British Institute for the Study of Iraq
Founded in 1932 as a memorial to Gertrude Bell, The British Institute for the Study of Iraq does not at present have an office in Iraq, but continues to promote the study of Iraq's archaeology from outside its borders; it is currently sponsoring fieldwork in Mesopotamian Syria and in the Gulf. Its publications, including notable series on Nimrud and Abu Salabikh, are distributed by Oxbow. BSAI members receive a 20% discount on all publications - except those already reduced. Please request this discount in the 'Additional Information' part of the order process.
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Abu Salabikh Excavations: 4 volume set
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Iraq 72 (2010): In honour of the seventieth birthday of Professor David Hawkins
This issue of Iraq is published in honour of David Hawkins who was its editor from 1971 to 1994. The papers include: Dominique Collon writing on caricatures drawn by David Hawkins; Alfonso Archi on Hadda of Halab and his Ebla period temple; Nicholas ...
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Iraq Volume 52
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Iraq Volume 53
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Iraq Volume 54
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Excavations at `Ana
Northedge, A.
This was a rescue project in the basin of the Qadisiyya Dam recently completed at Haditha. Qal'at 'Ana is an island in the stream of the Euphrates, the site of the ancient and medieval city of 'Ana, since the 17th century downgraded to a village and palm-gardens, while the town moved to the right bank. 'Ana, on the Middle Euphrates some 150 km below the modern Iraqi-Syrian border, a very beautiful place, was the centre of an autonomous ...
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Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud 4: Literary Texts from Temple of Nabû
by D J Wiseman and J A Black
The library of Nimrud, probably established in 798 BC, was a prestigious royal foundation whose scribes had contacts all over the East, particularly with Nineveh. The 259 cuneiform tablets and fragments which constituted the library mainly described ...
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The Published Ivories from Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud
by G. Herrmann, H. Coffey and S. Laidlaw
Nimrud is an exceptionally generous site, and has richly rewarded those that work there. It was first famous for the Assyrian bas reliefs found by the 19th century archaeologist, Austen Henry Layard, but is also famous for the thousands of ivories found during the 19th and 20th centuries. The ivories were mostly imported from the Levantine kingdoms to the west, either as tribute or booty, although there were some in the distinctive local Assyrian ...
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Once There Was a Place: Settlement Archaeology at Chagar Bazar, 1999-2002
by Augusta McMahon, with Carlo Colantoni, Julia Frane and Arkadiusz Soltysiak
This volume presents the research of the British team within the modern excavations at the northern Mesopotamian site of Chagar Bazar, resumed in 1999 after a 62-year hiatus since the excavations of Max Mallowan. It incorporates settlement archaeology approaches and theoretical ideas of "place" in exploring the site and its internal and external landscapes. The primary focus is the settlement during the early 2nd millennium BC (Old Babylonian ...
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