TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oppenheim,Baron Max von
AU  - Herzfeld,Ernst
AU  - Jensen,Peter
AU  - Langenegger,Felix
AU  - Meissner,Bruno
AU  - Müller,Karl
AU  - Schmidt,Hubert
TI  - Tell Halaf: A New Culture in Oldest Mesopotamia 
T2  - Kiraz Classic Archaeological Reprints
SN  - 9781593336332
AV  - DS94.5 .O674 2009
U1  - 915.69 23
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Piscataway, NJ : 
PB  - Gorgias Press, 
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Syria
KW  - HISTORY / Ancient / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Foreword to the English Edition --; Foreword to the German Edition --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; I. The Discovery and Excavation of Tell Halaf --; II. The Khabur Headwaters Region and its History --; III. The Old Tell Halaf Town --; IV. The Great Statues of the Temple-Palace --; V. The Small Orthostats --; VI. The Other Stone Carvings --; VII. Small Objects --; VIII. Jebelet-el-Beda --; IX. The Results of our Work and the Outlook --; APPENDIX I. Stylistic Investigation and Dating of the Stone Carvings --; APPENDIX II. Technical Remarks on the Excavations on the Citadel Hill --; APPENDIX III. Technical Remarks on the Excavations in the Town Area --; APPENDIX IV. On the Smaller Finds --; APPENDIX V. Remarks on the Cuneiform Texts --; APPENDIX VI. On the Aramaic Documents --; INDEX; restricted access
N2  - The site of Tell Halaf was located by Baron von Oppenheim while on a mission to survey the land for the Baghdad Railway. The Baron returned some years later to excavate the mound, and this monograph is his considered statement of the site’s importance. Setting the stage with a narrative of the discovery of the tell, von Oppenheim proceeds to describe the structures, monumental statuary and smaller objects recovered from the dig. Lavishly illustrated with over 85 illustrations and maps, this volume contains a storehouse of knowledge on ancient Syria, at that time part of the cultural continuum of Mesopotamia
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463213008
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463213008
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463213008/original
ER  -