Research Guides: Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Overview

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A Companion to the Ancient near East by Daniel C. Snell
Call Number: DS57.C56 2005

ISBN: 9781119362463

Publication Date: 2020

Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of Near Eastern civilizations from 3300 - 323 BCE.
A Companion to Ancient near Eastern Art by Ann C. Gunter
ISBN: 9781118301258

Publication Date: 2018

Provides a broad overview of art from Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia, and the Levant, from circa 7000 - 330 BCE.
The Ancient near East by James B. Pritchard
ISBN: 9781400836215

Publication Date: 2021

Provides introductory essays to important Near Eastern texts, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Creation Epic (Enuma elish), the Code of Hammurabi, and the Baal Cycle.
Dictionary of the Ancient Near East by Piotr Bienkowski
ISBN: 0812235576

Publication Date: 2000

Entries cover Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the Levant, and the Arabian peninsula from prehistory to 539 BCE, illustrated with photographs, maps, and site plans.
Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art by Brian A. Brown
ISBN: 9781614510352

Publication Date: 2013

General essays and in-depth case studies focused on Ancient Near Eastern art from 4000 - 323 BCE.
On the Art in the Ancient Near East: Of the First Millennium B.C.E. (Volume 1) by Irene Winter
ISBN: 9786612602689

Publication Date: 2010

Studies related to Neo-Assyrian relief sculpture and seals, Phoenician and Syrian ivory and bronze production, and political connections between various Near Eastern cultures from 1000 - 1 BCE.
On the Art in the Ancient Near East: From the Third Millennium B.C.E. (Volume 2) by Irene Winter
ISBN: 9786612602696

Publication Date: 2010

Covers the art of Ancient Mesopotamia with a focus on sculptures and public monuments erected during 3000 - 2001 BCE.

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Journal of Near Eastern Studies
Devoted to the study of the civilizations of the Near East from prehistory to 1922.
American Journal of Archaeology
Focuses on material cultures of North Africa (with Egypt and Sudan), Western Asia (with the Caucasus), and Europe, from prehistory through the 8th century.
BASOR
Covers the regions of the Levant, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus, and Egypt from the Paleolithic through mid-18th century.
Iraq
Covers the history, art, archaeology, religion, economic and social life of Iraq from the earliest times down to around 1750 CE.