The Excavations at Tell Al Rimah, 1964

Iraq ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Oates
Keyword(s):  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Director General ◽  
Inspector General ◽  
British School ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Assistant Director ◽  
The Government ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University ◽  
The Temple

The first season of excavations at Tell al Rimah was undertaken from March 1st to May 13th, 1964, by a joint expedition of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq and the University Museum, Philadelphia. My thanks are due to my colleagues on the staff for hard work in the difficult circumstances of makeshift accommodation and a new site. Mrs. T. H. Carter of the University Museum was Assistant Director and took charge of Area C of the excavations. Miss Barbara Parker was epigraphist and photographer, assisted in the latter task by Mr. Nicholas Kindersley, who also undertook a part of the surveying. Mr. Julian Reade supervised the excavation of Area A, the temple, and Mr. David Crownover of the University Museum joined us in the second half of the season to give valuable assistance with the supervision of the dig and the cleaning and recording of finds. Many visitors gave us generous help; Mr. David French in the survey of other sites in the area, Mr. Jeffrey Orchard with the catalogue of finds, Professor Jørgen Laessøe with the epigraphy, and Miss Ann Searight and Miss Nan Shaw with the cleaning and conservation of finds. Sayyid Tariq al Na‘imi was the representative of the Directorate-General of Antiquities, and his energy and local knowledge were invaluable to us. We owe a great debt to the officials of the Government of Iraq for their hospitable assistance, to H. E. the Mutasarrif of Mosul Liwa and to Sayyid Ahmed al Mufti, Qaimaqam of Tell Afar. In Mosul Sayyid Selim al Jelili, Inspector of Antiquities for Mosul Liwa, was always ready to help with our problems. And, as always, the success of our work was largely due to the aid and advice, both practical and scholarly, of Dr. Faisal al Wailly, Director-General of Antiquities, and Sayyid Fuad Safar, Inspector-General of Excavations, and their staff.

The Excavations at Tell Al Rimah, 1965

Iraq ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Oates
Keyword(s):  
African Studies ◽  
Director General ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Inspector General ◽  
British School ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Assistant Director ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University

The second season of excavations at Tell al Rimah, from March 1st to May 15th, 1965, was again sponsored jointly by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq and the University Museum, Philadelphia. The British School was assisted by contributions from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels. The staff consisted of Mrs. T. H. Carter (Assistant Director), representing the University Museum; Mr. Aubrey Trik (architect) and Mrs. Helen Trik (draughtsman) of the University Museum; Mr. Nicholas Kindersley (photographer and surveyor), Miss Elizabeth Dowman (registrar), Messrs. Julian Reade, Geoffrey Turner, John Bellingham, Andrew Tait (archaeologists), of the British School. The epigraphist was Dr. H. W. F. Saggs of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. We were fortunate to have the assistance for shorter periods of Mr. David Crownover and Miss Siiri Woodward from the University Museum, Miss Dominique Collon and Mr. David French. Sayyid Ghanim Wahida was the representative of the Directorate-General of Antiquities and co-operated energetically in the work of the expedition. I must once again acknowledge my debt to all my colleagues, to government officials in Mosul and Tell Afar for their courteous assistance on many occasions, and to Dr. Faisal al Wailly (Director-General of Antiquities) and Professor Fuad Safar (Inspector-General of Excavations) for the close and friendly co-operation which they and their staff invariably extend to us.

Correlations between composition and provenance of Mycenaean and Minoan pottery

1963 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 94-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. W. Catling ◽  
E. E. Richards ◽  
A. E. Blin-Stoyle
Keyword(s):  
Research Laboratory ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Director General ◽  
Potential Importance ◽  
British School ◽  
History Of Art ◽  
History Of ◽  
University College London ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University

This investigation into the compositions of Minoan and Mycenaean pottery fabrics was carried out in Oxford at the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art by permission of the Director, Dr. E. T. Hall. Mrs. E. E. Richards, co-author of this report, was in charge of the investigation, latterly with the assistance of Mrs. A. Millett. The potential importance of the work undertaken was first suggested by Mr. M. S. F. Hood, then Director of the British School at Athens. Mr. Hood has maintained lively interest in the investigation, and has made many valuable suggestions about the course it should take, as well as providing much of the sherd material. In this connexion we are greatly indebted to Dr. J. Papadimitriou, Director-General of Antiquities in Greece, for granting the necessary export permits. We are also grateful to Mr. M. R. Popham, for scraping selected sherds in the Herakleion Museum and in the Stratigraphical Museum at Knossos, and to Dr. N. Platon, then Ephor of Antiquities in Crete, for allowing this to be done. Sherds from Thebes in the University Museum, Reading, were loaned by Mrs. A. N. Ure; the Rev. Dr. A. J. Arkell provided a set of Mycenaean sherds from Tell el Amarna from the collections in University College, London. Fragments from Rhodes were given by the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum through the kindness of Mr. D. E. L. Haynes and Mr. R. A. Higgins. Other sherds were provided from the reserve collection in the Ashmolean Museum. The sherds tested in the course of the investigation are now housed in the Ashmolean, with the exception of the group from Thebes (Reading).

