Karkemish of the Hittites on the Euphrates
formato 21 x 21 cm; ril. bros.
210 pagine a colori; testo in inglese
ISBN 978-88-7849-212-7 (stampa)
ISBN 978-88-7849-213-4 (online)
Catalogo di una mostra che presenta al pubblico 57 oggetti da Karkemish di notevole importanza storica, compresi in un periodo di 600 anni (1300-700 a.C.), di cui 28 inediti e 29 – sebbene pubblicati in precedenza (ma in molti casi nulla più si sapeva della loro ubicazione) – presentati con nuovi dati, fotografie e interpretazioni. Il catalogo è corredato da una serie di saggi che fanno il punto sugli studi più recenti.
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from Karkemish of significant historical importance over a period spanning 600 years (1300-700 BCE), of which 28 unpublished and 29 – although they had been published previously (but in many cases nothing more was known about their whereabouts) – presented there with new data, photos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
