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