Tell Ahmar on the Syrian Euphrates

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations



Prologue: The site and its exploration



Part One: Tell Ahmar from its origins to the end of the second millennium: East meets west on the Euphrates

1. Tell Ahmar and the origins of urban life

2. Tell Ahmar in the second millennium



Part Two: Tell Ahmar between Luwians, Aramaeans and Assyrians: Birth of a regional capital

3. Tell Ahmar/Masuwari/Til Barsib and the Aramaean tribe of Adini (c. 1200-856)

4. From Til Barsib to Kar-Shalmaneser - The beginnings of Assyrian domination (c. 856-750)



Part Three: Tell Ahmar in the Assyrian empire: birth of an imperial koine

5. Ashur imposes its mark - The palace and the high dignitaries

6. Urbanism and residential buildings

7. Images in everyday life

8. People and crafts



Epilogue: The end of Tell Ahmar



Fieldwork at Tell Ahmar - Selected bibliography

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• História antiga: a c 500 CE
• Médio e Próximo Oriente arqueologia
• História do Oriente Médio
• Arqueologia pré-histórica

1929-1931; administrative complex; Ancient Near East & Cyprus; Archaeological Method & Theory; archaeology; Asia Minor.; Assyrian empire; Assyrian palace; eighth century; elite residences; Euphrates; excavations; first millennium BCE; Francois Thureau-Dangin; funerary complex; history; houses; Kar-Shalmaneser; Masuwari; Mesopotamia; second millennium; seventh century; sixth millennium; Tell Ahmar; temple; the Mediterranean world; third millennium; Til Barsib; Ubaid period; University of Liege; University of Melbourne