ARWA - The International Association for Archaeological Research in Western & Central Asia has the pleasure to invite you to the following AAA online lecture of the Mesopotamia region:
Tuesday, 12th March, 2024
15.00 GMT (London)
16:00 CET (Rome, Paris, Berlin)
17:00 (Istanbul, Athens)
11:00 EST (New York)
Dr. Dlshad Aziz Marf (University of Sulaimani)
The cities of the Zagros and their scenes on the Assyrian wall reliefs
Archaeological and artistic evidence about the cities of the Zagros is still inadequate compared to the large number of cities mentioned in the cuneiform texts. The Assyrian reliefs did not depict all the cities of the Zagros, but only those important cities that faced the Assyrian occupation and resisted the Assyrian invasion, or the looted cities by the Assyrian army. In both cases, the Zagros cities serve as a background to the real scene and the Assyrian media propaganda. The attack and siege are emphasized, while the looted treasures are highlighted on the Assyrian reliefs. But what is important to emphasize here is that these cities are depicted in detail by Assyrian artists. The city walls, trenches, bridges, gates, towers, upper town and lower towns, the districts of the city, palaces, and temples are not stereotyped in these reliefs, but the details and differences given about these cities prove that Assyrian artists went to the battlefield and besieged the cities in coordination with the Assyrian army and made quick sketches for these reliefs. This presentation will analyze the depictions of the Zagros cities on the Assyrian palace reliefs, combined with comparable details from textual and archaeological evidence, to obtain a clear idea regarding the layout and nature of these cities and towns.
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