New Light on Nimrud Proceedings of the Nimrud Conference 11th-13th March 2002 : [London, British Museum

This book publishes 34 papers by international and Iraqi experts given at a conference on Nimrud at The British Museum in 2002. Excavations at the important Assyrian capital city of Nimrud have continued intermittently since 1845, culminating with the discovery in 1989-90 of the tombs of the Assyrian queens with astonishing quantities of gold jewellery. All aspects of the excavations and the various finds and inscribed material from Nimrud are considered in this volume, with particular attention being paid to the tombs of the queens and their contents. The evidence of inscriptions and the results of paleopathological investigation are brought together to identify the bodies in the tombs. There is much previously unpublished information about the tombs, and the jewellery is fully illustrated in eight colour plates. Finally, the significance of Nimrud as one of the greatest sites in the Ancient Near East is fully assessed. PRELIMS 1JREADE 2AGREEN 3DAVIDOATES 4DTHOMAS 5MJABR 6QAISSI 7FIORINA 8CURTISOK 9MCCALLOK 10TRUMPLEROK 11DAMERJIOK 12A HUSSEINOK 12BAL-FAKHRIOK 12C READE OK colour section 13GEORGE OK 14 COLLON 15 AL-RAWI OK 16 HAWKINS OK 17 MULLERKARPE OK 18 CROWFOOT OK 19 GAILANI WERR OK 20 CURTIS OK 21 DALLEY OK 22 POSTGATE OK 23 RUSSELL OK 24 PALEY OK 25 ROAF OK 26 HAUSLEITER OK 27 HERRMANN OK 28 COLLON OK 29 CURTIS OK 30 WALKER OK 31 BLACK OK 32 MILLARD OK 33 YASEEN OK 34 OATES OK Bibliography INDEX PLANS