Thinking outside the Box: The Case of the Sun-God Tablet and the Cruciform Monument
The stimulus for this article has been the reworking of displays within the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Wing at the British Museum. The need for a cohesive narrative led us to look hard at objects that have reposed in the museum's collections since the 19th century and, in particular, to "...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
2016
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2016, Issue: 375, Pages: 215-248 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
British Museum
B Sippar (Extinct city) B pious fraud B COLLECTION management (Museums) B Cruciform Monument B museology B History B Hormuzd Rassam B RASSAM, Hormuzd B Nabonidus B Nabu-apla-iddina B Ebabbar (Sun-God Temple) B Sippar B MUSEUM techniques B Sun-God Tablet |
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| Summary: | The stimulus for this article has been the reworking of displays within the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Wing at the British Museum. The need for a cohesive narrative led us to look hard at objects that have reposed in the museum's collections since the 19th century and, in particular, to "reopen" the case of the Sun-God Tablet and the Cruciform Monument. It turned out that most of the long-cherished assumptions about these objects failed to withstand modern scrutiny. With the benefit of Hormuzd Rassam's original papers, we have now been able to reconsider the finds as a whole, with surprising consequences. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.375.0215 |