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architecture of Late Assyrian royal palaces
1 online resource (xvi, 284 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
The Late Assyrian Empire (c. 900 - 612 BCE) was the first state to rule over the major centres of the Middle East, and the Late Assyrian court inhabited some of the most monumental palaces of its time. The Architecture of Late Assyrian Royal Palaces is the first volume to provide an in-depth analysis of Late Assyrian palatial architecture, offering a general introduction to all key royal palaces in the major centres of the empire: Assur, Kalḫu, Dur-Sharruken, and Nineveh. Where previous research has often focused on the duality between public and private realms, this volume redefines the cultural principles governing these palaces and proposes a new historical framework, analysing the spatial organization of the palace community which placed the king front and centre. It brings together the architecture of such palaces as currently understood within the broader framework of textual and art-historical sources, and argues that architectural changes were guided by a need to accommodate ever larger groups as the empire grew in size.
Ashurnasirpal II (883-859) -- Shalmaneser III (858-824) -- Adad-nerari III (810-783), Tiglath-pileser III (744-727) -- Sargon II (722-705) -- Sennacherib (704-681) -- Esarhaddon (681-669) -- Ashurbanipal (668-631) -- Palatial spaces -- The palace and its suites -- 250 years of Late Assyrian palaces.
Revised version of doctoral dissertation, University of Heidelberg, 2008-2011.
Includes bibliographical references (unnumbered pages 253-page 276) and indexes.