An examination of late Assyrian metalwork : with special reference to Nimrud
| 1. Verfasser: |
Curtis, John, 1946-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford :
Oxbow Books,
2013.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st edition. |
| Umfang/Format: |
x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 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
- 505 8_ |a 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.
