Books by julian E reade
Mesopotamian Archaeological Initiative Occasional Papers, 1, 2023
Design and Destruction: The Palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh
Archiv für Orientforschung, Beiheft 34, 2022
1, Preface and Introduction. 2, The North Palace in Antiquity. 3, The North Palace in Modern Tim... more 1, Preface and Introduction. 2, The North Palace in Antiquity. 3, The North Palace in Modern Times. 4, Structure of the North Palace. 5, Ground plan and Organisation of the North Palace. 6, Mural Decoration of the State Apartments. 7, Mural Decoration of Corridors and Postern Gate. 8, Upper Rooms. 9, Synthesis of Fallen Wall-panels. 10, Chronology of Wall-panels. 11, Sack of North Palace. 12, Dispersal of Sculptures. 13, Prospects.
Assyrian Stone Vessels and Related Material in the British Museum
Assyrian Stone Vessels and Related Material in the British Museum, 2008
Illustrated catalogue by Ann Searight, Julian Reade and Irving Finkel, with contributions by Kenn... more Illustrated catalogue by Ann Searight, Julian Reade and Irving Finkel, with contributions by Kenneth Kitchen, Marcel Marée and Shahrokh Razmjou. Oxbow Books.
The Indian Ocean in Antiquity
Conference proceedings, 1988. Introduction (J.E. Reade); The Environment and Natural Resources (C... more Conference proceedings, 1988. Introduction (J.E. Reade); The Environment and Natural Resources (Claudio Vita-Finzi, H.A. McClure, Caroline Grigson, Jouke S. Wigboldus); The Early Civilizations (Juris Zarins, Burkhard Vogt, Gregory L. Possehl, Dominique Collon, Asko Parpola, Jean-Jacques Glassner); The Classical Period (Jean-François Salles, D.T. Potts, Steven E. Sidebotham, P.J. Turner and J.E. Cribb, Alessandro de Maigret, David Whitehouse, Himanshu Prabha Ray, Ian C. Glover); Between Africa and China (S.C.H. Munro-Hay, Roger Blench, M.C. Horton, Claude Allibert and Pierre Vérin, Robert E. Dewar, K.A. Adelaar, John Carswell, Yang Qinzhang and Zhang Ruibi). Kegan Paul International, 1996. Routledge, 2015.
Art and Empire. Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum
Art and Empire. Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum, 1995
Illustrated exhibition catalogue. Joint editors J.E. Curtis and J.E. Reade, with Contributions by... more Illustrated exhibition catalogue. Joint editors J.E. Curtis and J.E. Reade, with Contributions by D. Collon, J.E. Curtis, I.L. Finkel, A.R. Green, H. McDonald, J.E. Reade, C.B.F. Walker, and Foreword by R.G.W. Anderson.
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia, 1991
Illustrated survey of ancient Mesopotamian prehistory and history down to 1500 BC, based on colle... more Illustrated survey of ancient Mesopotamian prehistory and history down to 1500 BC, based on collections in the British Museum. Contents: 1, Introduction; 2, Towards agriculture; 3, Towards cultural segregation; 4, Towards civilization; 5, The emergence of city states; 6, From estate to empire; 7, The emergence of the individual; 8, Epilogue. First published 1991, ninth impression 2019.
Assyrian Sculpture
Assyrian Sculpture, 1983
Illustrated account of the Assyrian sculptures, based on the collections in the British Museum. C... more Illustrated account of the Assyrian sculptures, based on the collections in the British Museum. Contents: 1, The discovery of Assyria; 2, The sculptures in their setting; 3, Ashurnasirpal at Nimrud; 4, The Assyrian court; 5, The palace of Sennacherib; 6, Biblical history in Assyrian sculpture; 7, The hunts of Ashurbanipal; 8, Ashurbanipal at war. First published 1983,, latest reprint 2019.
British Museum Occasional Paper, No. 26, 1981
Colloquium proceedings. Editor: Julian Reade.
Contributors: Trevor Watkins; Richard Burleigh; E.... more Colloquium proceedings. Editor: Julian Reade.
Contributors: Trevor Watkins; Richard Burleigh; E.J. Peltenburg; R.F. Tylecote; Vassos Karageorghis and Lucia Vagnetti; Ian A. Todd.
British Museum Occasional Paper, No. 2, 1979
Typology of bleached carnelian beads, 1979, but including addenda, 1981 and 1999.
