“Instruction”

Each presentation is scheduled for not less than 45 minutes and not more than 1,5 ha. Please, try t
o synthesize. Please, provide me with a name list of all speakers with their presentations till the
 end of November (through L. Valaskova)

Focus on pottery and illustrations, with other things such as historical background given just in g
eneral; present general picture without going into details (just be aware of them).
Your presentation will be the basis for further discussion and comparisons. You can present not onl
y important, but also interesting or unusual pieces.
You will find optional material for illustrations in “Pictures” file and “BAH180-habur” file.

For these, who will attend Mesopotamian seminar for the first time, I recommend to choose topic on
“Khabur ware pottery” and presentation based on material from the Diyala Region published by P. Del
ougaz, as they are quite consistent and easier to understand.


If you have any questions or doubts, do not hesitate to mail me: wygnanska@tlen.pl !


1. TO READ FOR ALL:

R. Killick & M.Roaf, A Mysterious Affair of Styles: Ninevite 5 Pottery of Northern Mesopotamia,
Iraq


2. PRESENTATIONS:


Ninevite 5 Pottery

For 2 persons:

in: E. Rova and H. Weiss (eds.), The Origins of North Mesopotamian Civilisation: Ninevite 5
Chronology, Economy, Society, Subartu IX, 2003, Belgium:


 1. E. Rova, Ninivite 5 Relative Chronology, Periodization and Distribution: An Introduction
 2. D. Mayo& H. Weiss, The beginning of the Ninevite 5 Sequence at Tell Leilan
 3. R. Killick & M. Roaf, The Relative Chronology of Ninevite 5 Sites in the Tigris Region and
Beyond
 4. H. Numoto, Ninevite 5 Pottery from Tells Fisna and Thuwaij and its Relative Chronology in Mosul
Region
 5. L. Calderone&H. Weiss, The end of the Ninevite 5 Period at Tell Leilan


Northern Mesopotamia in the 3^rd millennium


In: Oates, Excavations at Tell Brak

For 2 persons:

Ninevite 5 pottery and Akkadian pottery (Oates: A-G – wares + General comments; Ninevite 5 and
related types: 188-192; Akkadian pottery + less common 3^rd millennium types: 177-187)

For 2 persons:

Post-Akkadian pottery  (Oates: A-G – wares + General comments; Post-Akkadian pottery: 171-176),

And: R. Koliński, The Upper Khabur Region in the Second Part of the Third Millennium BC,
Altorientalische Forschungen 34, 2007


Northern Mesopotamia in MBA


For 2 persons:

J. Frane, The Tell Leilan Period I Habur Ware Assemblage, Ann Arbor 1996.

For 1 person:

H. Oguchi, A Reassesment of the Distribution of Khabur Ware: An Approach from an Aspect of its Main
Phase, Al-Rafidan VIII, 1997.

H. Oguchi, The Origins of Khabur Ware: A tentative note, Al-Rafidan XXII, 2001.


Southern Mesopotamia in the 3^rd and in the first half of the 2^nd millennium


P. Delougaz, Pottery from the Diyala Region, Chicago 1952: II. “Description of the pottery”,
27-124.

For 3 persons:

(Delogaz) Protoimperial, Early Dynastic I-III periods;

For 1 person:

(Delougaz) Akkad, Ur III periods;

For 2 persons:

(Delougaz) Isin/Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods,

And: U. Buerger, Some remarks on Old Babylonian Pottery


Planned schedule:

Monday: Ninevite 5 pottery (from Rova) / Tell Brak in the 3^rd millennium (Ninevite 5 and Akkadian
pottery) (from: Oates)

Tuesday: cont. Tell Brak in the 3^rd millennium (Ninevite 5 and Akkadian pottery); Diyala Region in
EBA (Protoimperial/ Early Dynastic I-III) (from Delougaz)

Wednesday: Diyala at the end of the 3^rd millennium (Akkadian/ Ur III pottery) (from Delougaz);
Tell Brak at the end of the 3^rd millennium (Post-Akkadian) (from Oates)

Thursday: Khabur Ware pottery (from: Frane, Oguchi)

Friday: Southern Mesopotamia in MBA (Delougaz: Isin/Larsa-Old Babylonian, Burger: Old Babylonian)