Images and Conceptions of Ideal Feminine Beauty in Neo-Assyrian Royal Contexts, c. 883–627 BCE

Gansell, Amy Rebecca

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“…In the Faida and Maltai reliefs, Mullissu (like Ashur and Ishtar) wears her hair in a thick braid resting on her back. This seems also to have been a royal fashion, since the same braid is shown on Queen Hama's seal and the relief of Queen Naqia, wife of Sennacherib and mother of Esarhaddon (Gansell 2013: fig. 3).…”

Section: Water Gods and Kings: The Canal's Sculpted Panels And Their ...mentioning

confidence: 83%

Irrigation and Landscape Commemoration in Northern Assyria, the Assyrian Canal and Rock Reliefs in Faida (Kurdistan Region of Iraq): Preliminary Report on the 2019 Field Season

Bonacossi¹,

Qasim²

2022

Iraq

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This article presents the preliminary results of the joint Kurdish-Italian Faida Archaeological Project (KIFAP) conducted by the Duhok Directorate of Antiquities and the University of Udine at the Assyrian Faida canal and rock art complex in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Investigation of this extraordinary and seriously endangered archaeological site was launched in 2019 and has led to the exploration of an 8.6 km-long irrigation canal cut into the limestone bedrock of the Chiya Daka hill range in the outskirts of the village of Faida, south of Duhok. Ten monumental sculpted rock panels carved along the canal's eastern bank were brought to light, representing an Assyrian ruler depicted at both ends of each panel, framing the cult statues of seven deities standing on pedestals shaped like striding animals. This article discusses the canal's role in the wider context of the Northern Assyrian Irrigation System and the function of the Assyrian hydraulic networks as economic infrastructures with transformative effects on the landscape and staple food production of the empire's core. The Faida bas-reliefs are examined from an archaeological and art historical perspective, and hypotheses are proposed about their religious and ideological meaning, as well as their dating and the identity of the king or kings who commissioned them.

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Section: Water Gods and Kings: The Canal's Sculpted Panels And Their ...mentioning

confidence: 83%

Irrigation and Landscape Commemoration in Northern Assyria, the Assyrian Canal and Rock Reliefs in Faida (Kurdistan Region of Iraq): Preliminary Report on the 2019 Field Season

Bonacossi¹,

Qasim²

2022

Iraq

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“…The grooved bowls in metal were probably the models for the less valuable ceramic 'Assyrian Palaceware' pottery style, a type found frequently in excavations of Neo-Assyrian elite buildings in the heartland and abroad (Hausleiter 2008;Hunt 2015). The metal media of the vessels obviously emitted qualities of shine and radiance (haptic and visual qualities) in their polished state so often referred to in texts that describe precious objects (Gansell 2013;Winter 1999). Also, they were highly sculptural and invited tactile exploration, with their alternating deep grooves and protrusions.…”

Section: Commensality Affect and Mnemonics: The Palace As Sensoriummentioning

confidence: 99%

The Sense-scapes of Neo-Assyrian Capital Cities: Royal Authority and Bodily Experience

Thomason

2016

CAJ

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This study approaches the material world of the Neo-Assyrian period in Mesopotamia from the theoretical and methodological standpoint of the field of sensory archaeology. Analysis of relevant royal inscriptions, administrative tablets, bas-reliefs and artefacts excavated from the palaces in the Assyrian capital cities of Nimrud, Khorsabad and Nineveh demonstrates that the Assyrian kings and their courtly advisors participated in activities of biopolitics. The study identifies several phenomena and features of the Assyrian world, including palaces that served as sensorial envelopes, commensal feasts, travelling processions, water-control projects and libation rituals that the Neo-Assyrian royal authority deployed in attempts to control sensory experiences. At the same time, the study reconstructs the sensory experiences of Assyrian bodies as they passed through royally curated structures and landscapes.

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“…Hundreds of small gold beads covered the interred queens and those buried with them (Damerji and Ahmed ; Youkhana ). Tiny textile fragments recovered on the individuals suggest that the gold objects were originally sewn onto finely woven flax linen garments (Crowfoot ; Gansell ). Experts have determined that the linen of the queens' burial garments was of such high quality that when polished during the finishing process, the textiles must have shone radiantly, lending appeal according to Mesopotamian notions of aesthetics (Winter ).…”

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The Materiality of Assyrian Sacred Kingship

Thomason

2016

Religion Compass

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This contribution explores the material manifestations of Assyrian kingship and how they intersected with Assyrian ideology and religion. This state‐of‐the‐field discussion focuses on the Neo‐Assyrian period, 883–612 BCE. To legitimate their positions as the god Aššur's chosen delegate, the kings produced and consumed a vast array of monumental and portable goods, which served to represent the kings as beneficent creators of an orderly realm and protectors of the Assyrian world keeping chaos at bay.

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Images and Conceptions of Ideal Feminine Beauty in Neo-Assyrian Royal Contexts, c. 883–627 BCE

Cited by 20 publications

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Irrigation and Landscape Commemoration in Northern Assyria, the Assyrian Canal and Rock Reliefs in Faida (Kurdistan Region of Iraq): Preliminary Report on the 2019 Field Season

Irrigation and Landscape Commemoration in Northern Assyria, the Assyrian Canal and Rock Reliefs in Faida (Kurdistan Region of Iraq): Preliminary Report on the 2019 Field Season

The Sense-scapes of Neo-Assyrian Capital Cities: Royal Authority and Bodily Experience

The Materiality of Assyrian Sacred Kingship

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