Cambridge 1970 Ph.D. Dissertation
West Asia, various by julian E reade
2024. The background and status of the ziggurrat of Ur
Ur 1922-2022. Papers marking the centenary of Sir Leonard Woolley's first season of excavations at Ur. Editors: J. Nicholas Postgate, David C. Thomas , 2024
Account of the excavation of the ziggurrat, possible reconstructions and current national status.... more Account of the excavation of the ziggurrat, possible reconstructions and current national status. It is proposed that the extensive use of fired bricks in the structure was adopted from the Indus civilisation, and that its sheer size was intended to emphasise Ur's recovery of its earlier position as an international power located between West and South Asia.
as ithe novel incorporation of large numbers of fired bricks was a building technique adopted from the Indus civilisation, and that the building's prominence was intended to recall Ur's high status at the
2023. Mountaineers in Mesopotamia (Fs Simo Parpola)
Deciphering Assyria. A Tribute to Simo Parpola on his 80th Birthday (Melammu Workshops and Monographs). Editors: Raija Mattila, Robert Rollinger, Sebastian Fink. , 2023
Significance of representations of mountaineers on an Akkadian seal and on Assyrian mural decorat... more Significance of representations of mountaineers on an Akkadian seal and on Assyrian mural decoration relevant to the so-called "vassal treaties".of the Neo-Assyrian empire.
Alcune considerazioni sulla posizione di Uršum e Ḫaššum/Ḫaššuwa: dal commercio paleo-assiro al re... more Alcune considerazioni sulla posizione di Uršum e Ḫaššum/Ḫaššuwa: dal commercio paleo-assiro al regno di Ḫattušili I .
2017. The manufacture, evaluation and conservation of clay tablets inscribed in cuneiform: traditional problems and solutions
Iraq 79, 2017
Introduction. Tablets as historical sources. Tablets as archaeological artefacts. Tablet clay sou... more Introduction. Tablets as historical sources. Tablets as archaeological artefacts. Tablet clay sources. Tablet manufacture and treatment. Fired or unfired: tablets. "Drying holes." Fired or unfired: objects other than tablets. Treatment of tablets in the British Museum, 1850-1855: John Doubleday, immersion techniques, and first attempts at firing. Treatment of tablets at the British Museum, 1860-1895: Robert Ready and the secret Ready process. The British Museum sand-bath process, 1895-1915. The Arab hot ash process, c. 1870-1900. Friedrich Rathgen and the introduction of high-temperature firing in Europe and the US, 1900-1935. Leonard Woolley and the treatment of tablets at Ur, 1919-1934. The high-temperature firing of tablets in the field, 1927-1949. The treatment of tablets in the field, 1949-1980. The treatment of tablets at the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum, 1945-1980. Conclusions and prospects.
inscriptions and architectural elements, and intercultural relations
Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 103, 2013
This paper discusses rock-sculptures near the Navkur plain, northeast of Nineveh.
Those at Gun... more This paper discusses rock-sculptures near the Navkur plain, northeast of Nineveh.
Those at Gunduk must now be dated to the mid-third millennium. They are the earliest large-scale rock-sculptures so far identified in the region and incorporate distinctive iconography also attested in southern Iraq.
Those at Khanes mark the source of a canal built by Sennacherib in the early eighth century BC. This paper includes a proposed restoration of the original Neo-Assyrian appearance of the so-called rider-relief.
The rider-relief at Khanes and the figures at Gali Zardak date to the Parthian period. Traces of an earlier version of the rider-relief are tentatively identified as representing Alexander the Great. This would have commemorated his crucial victory over the Persians at the nearby site of Gaugamela in 331 BC.
Reasons for excavating Nimrud, how the discoveries were viewed, and early types of recording, pub... more Reasons for excavating Nimrud, how the discoveries were viewed, and early types of recording, publication, conservation and display.
The evolution of attitudes to sex and related social status, alongside the evolution of male king... more The evolution of attitudes to sex and related social status, alongside the evolution of male kingship and related monotheisms, between prehistory and the Neo-Assyrian period, as reflected in archaeological objects and images.
An attempt to clarify the status, material and function of many small figurative items, from anci... more An attempt to clarify the status, material and function of many small figurative items, from ancient Mesopotamia, that are made of fired clay,, unfired clay and stone.
2000. Ninive (Nineveh)
Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie IX (5/6): 388-433
Excavations, history, buildings and contents (including Kouyunjik tablet collection)
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Books by julian E reade
Contributors: Trevor Watkins; Richard Burleigh; E.J. Peltenburg; R.F. Tylecote; Vassos Karageorghis and Lucia Vagnetti; Ian A. Todd.
West Asia, various by julian E reade
as ithe novel incorporation of large numbers of fired bricks was a building technique adopted from the Indus civilisation, and that the building's prominence was intended to recall Ur's high status at the
Those at Gunduk must now be dated to the mid-third millennium. They are the earliest large-scale rock-sculptures so far identified in the region and incorporate distinctive iconography also attested in southern Iraq.
Those at Khanes mark the source of a canal built by Sennacherib in the early eighth century BC. This paper includes a proposed restoration of the original Neo-Assyrian appearance of the so-called rider-relief.
The rider-relief at Khanes and the figures at Gali Zardak date to the Parthian period. Traces of an earlier version of the rider-relief are tentatively identified as representing Alexander the Great. This would have commemorated his crucial victory over the Persians at the nearby site of Gaugamela in 331 BC.