Excavations at Tell Brak, 1996

Iraq ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 65-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Director General ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Practical Advice ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
British School ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
The University

A third season of a new programme of excavations at Tell Brak in north-eastern Syria took place from late March to mid-May 1996. Our continuing gratitude for support goes to the Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, especially in Damascus to the Director-General, Professor Dr Sultan Muhesen, and the Director of Excavations, Dr Adnan Bounni, in Hasake to Sd Jean Lazare, and in Der ez-Zor to Sd Assa'ad Mahmud. Our representative in 1996 was Sd Ibrahim Murad, who not only assisted with much practical advice and support but also took an active and much appreciated part in the conduct of fieldwork on site. We are very grateful to them all. Funding for the 1996 season was generously provided by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research of the University of Cambridge, and the British Academy, to all of which we express sincere thanks.The excavation team in 1996 comprised Dr Roger Matthews (excavations director), Ms Helen McDonald (registrar and pottery specialist), Dr Susan Colledge and Ms Seona Anderson (palaeo-botanists and environmentalists), Dr Keith Dobney and Ms Deborah Jaques (zooarchaeologists), Dr Wendy Matthews (micromorphologist), Dr John MacGinnis (archaeologist and epigraphist), Dr Murray Eiland (pottery technologist), Ms Fiona Macalister (conservator), Ms Sarah Blakeney, Ms Candida Felli, Mr Jon Gower, Mr Nicholas Jackson, Mr Richard Jennings, Mr Tom Pollard, Mr Thomas Raben and Dr Caroline Steele (archaeologists).

Excavations in Iraq, 1971–72

Iraq ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-150
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Director General ◽  
Alphabetical Order ◽  
Final Version ◽  
British School ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Assistant Director ◽  
Excavation Work

The reports given below cover excavation work in Iraq for the year from June 1971 to May 1972; not included are sites where the work was largely or entirely restricted to restoration, such as Samarra, Aqar Quf, and Baghdad. The information on each site has been provided by the director of the excavations, unless otherwise specified, and the final version has been checked by him whenever possible. The sites are arranged in alphabetical order, and in some cases reference is made to their entry in Archaeological Sites in Iraq (published by the Directorate-General of Antiquities, Baghdad, 1970; abbreviated ASI).The material for this report was assembled by Mr. J. N. Postgate, Assistant Director of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq. The Editors are glad to acknowledge his efforts, and wish to express their gratitude to all those colleagues who have so willingly contributed information on their work, and especially to Dr. Isa Salman, the Director-General of Antiquities in Iraq, for his generous co-operation which alone has made the compilation possible.

Excavations in Iraq 1972–73

Iraq ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-204
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Director General ◽  
New York University ◽  
Alphabetical Order ◽  
Metropolitan Museum Of Art ◽  
British School ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
Assistant Director ◽  
Excavation Work

The reports given below cover excavation work in Iraq from June 1972 to May 1973. The information on each site has been kindly provided by the director of the excavations, unless otherwise specified, and the final version has been checked by him wherever possible. The sites are arranged in alphabetical order, according to their best known name.The material for this report was assembled by Mr. J. N. Postgate, Assistant Director of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq. The Editors are glad to acknowledge his efforts, and wish to express their gratitude to all those colleagues who have so willingly contributed information on their work, and especially to Dr. Isa Salman, the Director-General of Antiquities in Iraq, for his generous co-operation which alone has made the compilation possible.The third season of excavations of the joint expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University to al-Hiba took place from October 1972 to January 1973.Work was concentrated in Area B located in the high west-central portion of the mound where occupation continued into the Old Babylonian period. Beneath the surface are the remains of an enormous platform of mud-brick, undoubtedly an Old Babylonian temple platform. Only the core of the platform was preserved.

Excavations at Tell Brak, 1995

Iraq ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 87-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Research University ◽  
Director General ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
British School ◽  
Directorate General

A second season of a new programme of excavations at Tell Brak in northeastern Syria took place from mid-March to late May 1995. Our sincere gratitude for continuing support goes especially to the Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, in particular in Damascus to the Director-General, Professor Dr Sultan Muhesen, the Director of Excavations, Dr Adnan Bounni, and to all their colleagues who assisted us in many ways. We also thank Sd Jean Lazare of the Antiquities Office in Hasake and Sd Ass'ad Mahmud of Der ez-Zor Museum. Our representative was again Sd Hussein Yusuf who provided invaluable assistance in all aspects of our work, for which we are very grateful. Funding was generously provided by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, and the British Academy, to all of whom sincere thanks are expressed.The excavation team in 1995 comprised Dr Roger Matthews (excavations director), Ms Helen McDonald (registrar and pottery specialist), Professor Farouk al-Rawi (epigraphist and archaeologist), Dr Susan Colledge (palaeobotanist and environmentalist), Dr Keith Dobney (zooarchaeologist), Dr Wendy Matthews (micromorphologist), Ms Fiona Macalister (conservator), Ms Kim Duistermaat, Mr Geoffrey Emberling, Mr Nicholas Jackson, Mr Tom Pollard (archaeologists), Ms Amy Emberling and Mr Jake Emberling (camp support).

