Author : Jean M. Evans
Publisher : Oriental Institute Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 49,92 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781614910480
"In honor of the Oriental Institute's centennial celebration, this special edition guide to 100 select highlights of the collections of the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago presents objects from ancient Mesopotamia, Syro-Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt, Nubia, and Persia. The guide features a history of the collections, new photography, provenance information, and a brief description of each object"--
Author : University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Museum
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File Size : 40,32 MB
Release : 1989
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Release : 1997
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Author : University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Museum
Publisher : Oriental Institute Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Antiquities
ISBN : 9781614910053
This guide to over 100 highlights of the collections of the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago presents objects from ancient Mesopotamia, Syria-Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt, Persia, Nubia, and objects from the Islamic collection. It features all new photography, provenance information, and a brief description of each object, as well as a history of the collections and a concordance.
Author : Joan D. Barghusen
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 23,87 MB
Release : 2013
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This small book highlights objects chosen to illuminate some of the more interesting and important aspects of ancient Near Eastern civilization in the Oriental Institute Museum. The information it contains is only a brief glimpse into those complex and fascinating cultures and is intended as an enticement to you to dig deeper into the world of ancient man.
Author : Emily Teeter
Publisher : Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 39,13 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
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Emily Teter, research associate at the Institute, has selected 62 works from the over 25,000 in the Egyptian collection at the Oriental Institute at the U. of Chicago to provide the general reader and visitor with a sample of the breadth and significance of this little published collection. In addition to the royal portraits and relief sculpture commonly associated with Egyptian art, some more unusual works are included, such as lamps, grooming implements, and games. A history of the collection, especially the role of James Henry Breasted, begins the volume. A glossary, bibliography, map, chronology, and three indexes are included. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation ♭2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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File Size : 32,77 MB
Release : 1998
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The Oriental Institute Museum is a showcase of the history, art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. An integral part of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, which has supported research and archaeological excavation in the Near East since 1919, the site has links to highlights from its major collections of antiquities from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran, Syria, Palestine, and Anatolia. It also includes an online tour of the Virtual Museum.
Author : Virginia Rimmer Herrmann
Publisher : Oriental Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,30 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Funeral rites and ceremonies
ISBN : 9781614910176
This Oriental Institute Museum exhibit catalog looks at how the living commemorated and cared for deceased ancestors in the ancient Middle East. The focus of the exhibit is the memorial monument (stele) of an official named Katumuwa (ca. 735 BC), discovered in 2008 by University of Chicago archaeologists at the site of Zincirli, Turkey. Part I of the catalog presents the most comprehensive collection of scholarship yet published on the interpretation of the Katumuwa Stele, an illuminating new document of ancestor cult and beliefs about the soul. In Part II, leading scholars describe the relationship between the living and the dead in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, and the Levant (Syria-Palestine), providing a valuable introduction to the family and mortuary religion of the ancient Middle East. The fifty-seven objects cataloged highlight the role of food and drink offerings and stone effigies in maintaining a place for the dead in family life.
Author : Iman Saca
Publisher : Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Art
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Embroidering Identities: A Century of Palestinian Clothing is the companion piece to the exhibit held at the Oriental Institute from November 11, 2006 to March 25, 2007. It is an overview of the colourful and distinctive clothing of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Palestine. The richly illustrated text discusses the construction of traditional dresses, the materials and dyes employed, and clothing and embroidery in the years following 1948. Garments from many regions are illustrated and described. The volume includes a glossary of Arabic terms and a checklist to the exhibit.
Author : University of Chicago. Oriental Institute
Publisher : Oriental Institute Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 25,17 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Antiquities
ISBN : 9781614910268
This companion volume to the exhibit examines the multicultural city of Fustat, capital of medieval Egypt and predecessor to modern Cairo. It explores the interactions of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities within urban city life. These three communities practiced their own beliefs and enacted communal self-government, but they also intermingled on a daily basis and practiced shared traditions of life. Essays by leading scholars examine the different religions and languages found at Fustat, as well as cultural aspects of daily life such as food, industry, and education. The lavishly illustrated catalog highlights a new analysis of the Oriental Institute's collection of artifacts and textual materials from 7th through 12th-century Egypt. Highlights include documents from the Cairo Genizah (a document repository) of the Ben Ezra Synagogue as well as never-before-published artifacts from archaeological excavations conducted at Fustat by George Scanlon on behalf of the American Research Center in Egypt. The volume encourages discussion on the challenges of understanding religion through objects of daily life.
