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Recent British Museum Excavations in Assyria

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It is a great honour for me to be asked to give the Richard Barnett memorial lecture. I knew Richard Barnett well, and had the privilege of working with him at the British Museum for three years before his retirement. He was a great source of inspiration, and I and many others owe him a considerable debt of gratitude. I have chosen as my subject recent British Museum excavations in Assyria, partly because I believe this would have been of some slight interest to Dr Barnett. Both the British Museum and Assyria were close to his heart. He worked in the Museum for more than 40 years, and from 1955 to 1974 was Keeper of the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities. Throughout this time Assyria was a special interest, and Dr Barnett did some of his most important work on Nimrud ivories, the Assyrian reliefs and the Balawat Gates. Inevitably, the role of the British Museum in making these pioneering discoveries in the nineteenth century held a particular fascination for him.
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Title: Recent British Museum Excavations in Assyria
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It is a great honour for me to be asked to give the Richard Barnett memorial lecture.
I knew Richard Barnett well, and had the privilege of working with him at the British Museum for three years before his retirement.
He was a great source of inspiration, and I and many others owe him a considerable debt of gratitude.
I have chosen as my subject recent British Museum excavations in Assyria, partly because I believe this would have been of some slight interest to Dr Barnett.
Both the British Museum and Assyria were close to his heart.
He worked in the Museum for more than 40 years, and from 1955 to 1974 was Keeper of the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities.
Throughout this time Assyria was a special interest, and Dr Barnett did some of his most important work on Nimrud ivories, the Assyrian reliefs and the Balawat Gates.
Inevitably, the role of the British Museum in making these pioneering discoveries in the nineteenth century held a particular fascination for him.

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