The Balawat Gates of Ashurnasirpal II (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Balawat Gates of Ashurnasirpal II The Balawat gates were made in the reign of King Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC). This book presents two sets of elaborate Neo-Assyrian bronze gate decorations from the site of Balawat (ancient Imgur-Enlil) in northern Iraq. It includes an account of their loss and provides a record of their appearance and excavation.
Full description- Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS
- Published: 30 November 2008
- Format: Hardback 284 pages
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- Categories: Middle Eastern History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Archaeology | Archaeology By Period / Region
- ISBN 13: 9780714111667 ISBN 10: 071411166X
- Sales rank: 768,948
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Full description for The Balawat Gates of Ashurnasirpal II
This important volume publishes in full for the first time two sets of highly elaborate Neo-Assyrian bronze gate decorations from the site of Balawat (ancient Imgur-Enlil) in northern Iraq. One set, discovered by Hormuzd Rassam on a British Museum expedition in 1878, is now on permanent display in London. The other set, found by Sir Max Mallowan in 1956, was on display in the Mosul Museum in Iraq after conservation and mounting at the British Museum. The Mosul gates were largely looted and lost following the invasion of Iraq in 2003.This book includes an account of their loss and provides the only complete record of their appearance and excavation. The Balawat gates were made in the reign of King Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC). The figurative scenes on the 32 bands of chased and embossed bronze, sometimes supported by cuneiform inscriptions, provide a wealth of historical and art-historical information. All this material is now made publicly available in the form of a final excavation report and catalogue.
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