Kalḫu's palaces of war and peace: palace architecture at Nimrud in the ninth century BC
This article discusses the two main royal palaces constructed in Kalḫu during the ninth century: Ashurnasirpal II's Northwest Palace and Shalmaneser III's Military Palace. Through a re-examination of the architecture of both palaces, it will be argued that the two were more alike than has...
| Published in: | Iraq |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2014
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Iraq
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| Further subjects: | B
Excavations
B Peacetime B Palaces B Courtyards B Bricks B Doors B Glazed bricks B Rooms B Armies |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This article discusses the two main royal palaces constructed in Kalḫu during the ninth century: Ashurnasirpal II's Northwest Palace and Shalmaneser III's Military Palace. Through a re-examination of the architecture of both palaces, it will be argued that the two were more alike than has been commonly assumed. The military nature of the Military Palace did not preclude the presence of most types of spaces that were already present in the Northwest Palace. By discussing the differences and similarities between the kinds of spaces, decoration and spatial organisation found in each palace this article tries to offer a new analysis of both, and of the nature of Late Assyrian royal palaces more broadly. |
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| ISSN: | 2053-4744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Iraq
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0021088900000085 |