The Department of Oriental Antiquities at the Louvre: Assyriologists and excavations in Lower Mesopotamia (1881–1933)
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2025.
Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : F. Thureau-Dangin and H. de Genouillac, two Assyriologists attached to the Département des Antiquités orientales (Department of Oriental Antiquities) founded in 1881 at the Louvre, were initially the epigraphists on E. de Sarzec’s mission to Tello. Subsequently, they played an increasingly important role in archaeological excavations in Iraq, at Kiš, Tello, and Larsa.
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F. Thureau-Dangin and H. de Genouillac, two Assyriologists attached to the Département des Antiquités orientales (Department of Oriental Antiquities) founded in 1881 at the Louvre, were initially the epigraphists on E. de Sarzec’s mission to Tello. Subsequently, they played an increasingly important role in archaeological excavations in Iraq, at Kiš, Tello, and Larsa.




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