Research Catalog

Title

Mesopotamia : civilization begins / edited by Ariane Thomas and Timothy Potts.

Publication

• Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• Thomas, Ariane, 1983-
• Potts, Timothy F.
• J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution, issuing body.

Description

xv, 220 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 30 cm

Summary

• "This catalogue of more than 100 objects from the Musée du Louvre's collection of Ancient Near Eastern antiquities presents essays on Mesopotamia's discovery and excavations, economy, religion, cities, cuneiform writing, rulers and history, as well as its enduring presence in the contemporary imagination"--
• "Mesopotamia, in modern-day Iraq, was home to the remarkable ancient civilizations of Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. From the rise of the first cities around 3500 BCE, through the mighty empires of Nineveh and Babylon, to the demise of its native culture around 100 CE, Mesopotamia produced some of the most powerful and captivating art of antiquity and led the world in astronomy, mathematics, and other sciences--a legacy that lives on today. Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins presents a rich panorama of ancient Mesopotamia's history, from its earliest prehistoric cultures to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE. This catalogue records the beauty and variety of the objects on display, on loan from the Louvre's unparalleled collection of ancient Near Eastern antiquities: cylinder seals, monumental sculptures, cuneiform tablets, jewelry, glazed bricks, paintings, figurines, and more. Essays by international experts explore a range of topics, from the earliest French excavations to Mesopotamia's economy, religion, cities, cuneiform writing, rulers, and history--as well as its enduring presence in the contemporary imagination"--publisher's website.

Uniform Title

Histoire commence en Mésopotamie. English.

Subjects

• Iraq
• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogs
• To 634
• Civilization
• Iraq > Civilization > To 634 > Exhibitions
• Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian > Exhibitions
• Musée du Louvre > Département des antiquités orientales > Catalogs

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, from March 18-July 27, 2020.
• Translated and adapted from L'histoire commence en Mésopotamie, which was published in French, on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Musée du Louvre-Lens, November 6, 2016-January 23, 2017.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : Does History Begin in Mesopotamia? / Ariane Thomas -- The Mesopotamian Collection of the Musée du Louvre / Ariane Thomas -- The Rediscovery of Ancient Mesopotamia / Nicole Chevalier -- Ancient Mesopotamia in Modern Culture / Michael Seymour -- Mesopotamia in Modern Imagery -- A Pioneering Economy / Cécile Michel -- A Religious World / Benjamin R. Foster -- First Cities : From Uruk to Babylon / Pascal Butterlin -- Clay Architecture in Mesopotamia / Pedro Azara -- First Writing : Cuneiform and the Scribal Tradition / Béatrice André-Salvini -- First Kingdoms : When Kingship Descended from Heaven... / Dominique Charpin -- War and Peace : From the Birth of the State to Great Empires / Zainab Bahrani -- Ancient Mesopotamia Viewed from the Outside / Francis Joannès -- Epilogue : Imaginary Journey from Mesopotamia to Iraq / Ariane Thomas -- From Mesopotamia to Iraq, from 1850 to the Twentieth Century -- Catalogue of the exhibition. First Cities : Catalogue nos. 1-39 -- First Writing : Catalogue nos. 40-91 -- First Kingdoms : Catalogue nos. 92-133 -- Appendix 1 : Mesopotamian Archaeology at the Museum : A Few Virtual Possibilities -- Appendix 2 : Restoring and Reassembling Objects for the Exhibition.

Call Number

JQF 22-180

ISBN

• 9781606066492
• 1606066498

LCCN

• 2019039915
• 16423908

OCLC

1117311391

Title

Mesopotamia : civilization begins / edited by Ariane Thomas and Timothy Potts.

Publisher

Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

To 634

Added Author

Thomas, Ariane, 1983- editor.

Potts, Timothy F., editor.

J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution, issuing body.

Translation Of:

Translation of: Histoire commence en Mésopotamie. Gand : Snoeck [Lens] : Louvre Lens, [2016] 9789461612854 (DLC) 2016514243 (OCoLC)962412089

Other Standard Identifier

16423908

Research Call Number

JQF 22-180