RELG 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Austen Henry Layard, Clay Tablet, Mosul
14 Sep 2016
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Excavation in the 19th century (the french were the first to start excavating: statues (lamassu, protectors of the city, some have wings, some have horns. Horns ! divine creatures: guardians of the king, first excavation field in 1842 in the city of mossul (northern iraq) by the. Was abandoned not long after it was built: the assyrians were already known by europeans, some objects were starting to arrive in europe (around 1847). Wanted interesting objects for the louvre: british excavations, austen henry layard also set an excavation field in mossul, rawlinson was digging with layard. They found tablets, they found statues and so on. Eventually, they found nineveh: since they were digging with the french, they decided to divide the city in two. The french had less money than the british: started to find what seemed to be a big part of a library, but the.
