MESOPOTAMIA ART & IN THE FIRST MILLENNIHATUM BC

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1 Syllabus MESOPOTAMIA ART & IN THE FIRST MILLENNIHATUM BC Last update HU Credits: 2 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: Archaeology & ancient Near East Civilisations Academic year: 2 Semester: 2nd Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Tallay Ornan Coordinator tallay.ornan@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Wednesday Rabin Building Scholion room 1209, by appoitment Teaching Staff: page 1 / 5

2 Prof Tallay Ornan Course/Module description: Introduction to 1st mill. Mesopotamian srt & archaeology; a concise survey of the Assyrian palaces and their decorative program, Assyrian steles & rock reliefs and a survey of some Babylonian monuments. We shall also discuss few Assyrian and Babylonian finds from the conquered territories of the two empires, including ancient Israel/Palestine. Course/Module aims: To enable beginners in the art history of the ancient Near East to gain the needed methodological tools for analyzing visual archaeological records. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: On successful completion of this course the students will be able to identify and categorize the various Assyrian wall reliefs and the relation to their architectural contexts. The students will be able to analyze Assyrian rock reliefs and stele as well as Babylonian artifacts and their political, social and religious symbolism. Attendance requirements(%): 90% Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Frontal teaching with Power Point Course/Module Content: Introduction The genesis of Neo-Assyrian art and its sources of influence Nimrud the North-West palace of Ashurnasirpal II Monuments from the reign of Shalmanessar III Monuments from the reign of Tiglath-pileser III Sargon II palace at Khorsabad The South-West palace of Sennacherib in Nineveh The representations of Palestinian cities in Assyrian reliefs The North palace of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh Assyrian rock reliefs & stele Babylonian art and architectural reconstructions A tour in the Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem Conclusions & rehearsal page 2 / 5

3 Required Reading: הורוויץ א' ו', תשס"ג (2003), "לוח גלגל-החמה" של נבובלאדן מלך בבל, ארץ ישראל כ"ז, ספר ח' ומ' תדמור, ירושלים, יעקבי ר', תשמ"ט, תיאורי ערים וזיהוין בתבליטים האשוריים, ארץ ישראל כ', ירושלים, Jacoby R., 1991, The Representation and Identification of Cities on Assyrian Reliefs, IEJ 41, ציפר ע', תשס"ג, מה קרה בסוכת הגפנים עיון מחודש בתבליט משתה הגן של אשורבניפל, ארץ ישראל כ"ז, ירושלים, ציפר ע', התמר בפולחן המסופוטמי; שימושי התמר בארם נהריים, בתוך א' איילון, עורך, התמר- "עץ החיים", סגולותיו ושימושיו, מוזיאון ארץ-ישראל, תל אביב תשמ"ח, Albenda P. 1980, Syrian Palestinian Cities on Stone, Biblical Archaeologist 43, Bahrani, Z. 2004: The Kings Head, Iraq 66 (Part I), Franklin N. 2001, A Room with a View: Images from Room V at Khorsabad, Samaria, Nubians, the Brook of Egypt and Ashdod, in A. Mazar ed., Studies in the Archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan (JSOT Suppl. 331), Sheffield, George A.R. 2011, The Stele of Nebuchadnezzar II, in A.R. George ed., Cuneiform Royal Inscriptions and Related Texts in the Schרyen Collection (CUSAS 17), Giovino M. 2007, The Assyrian Sacred Tree, A History of Interpretations (OBO 230), Fribourg & Gottingen. Goodnick Westenholz J. 1996, Babylon Place of Creation of the Great Gods, in J. Goodnick Westenholz ed., Royal Cities of the Biblical World, Jerusalem (The Bible Lands Museum), Kertai D. 2013, The Art of Building a Late Assyrian Royal Palace, in B. Brown & M. H. Feldman eds., Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art, Berlin, Marcus, M.I. 1987,Geography as an Organizing Principle in the Imperial Art of Shalmaneser, Iraq 49, Matthiae P. 2012, Subject Innovations in the Khorsabad Reliefs and Their Political Meaning, in G.B. Lanfranchi et al. eds., Leggo! Studies Presented to Frederick Mario Fales on the Occasion of His 6th Birthday, Wiesbaden, Ornan T. 2007, The Godlike Semblance of a King: The Case of Sennach eribs Rock Reliefs, in J. Cheng & M. H. Feldman eds., Ancient Near Eastern Art in Context: Studies in Honor of Irene J. Winter by her Students, Leiden and New York, Pittman H. 1996, The White Obelisk and the Problem of Historical Narrative in the Art of Assyria, Art Bulletin 78, Russell J.M. 1993, Sennacheribs Lachish Narrative, in P.J. Holliday ed., Narrative and Event in Ancient Art, Cambridge, Russell J.M. 1996, Nineveh, in J. Goodnick Westenholz ed., Royal Cities of the Biblical World, Jerusalem (The Bible Lands Museum), Watanabe Ch. E. 2004, The Continuous Style in the Narrative of Ashurbanipals Relielfs, Iraq 66 part I (RAI 49), Winter I.J. 1983, The Program of the Throneroom of Assurnasirpal II, in P.O. Harper page 3 / 5

