Academic Research
State Archives of Assyria WWW Home Page
The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, started in 1986, is a long-term undertaking to publish text electronically, produce a journal etc – provides form for ordering texts etc.
Governors, diplomats and soldiers in the service of Sargon II, king of Assyria
“The correspondence between Sargon II, king of Assyria (721-705 BC), and his governors and magnates is the largest text corpus of this kind known from antiquity and provides insight into the mechanisms of communication between the top levels of authority in an ancient empire. This website presents these letters together with resources and materials for their study and on their historical and cultural context”
Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia.
By Daniel David Luckenbill. Extracts from volumes one and two concerning Eastern Asia Minor, the Lake Van area, Nairi, Urartu, etc.
Oracc: Openly Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus
“Oracc is a collaborative effort to develop a complete corpus of cuneiform whose rich annotation and open licensing support the next generation of scholarly research. Created by Steve Tinney, Oracc is steered by Eleanor Robson, Tinney, and Niek Veldhuis.”
Biainili-Urartu
“This website is devoted to archaeological and historical research in the area of the ancient near-eastern kingdom of “Biainili”, better known by the Assyrian name “Urartu”. This is the area of Eastern Turkey, North-Western Iran, Armenia and parts of Azerbaijan.”
Atlas
The Louvre’s online image database, including objects from Khorsabad and Til Barsip.
The Structure of the Neo-Assyrian Army, 1 Infantry as Reconstructed from the Assyrian Palace Relief sand Cuneiform Sources
© Tamás Dezsô, 2012. Courtesy of Academic Press.
The Structure of the Neo-Assyrian Army, 1 Infantry as Reconstructed from the Assyrian Palace Relief sand Cuneiform Sources. 2 Cavalry and Chariotry
© Tamás Dezsô, 2012. Courtesy of Academic Press.
