Near East Section
Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
The Greek Period: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
In 331 B.C., Alexander, after the battle of Arbela, entered Babylon and added Persia to his previous conquest of Asia […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
The Persian Period: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
The capture of Babylon by Cyrus in 539 B.C., almost a century after the ruin of Nineveh, sealed the destiny […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
The Neo-Babylonian Period: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
Foreign rule was deeply resented by the Babylonians. The fall of Nineveh which filled the Orient with stupor found them […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
The Assyrian Period: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
The names of the kings of Assyria who reigned in the great city of Nineveh in the eighth and seventh […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
The Cassite Dynasty: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
From the east and the west new people were soon to invade Mesopotamia. From the Taurus range the Hittites descended […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
The First Dynasty of Babylon: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
In the second millennium B.C., the Semitic language became the current and official language of Babylonia and Assyria, while Sumerian […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
The Isin-Larsa Dynasties: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
The cult of the moon-god survived the ruin of the city. After forty years the statue of Nannar was brought […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
The Third Dynasty of Ur. The Stela of Ur – Nammu: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
The stela of Ur-Nammu, the largest sculptured slab recovered at Ur, is a monumental record of the building activities of […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
Lagash (Tello): The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
For over a century the Guti, hill-tribes of the eastern highland, dominated southern Mesopotamia after they had ruined the empire […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
Sargon of Agade: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
The excavations of the last twenty years have thus revealed the origin and progress of a Sumerian culture in southern […]
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