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Map: Assyria and Babylonia

1989.11.0012

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Artifact Identification Map: Assyria and Babylonia   (1989.11.0012)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Documentary Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Bowen, Emanuel: Engraver (1714-1767) (after) Herman Moll (c.1654-1732) William Innys, Richard Ware, et al.: Publishers
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1747 CE
Culture British, English

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 44.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 36.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight 11 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Paper--rag, Pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed

Research Remarks

Description

A map that must be from the same biblical history as 1989.11.0002, this one depicting Mesopotamia during Babylonian and Assyrian times.
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Williams, Glyndwr. The Great South Sea: English Voyages and Encounters, 1570-1750. P. 252-3. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.

Hitti, Philip K. The Near East. Chap. I. "The Dynastic and Imperial Periods." Princeton N.J: D. Van Nordstrand Company Inc., 1961.

Shepard, William R. Shepard's Historical Atlas. P.5, "The Assyrian Empire, etc." Harper and Rowe Publishers, 1964.

Nat'l Geographic. Vol. 176, No. 6, December, 1989. 12-89 Map Supplement "Crossroads of Empires."

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States
Reproduction no

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