I am Ashurbanipal : king of the world, king of Assyria / edited by Gareth Brereton.

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: London, England : Thames & Hudson ; in collaboration with the British Museum, 2018Copyright date: 2018Description: 348 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, plans, photographs ; 29 cmContent type:

text
still image
cartographic image

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780500480441

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At head of title: The BP exhibition

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DDC classification:

732.5 BRE 23

LOC classification:

DS73.87 .I253 2018

Contents:

Nineveh: the centre of the world. I am Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria / Gareth Brereton -- Ashurbanipal's palace at Nineveh / Julian Edgeworth Reade -- Life at court / Paul Collins -- The Assyrian royal hunt / Julian Edgeworth Reade -- Ashurbanipal's library: contents and significance / Irving Finkel -- Ashurbanipal's empire. The Neo-Assyrian empire / Gareth Brereton -- The Levant and Assyria / Jonathan N. Tubb -- Cyprus and Assyria / Thomas Kiely -- The kingdom of Urartu / Paul Zimanksy -- Western Iran in the Iron Age / Yousef Hassanzadeh and John Curtis -- Susa and the kingdom of Elam in the Neo-Elamite period / Francois Bridey -- Violence into order. Ashurbanipal's campaigns / Jamie Novotny -- Reading Ashurbanipal's palace reliefs: methods of presenting visual narratives / Chikako E. Watanabe -- The battle of Til-Tuba in the south-west palace: context and iconography / Davide Nadali -- The battle of Til-Tuba cycle and the documentary evidence / Ronnie Goldstein and Elnathan Weissert -- Collapse, rediscovery and revival. The fall of Assyria and the aftermath of the empire / John MacGinnis -- Nineveh rediscovered / Julian Edgeworth Reade -- Assyrian revival / Henrietta McCall -- The future of Iraqi cultural heritage under threat / Jonathan N. Tubb, Falih Almutrb and Sebastien Rey.

Summary: "In 668 BCE Ashurbanipal inherited the largest empire in the world, stretching from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the mountains of western Iran. He ruled from his massive capital at Nineveh, in present-day Iraq, where temples and palaces adorned with brilliantly carved sculptures dominated the citadel mound, and an elaborate system of canals brought water to his pleasure gardens and game parks. Ashurbanipal, proud of his scholarship, assembled the greatest library in existence during his reign. Guided by this knowledge, he defined the course of the empire and asserted his claim to be "King of the World". Beautifully illustrated, this book will feature images of objects excavated from all corners of the empire and will highlight the British Museum's unrivalled collection of Assyrian reliefs, which bring to life the tumultuous story of Ashurbanipal's reign: his conquest of Egypt, the crushing defeat of his rebellious brother, and his ruthless campaign against the Elamite rulers of southwest Iran. Published to accompany a once-in-a-generation exhibition at the British Museum, I am Ashurbanipal gives a fascinating account of the Assyrian Empire told through the story of its last great ruler, and will highlight the importance of preserving Iraq's rich cultural heritage for future generations." -- Publisher's description

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	732.5 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100637991

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In 669 BC Ashurbanipal inherited the world's largest empire, which stretched from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the mountains of western Iran. He ruled from his massive capital at Nineveh, in present-day Iraq, where temples and palaces adorned with brilliantly carved sculptures dominated the citadel mound, and an elaborate system of aqueducts and canals brought water to the king's pleasure gardens. Ashurbanipal, proud of his scholarship, assembled the greatest library in existence during his reign. Guided by this knowledge, he defined the course of the Assyrian empire and asserted his claim to be 'king of the world'.Beautifully illustrated and written by an international team of experts, this book features images of objects excavated from all corners of the empire. The British Museum's unrivalled collection of Assyrian reliefs brings to life the tumultuous events of Ashurbanipal's reign: his conquest of Egypt, the crushing defeat of his rebellious brother in Babylon and his ruthless campaign against the Elamite rulers of south-west Iran. I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria provides an illuminating account of the Assyrian empire told through the story of its last great ruler, and highlights the importance of preserving Iraq's rich cultural heritage for future generations.

"This publication accompanies the BP exhibition I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria at the British Museum from 8 November 2018 to 24 February 2019."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-333) and index.

"I Am Ashurbanipal: King of the World, King of Assyria" : November 8, 2018-February 24, 2019, the British Museum, London, England, United Kingdom.

"In 668 BCE Ashurbanipal inherited the largest empire in the world, stretching from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the mountains of western Iran. He ruled from his massive capital at Nineveh, in present-day Iraq, where temples and palaces adorned with brilliantly carved sculptures dominated the citadel mound, and an elaborate system of canals brought water to his pleasure gardens and game parks. Ashurbanipal, proud of his scholarship, assembled the greatest library in existence during his reign. Guided by this knowledge, he defined the course of the empire and asserted his claim to be "King of the World". Beautifully illustrated, this book will feature images of objects excavated from all corners of the empire and will highlight the British Museum's unrivalled collection of Assyrian reliefs, which bring to life the tumultuous story of Ashurbanipal's reign: his conquest of Egypt, the crushing defeat of his rebellious brother, and his ruthless campaign against the Elamite rulers of southwest Iran. Published to accompany a once-in-a-generation exhibition at the British Museum, I am Ashurbanipal gives a fascinating account of the Assyrian Empire told through the story of its last great ruler, and will highlight the importance of preserving Iraq's rich cultural heritage for future generations." -- Publisher's description

Text in English.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Gareth Brereton is an archeologist and the curator responsible for the British Museum's Ancient Mesopotamia collection. Brereton is also a Council Member and Trustee for the British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI).