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Expédition scientifique en Mésopotamie

Expédition scientifique en Mésopotamie

Expédition scientifique en Mésopotamie

Exécutée par ordre du gouvernement de 1851 à 1854 par MM. Fulgence Fresnel, Félix Thomas, et Jules Oppert
Volume 1:
Julius Oppert
November 2014
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    Born in Hamburg to Jewish parents, Julius Oppert (1825–1905) later moved to France, where he established a reputation as a remarkably gifted Assyriologist, making significant contributions to the decipherment of cuneiform Akkadian. Between 1851 and 1854, he accompanied the orientalist Fulgence Fresnel (1795–1855) on the French expedition to Mesopotamia. In recognition of his role, involving important excavations at the site of the ancient city of Babylon, Oppert was granted French citizenship. In May 1855, however, a great many of the discovered antiquities were lost when the raft transporting them sank in the Tigris under the weight of its priceless cargo. The present work appeared in two volumes between 1859 and 1863; the publication of the second volume preceded that of the first, as Oppert prioritised the analysis of the cuneiform inscriptions. Volume 1 (1863) contains an account of the journey and the archaeological results.

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    November 2014
    Paperback
    9781108078979
    386 pages
    297 × 210 × 20 mm
    0.92kg
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    Table of Contents

    • Préface
    • Introduction
    • Part I. Voyage d'Issus à Babylone:
    • 1. D'Alexandrette à Alep
    • 2. Alep
    • 3. D'Alep à l'Euphrate
    • 4. De l'Euphrate à Diabekr
    • 5. Diarbekr ou Amida
    • 6. De Diarbekr à Djezireh
    • 7. Djezireth Ibn-Omar
    • 8. Entrée en Assyrie
    • 9. Ninive et Mossoul
    • 10. De Mossoul à Bagdad
    • 11. Bagdad
    • 12. Séleucie et Ctésiphon
    • 13. De Bagdad à Babylone
    • Part II. Babylone:
    • 1. Hillah
    • 2. Le kasr
    • 3. Tell Amran Ibn Ali
    • 4. Babil
    • 5. Les autres édifices
    • 6. Birs-Nimroud et les ruines environnantes
    • 7. La ville du nord-est
    • 8. Les murs de Babylone
    • 9. Ruines détachées de Babylone
    • 10. Ruines autour de Babylone
    • 11. Excursion au Kifl
    • 12. Excursion à Kerbala
    • 13. Excursion vers le midi de Babylone
    • Part III. De Babylobe à Ninive:
    • 1. Les ruines de la Chaldée
    • 2. Voyage de Bagdad à Mossoul
    • 3. Ninive
    • 4. Calach (Nimrod)
    • 5. Khorsabad
    • 6. Retour en Europe
    • Additions et changements.
      Author
    • Julius Oppert