The Archaeology of Upper Mesopotamia
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Subartu, vol. 56
- Pages: approx. 266 p.
- Size:216 x 280 mm
- Illustrations:146 b/w, 74 col., 6 tables b/w.
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2027
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-62657-4
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Les nouveaux travaux menés à Khorsabad, l’ancienne Dur Sharrukin donnent lieu ici à une première série d’études qui rendent compte des recherches pluridisciplinaires menés sur cette grande capitale assyrienne gravement endommagée par les conflits récents dans la plaine de Mossul.
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BIO
Pascal Butterlin est professeur d’archéologie du Proche-Orient ancien à l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne et directeur d’études à l’École pratique des Hautes études (Ve section). Il dirige la mission archéologique française à Khorsabad depuis 2019.
Summary
This volume presents the results of archaeological research conducted from 2022–2023 at the site of Khorsabad Dur-Sharrukin, the capital of Assyria under Sargon II (r. 722–705 BC). Bringing together ten studies, it documents a wide-ranging programme of investigation that combined topographic survey, systematic prospecting, and targeted excavation. The results presented here offer new insights into the layout and extent of the lower city, while additional test pits dug at the citadel, Gate 6, and the Great Royal Palace shed new light on the site and its archaeological potential. The volume is further enriched by the publication of inscribed bricks discovered during the project and by a new study of the temples of Khorsabad. Together, these contributions significantly advance our knowledge of one of Assyria’s most important urban centres and underline the value of integrated archaeological approaches.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction: the Khorsabad Archaeological Project
Pascal Butterlin
2. ‘I built a new city at the foot of Mount Musri’: Topography of an Imperial Capital, New Data about the Topography of Dūr-Šarrukīn
Pascal Butterlin
3. Methodology of Data Recording during the 2023 Field Work
Maureen Le Doaré
4. Magnetometer Prospection and Archaeo-Geophysical Interpretation at Khorsabad, Iraq
Jean-Jacques Herr, Jörg W. E. Fassbinder & Marco Wolf
5. Excavations in the Royal Palace of Sargon II
Barbara Couturaud & Juan-Luis Montero Fenollós
6. Excavations in the Lower Town at Khorsabad: Area B1
Jean-Jacques Herr
7. New Insights from Gate 6: A First Excavation Season in Areas C1 and C2
Mathilde Mura
8. Excavated Thrice, Protected Twice, and Mutilated Once: The Story of the Alleged Last Lamassu of Khorsabad
Mathilde Mura, Barbara Couturaud & Mustafa Hasan Ibrahim
9. Bricks with Akkadian and Sumerian Inscriptions of Sargon II of Assyria, Recovered at Dur-Šarrukin in the Years 2021–2023
Karen Radner
10. Dūr-Šarrukīn and its Gods: Establishing Divine Presence at the Newly-Founded Capital
Nikola Wenner
