Karkemish of the Hittites on the Euphrates

New Discoveries and New Acquisitions

Edited by Nicolo Marchetti

Extent: 210 pages

Publisher: Ante Quem srl

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Mediterranean Archaeology

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(January 2026)

ISBN: 9788878492127

8.27 x 8.27 inches

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Catalogue of an exhibition which presents to the public 57 objects from Karkemish of significant historical importance over a period spanning 600 years (1300-700 BCE), of which 28 unpublished and 29 – although they had been published previously (but in many cases nothing more was known about their whereabouts) – presented there with new data, photos and interpretations. The catalogue also includes essays which assess the most recent studies at the site.

Forewords - Visual communication at Karkemish between the Imperial and Late Hittite periods, Nicolò Marchetti - Anatolian hieroglyphic writing at Karkemish, Hasan Peker - The Late Bronze II and Iron I-II layers at Karkemish, Vittoria Cardini, Claudia D’Orazio, Gabriele Giacosa, Sara Pizzimenti, Rosa Rivoltella - The Hittite Empire period sealing archive from Karkemish: a web of officials and economic tasks, Giacomo Benati, Claudia D’Orazio, Nicolò Marchetti, Hasan Peker - A unique Late Hittite monumental cuneiform inscription from Karkemish, Gianni Marchesi - The Karkemish archaeological landscape between Late Bronze II and Iron II periods, Gabriele Giacosa, Medya Karakaya, Merve Özyiğit, Beyazit Söylemez, Ibrahim Üngör - The bioarchaeology of Karkemish between Late Bronze II and Iron II periods, Müge Ergun, Elena Maini, Eleonora Serrone, Rula Shafiq, Alexander Weide - The museum collections from Karkemish in Türkiye, Umut Alagöz, Rahmi Asal, Özgür Çomak, Ramazan Eker, Yusuf Kiraç, Mustafa Metin - The new arrangement of the Karkemish sculptures in the central hall of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Umut Alagöz, Nicolò Marchetti, Mustafa Metin - The digital repository for the Late Bronze II sealing archive and the 3D model of Late Hittite Karkemish, Jacopo Monastero - Catalogue - Bibliography

Edited by Nicolo Marchetti

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