Von Syrien bis Georgien – durch die Steppen Vorderasiens
Festschrift fur Felix Blocher anlasslich seines 65. Geburtstages
edited by Michael Herles, Claudia Beuger, Jorg Becker and Simone Arnhold
This festschrift is dedicated to Felix Blocher, Professor of Near Eastern Archeology at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg, presenting 37 contributions from different fields of ancient Near Eastern cultures, regions, and epochs. Regionally, the spectrum extends from Yemen to Northwest Arabia, the Levant, Syria, Mesopotamia, Urartu, Anatolia, to Georgia and the Caucasus region; chronologically from the Uruk period of the 4th millennium, palaces of the 3rd millennium BC, through Old Babylonian cylinder seals and Neo-Assyrian tombs in Assur to the “Nineveh Court” of the first world exhibition in 1851 in Hyde Park in London and the survival of Mesopotamian gods in contemporary music. Thematically, reports on excavations are represented as well as historical, scientific-historical, and iconographic contributions.
This festschrift is dedicated to Felix Blocher, Professor of Near Eastern Archeology at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg, presenting 37 contributions from different fields of ancient Near Eastern cultures, regions, and epochs. Regionally, the spectrum extends from Yemen to Northwest Arabia, the Levant, Syria, Mesopotamia, Urartu, Anatolia, to Georgia and the Caucasus region; chronologically from the Uruk period of the 4th millennium, palaces of the 3rd millennium BC, through Old Babylonian cylinder seals and Neo-Assyrian tombs in Assur to the “Nineveh Court” of the first world exhibition in 1851 in Hyde Park in London and the survival of Mesopotamian gods in contemporary music. Thematically, reports on excavations are represented as well as historical, scientific-historical, and iconographic contributions.
- Edited by Simone Arnhold
- Edited by Jorg Becker
- Edited by Claudia Beuger
- Edited by Michael Herles
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Altorientalische Studien fur Reinhard Dittmann anlasslich seines 65. Geburtstags
Volume 1
Pottery Traditions and Material Culture in Second Millennium BC Northern Mesopotamia
Contacts and New Horizons in the Land between the Tigris and the Zagros. Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the 12th ICAANE, University of Bologna, 7 April 2021
Volume 19
Zwischen Ausgrabung und Ausstellung
Eitrage zur Archaologie Vorderasiens. Festschrift fur Lutz Martin
Volume 9
Getting Rid of the Interface
East Aegean / Western Anatolia and the Role of Seha River Land and Arzawa/Mira in Late Bronze Age Cultural Interaction
Volume 16
Die Kunst des Findens
Beitrage zur Altertumskunde des ostlichen Mittelmeerraumes und Westasiens. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Peter Pfalzner
Volume 17
Final Reports of the Syrian-German Excavations at Tell el-‘Abd, Volume III
Small Objects and Environmental Studies
Volume 5.2
Ivories, Rock Reliefs and Merv
Studies on the Ancient Near East in Honour of Georgina Herrmann
Volume 15
Pearls of the Past
Studies on Near Eastern Art and Archaeology in Honour of Frances Pinnock
Volume 8
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