Expédition scientifique en Mésopotamie
Exécutée par ordre du gouvernement de 1851 à 1854 par MM. Fulgence Fresnel, Félix Thomas, et Jules Oppert

Published 1859–63, this two-volume work records significant archaeological results at the site of Babylon as well as cuneiform inscriptions.

Julius Oppert (Author)

9781108078979, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 November 2014

386 pages
29.7 x 21 x 2 cm, 0.92 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Archaeology by period / region [HDD]