Map: Assyria and Babylonia
1989.11.0012
Detailed Images
Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Map: Assyria and Babylonia (1989.11.0012) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | Bowen, Emanuel: Engraver (1714-1767) (after) Herman Moll (c.1654-1732) William Innys, Richard Ware, et al.: Publishers |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | 1747 CE |
| Culture | British, English |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Height) | 44.5 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Width) | 36.0 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | <0.1 cm |
| Weight | 11 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | Paper--rag, Pigment--ink |
| Manufacturing Processes | Printed |
| Munsell Color Information | natural (5y8/1) -ns black ( 5y2.5/1) -ns Yellowish White (5y 9/1) - background Black (N .75/ .9% R) - printing |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | A map that must be from the same biblical history as 1989.11.0002, this one depicting Mesopotamia during Babylonian and Assyrian times. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Book: Christie's. A Complete System of Geography... by Bowen. London: For William Innys, Richard Ware et al., 1747. <http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/bowen-emanuel-a-complete-system-of-4928354-details.aspx> Similar Map: University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries. "A Map of the Divisions of the Tribes of the Canaanites, Moabites, Ammonites, Midianites, Edomites, Amalekites, & before & at ye time of ye Exodus of ye CHILDREN of ISRAEL, according to this History" by Emanuel Bowen. London: 1748. <http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/maps/mapholy09.html> |
| Bibliography | Williams, Glyndwr. The Great South Sea: English Voyages and Encounters, 1570-1750. P. 252-3. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. <http://books.google.com/books?id=y1-p0kZHQ-MC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false> 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
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| Credit Line/Dedication | The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States |
| Reproduction | no |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |