakçagözü

Summers¹

1991

Anatol. Stud.

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In 1974 a group of copper alloy objects, including two figurines and a number of weapons, was taken to Adana Museum by a dealer from İslahiye. The objects were said to have come from a site near Kilis. One of the figurines, which has gold foil on the face, was bought by Adana Museum. Temporary closure of Adana Museum has precluded examination of this figurine. In 1975 fourteen copper alloy objects from this same group, including a figurine wearing gold and silver ornaments around the neck, were purchased from the same dealer by the Gaziantep Museum for the sum of thirty thousand Turkish Lira, then about one thousand pounds sterling. This time they were said to have come from the vicinity of Sakçagözü. Staff of Gaziantep Museum brought the existence of this hoard to the attention of the British Institute which was engaged in a restudy of material from earlier British excavations in the Sakçagözü region (French and Summers 1988). The author is extremely grateful to the Museum for allowing access to the finds, to David French for his encouragement and advice, Tuǧrul Çakar for the photography and Jane Goddard who made the drawings. This paper has benefited greatly from discussions with Drs. John Curtis, Roger Moorey, Graham Philip and Trevor Watkins. Any faults remain, of course, the responsibility of the author.

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Metalwork in Gaziantep Museum said to be a Hoard from the Region of Sakçagözü

Summers¹

1991

Anatol. Stud.

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“…XLI:1, LV:15) was dated to the period 1750-1600 by the excavator, with a preference for a date before 1700 B.C. Curtis (1983) noted that many axes of this type come from 15th and 14th century B.C. contexts, and his reconsideration of the stratigraphy and associations of the Chagar Bazar axe (Curtis 1983:: pp.…”

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“…Curtis (1983) noted that many axes of this type come from 15th and 14th century B.C. contexts, and his reconsideration of the stratigraphy and associations of the Chagar Bazar axe (Curtis 1983:: pp. 76-7), suggested a date in the range 1550-1500 B.C.…”

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New light on North Mesopotamia in the earlier second millennium B.C.: metalwork from the Hamrin

Gibbons¹,

Abbu²,

Hannoun³

et al. 1995

Iraq

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It is typical of Mesopotamian studies that periods well supplied with documentary evidence are frequently those for which archaeological evidence is least reliable. Such is the case with the earlier part of the second millennium B.C. (Porada et al. 1992: p. 119). While the situation has improved somewhat as a result of several recent publications (Gasche 1989; Hill et al. 1989; Kepinski-Lecomte 1992), many gaps remain. The paucity of reliable data from Mesopotamia has certainly hindered attempts to understand relationships between that area and the often better documented material cultures of neighbouring regions.The present report represents an attempt to tackle one aspect of these problems by presenting a group of metal weapons of secure north Mesopotamian provenance, which can be reliably dated to the early second millennium B.C., the Old Babylonian period in particular. The material presented here is the first substantial assemblage of Mesopotamian weapons of this date to be published.

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The Ishtar Temple at Nineveh

Reade¹

2005

Iraq

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Nineveh, like modern Mosul of which it is now a suburb, lay at the heart of a prosperous agricultural region with many interregional connections, and the temple of Ishtar of Nineveh dominated the vast mound of Kuyunjik (Fig. 1). Trenches dug on behalf of the British Museum, mainly by Christian Rassam in 1851–2, Hormuzd Rassam in 1852–4 and 1878–80, George Smith in 1873–4, and Leonard King and Reginald Campbell Thompson in 1903–5, impinged on the site. The main temple was almost completely cleared, together with an area to the north-west, by Thompson and colleagues in four seasons between 1927 and 1932 (Figs. 2–3). Many original King and Thompson records are kept in the Department of the Ancient Near East at the British Museum; some photographic negatives are at the Royal Asiatic Society in London. The numerous objects from Thompson's excavations are now divided between the Iraq Museum, the British Museum (where they are registered in the 1929-10-12, 1930-5-8, 1932-12-10 and 1932-12-12 collections, mostly corresponding to the four successive seasons), the Birmingham City Museum, the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge; some were given to other institutions, and to individuals who had contributed to the excavation costs.

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Some Axe-Heads from Chagar Bazar and Nimrud

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Metalwork in Gaziantep Museum said to be a Hoard from the Region of Sakçagözü

Metalwork in Gaziantep Museum said to be a Hoard from the Region of Sakçagözü

New light on North Mesopotamia in the earlier second millennium B.C.: metalwork from the Hamrin

The Ishtar Temple at Nineveh

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