
Abstract
Forty-one inscribed bricks were found at Nimrud/Kalhu, during the excavations led by Paolo Fiorina between 1987 and 1989 for the Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi di Torino. They have been discovered in part (twenty-four bricks) during the first survey of the site and partly (seventeen bricks) during the excavations at Fort Shalmaneser, the ēkal mašārti or Review Palace of the city. All the bricks are dated to the reign of Shalmaneser III (858-824 B.C.) with the exception of one text, which belongs to the time of Assurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), and other two, whose dating is at the moment not deductible.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Keywords: | Neo-Assyrian Empire; Akkadian; Nimrud; Fort Shalmaneser; Bricks |
Faculties: | History and Art History > Department of History > Ancient History |
Subjects: | 900 History and geography > 900 Geschichte 900 History and geography > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499) 900 History and geography > 950 History of Asia |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-34651-0 |
ISSN: | 0076-6615 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 34651 |
Date Deposited: | 17. Feb 2017, 10:19 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 13:13 |
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