Near East Section
Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
The al-‘Ubaid Painted Pottery: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
Outside of the temple, the old al-‘Ubaid cemetery, the graves of which rest on virgin soil, carries us back centuries […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
al-‘Ubaid: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
Al-‘Ubaid has become a by-word of Mesopotamian archaeology. In the low mound four miles west of Ur was discovered an […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
Ur of the Chaldees: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
While the Nippur Expedition (1888-1900) was entirely supported by the Public-spirited Gentlemen of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, the […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
Nippur: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
The interest of the American public in Oriental research is proved by the foundation of the American Oriental Society in […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
Early Discoveries in Mesopotamia: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
A hundred years ago little was known concerning the ancient history of Assyria and Babylonia. Temples and palaces lay in […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
The Assyrian Relief of Ashurnasirpal: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
This is the Assyrian monument (Figure 1) sent in 1853 from Mosul dy the Rev. W. Frederic Williams, American missionary, […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
Introduction: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
HERE is a little historical guide, composed for the visitor to the Babylonian Section of the University Museum, so that […]
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Vol. X / No. 3-4
By: Leon Legrain
Chronology*: The Babylonian Collections of the University Museum
THE succession of archaeological periods in Mesopotamia in the IVth and IIIrd millennia is fairly well established. However, absolute dates […]
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Vol. IX / No. 1
By: L. L.
Nippur Again
I.-Sumerian Heads AMONG the treasures of the Babylonian Section are now exhibited two small but valuable Sumerian heads, cut in […]
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Vol. VII / No. 4
By: H. H. F. J.
The University Museum: 1938-1939
THE past year witnessed the Museum’s steady progress with only a few alterations in its usual course of activities. Expeditions […]
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