4 and H. Pitt man eds., Essays on Near Eastern Art and Archaeology in Honor of Charles Kyrle Wilkin son, New York, Winter I.J. 1997, Art in Empire: The Royal Image and the Visual Dimensions of Assyrian Ideology, in S. Parpola & R.M. Whiting eds., Assyria 1995, Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary Symposium of the Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project Helsinki, September 7-11, 1995, Helsinki, פרסומים מרכזיים של ערים/אתרים/ארמונות palaces & sites major of Publications Albenda P. 1986, The Palace of Sargon king of Assyria, Paris. Barnett R.D. 1976, Sculptures from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh ( B.C.), London. Barnett R.D. & Falkner M. 1962, The Sculptures of Aaaur-nasir-apli II ( B.C.), Tiglath-Pileser III ( B.C.), Esarhaddon ( B.C.) from the Central and South-West Palaces at Nimrud, London. Barnett R.D., Turner G., Bleibtreu E. 1998, Sculptures from the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, British Museum, London. Finkel I. L. & Seymour M.-J. eds. 2008, Babylon, Myth and Reality, London. Layard A. H. 1849; 1853, Monuments of Nineveh I, II, London. Oates J. & D. 2001, Nimrud: An Assyrian Imperial City Revealed, London. Paley S.M. & Sobolewski R.P , The Reconstruction of the Relief Representations and their Positions in the Northwest-Palace at Kalhu (Nimrud) II, III (Baghdader Forschungen 10, 14), Mainz am Rhein. Russell J.M. 1991, Sennacheribs Palace Without Rival at Nineveh, Chicago & London. פרסומים אחרים.S & Baylis.L :photographs).p Collins publications relevant Other Marshall) 2008, Assyrian Palace Sculptures, Austin. Curtis J.E. & Reade J.E eds., Art and Empire, Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York. Kuhrt A. 1995, The Ancient Near East, c BC, vol. II, London and New York (1997 paperback edition). Mallowan M.E.L. & Davies Glynne L. 1970, Ivories in Assyrian Style (Ivories from Nimrud , M.E.L. Mallowan & D.J. Wiseman eds., 2), London. Ornan T. 2005, The Triumph of the Symbol, Pictorial Representation of Deities in Mesopotamia and the Biblical Image Ban (OBO 213), Fribourg and Gצttingen.. Additional Reading Material: חותמות Sealings & Seals תדמור ח' ומ' תשל"א, חותם בל-אשרדו שר הארמון, ידיעות ל"א, Collon D. 1987, First Impressions, Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London. Radner 2008, The Delegation of Power Bureau Seals, Persika12, page 4 / 5

5 Powered by TCPDF ( Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 85 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 15 % Project work 0 % Assignments 0 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % Additional information: introduction class for the course: First-millennium Mesopotamian art & archaeology page 5 / 5