Excavations in Iraq, 1973-74

Iraq ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-67 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Annual Report ◽  
Director General ◽  
Alphabetical Order ◽  
Final Version ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Excavation Work ◽  
Friday Mosque ◽  
The Temple

The reports given below cover excavation work in Iraq from June 1973 to December 1974. The information on each site has been kindly provided by the director of the excavations, unless otherwise specified, and the final version checked by him wherever possible. The sites are arranged in alphabetical order, according to their best known name. For a variety of reasons the collection of reports is not quite complete on this occasion: recently renewed excavations at Warka and Larsa were too late to be included, and work by the Directorate General of Antiquities at Hatra, Samarra, and in one or two Parthian or Seleucid sites on the eastern outskirts of Baghdad could not be covered. Reports on the work at Hatra, where Building b in the north-west corner of the Temple Enclosure yielded very interesting results, and at Samarra where work began at Qubbat al-Suleibiyah near Qasr al-Ashiq and was continued on the Friday Mosque, will be found in the forthcoming issue of Sumer, and we hope to include reports on all these excavations in our next annual report.The material for this report was assembled by Mr. J. N. Postgate, and the Editors are glad to acknowledge his efforts. They join with him in expressing their gratitude to all those colleagues who have so willingly contributed information on their work, and especially to Dr. Isa Salman, the Director General of Antiquities in Iraq, for his generous co-operation which alone has made the compilation possible.

Excavations at Tell Brak, 1994

Iraq ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 177-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Matthews ◽  
W. Matthews ◽  
H. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Research University ◽  
Director General ◽  
Mechanical Support ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
British School ◽  
Site Supervisors ◽  
Directorate General

Under the auspices of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq a new series of excavations at Tell Brak, northeastern Syria, commenced with a first season from mid March to late May 1994. Our gratitude for support goes especially to the Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, in particular in Damascus to the Director-General, Dr Sultan Muhesen, and the Director of Excavations, Dr Adnan Bounni, in Hasake to Sd Jean Lazare and in Der ez-Zor to Sd Ass'ad Mahmud, and to our representative Sd Hussein Yusuf for his good-humoured assistance throughout the season. Funding was most generously provided by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, and the British Academy, to all of whom sincere thanks are expressed. For first-class mechanical support we thank Mr T. Falzani of Cambridge.The team in 1994 comprised Dr Roger Matthews (excavations director), Dr Wendy Matthews (micromorphologist and pottery specialist), Ms Helen McDonald (registrar and pottery specialist), Professor Farouk al-Rawi (epigraphist and site supervisor), Ms Fiona Macalister (conservator), Mr James Conolly (lithics specialist), Ms Lisa Cooper, Mr Geoffery Emberling, Ms Candida Felli and Mr Nicholas Jackson (site supervisors). Ms Amy Emberling and Mr Jake Emberling joined us for part of the season, and we were visited in May by Professor D. Oates and Dr J. Oates.

Excavations at the Early Neolithic Site at Nea Nikomedeia, Greek Macedonia (1961 season)

1962 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 267-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Rodden ◽  
G. W. Dimbleby ◽  
A. C. Western ◽  
E. H. Willis ◽  
E. S. Higgs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Work ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
British School ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
Research Students ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University

The site of the early prehistoric farming settlement at Nea Nikomedeia, Western Macedonia, was first noted in 1958 by Mr Photios Petsas, Ephore of Antiquities of the area for the Greek Archaeological Service: he investigated the reported discovery of archaeological finds exposed during the course of removing earth from an inconspicuous mound to make a road embankment, and forthwith stopped further destruction of the site. His willing advice and assistance, and the most generous cooperation of the Greek Archaeological Service under the direction of Dr John Papadimitriou, and of the Ministry of Agriculture, made possible the five-week excavation season in the summer of 1961. The excavations were carried out under the aegis of the British School at Athens. Thanks are due to the British Academy, the Crowther-Benyon Fund administered by the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Cambridge, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research for providing the necessary funds. I wish to acknowledge help and guidance both in the field and in the preparation of this report from Professor Grahame Clark, under whose supervision I worked at Cambridge University during the academic years 1959–60 and 1960–61. Grateful acknowledgment is also made to Mr R. W. Hutchinson for his valuable help in the field, and to the undergraduates and research students from the University of Cambridge who willingly undertook most of the field and laboratory work. The ready assistance of the Curator of the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and his staff in shipping matters and the loan of equipment is greatly appreciated.

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