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Reconstruction of Assyrian reliefs through the analysis of material stone

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H04493
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field Cultural assets study and museology
Research InstitutionOsaka Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

Chikako E. WATANABE  大阪学院大学, 国際学部, 教授 (40290233)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 申 基チョル  総合地球環境学研究所, 研究基盤国際センター, 准教授 (50569283)
小口 和美  国士舘大学, イラク古代文化研究所, 教授 (90194521)
安間 了  徳島大学, 大学院社会産業理工学研究部(理工学域), 教授 (70311595)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥8,970,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,070,000)
Keywordsアッシリア / 浮彫 / 石材 / 微化石 / 石材分析 / 産地同定 / 非破壊分析 / メソポタミア / 同位体分析
Outline of Final Research Achievements

When Assyrian reliefs were removed from their original locations, they were cut into pieces for transportation and have been housed in various institutions all over the world including many private collections. We focused on their material stones to examine their characteristics by applying an interdisciplinary approach from the point of view of textual, artistic, chemical and biological studies. Most stones used for Assyrian sculptures are gypsum which, however, vary from pure gypsum to what can be described as limestone. Some special stones were brought back to Assyria after military campaigns, one of which are characterised by its presence of large microfossils on its surface.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究はアッシリア浮彫について、従来の文献学・美術史的研究に加え、石材の科学分析データから浮彫断片の本来の帰属先を明らかにする可能性に挑戦した。長年の盗掘や文化財破壊で世界中に散逸している浮彫断片は、本来の帰属場所や出土地が不明であるものも多い。石材の科学的特性という視角から作品の帰属問題にアプローチするのは新たな知見で、本研究の学術的意義と位置づけられる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (45 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (15 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (20 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 3 results) Book (3 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University College London/The British Museum/The Ashmolean Museum(英国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] The University of Vienna(オーストリア)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Aarhus University(デンマーク)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] The University of Al-Qadisiyah/Slemani Museum(イラク)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] The British Museum/The Ashmolean Museum/University College London(英国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] The University of Vienna(オーストリア)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] The University of Aarhus(デンマーク)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] The University of Al-Qadisiyah/Slemani Museum(イラク)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] The British Museum/The Ashmolean Museum/The Birmingham Museum(英国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Universitaet Wien(オーストリア)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Copenhagen/University of Aarhus(デンマーク)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Al-Qadisiyah/Slemani Museum(イラク)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University College London/The British Museum/Ashmolean Museum(英国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Aarhus Universitet/University of Copenhagen(デンマーク)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Universitaet Muenchen(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 「アッシュルバニパル展(I am Ashurbanipal: King of the World, King of Assyria)」報告2022

    • Author(s)
      渡辺千香子
    • Journal Title

      西アジア考古学

      Volume: 23 Pages: 145-155

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] “The king as a fierce lion and a lion hunter: the ambivalent relationship between the king and the lion in Mesopotamia”, in Fierce Lions, Angry Mice and Fat-Tailed Sheep: Animal Encounters in the Ancient Near East. Edited by Laerke Recht and Christina Tsouparopoulou2021

    • Author(s)
      Chikako E. Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      McDonald Institute Conversations Series

      Volume: - Pages: 113-121

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Names of Walls, Gates, and Palatial Structures of Assyrian Royal Cities: Contents, Styles, and Ideology2020

    • Author(s)
      Yamada, S.
    • Journal Title

      Orient

      Volume: 55 Pages: 87-104

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Revisiting the identities of the four foreigners represented on Ashurbanipal relief BM ME 124945-6: unravelling the mystery of an unrecorded event, in Yamada, S. (ed.), Neo-Assyrian Sources in Context: Thematic Studies of Texts, History, and Culture2019

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe, C. E. and Novotny, J.
    • Journal Title

      State Archives of Assyria Studies

      Volume: 28 Pages: 93-115

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Ostrich Eggshell Use in Mesopotamia2019

    • Author(s)
      Oguchi, K.
    • Journal Title

      Prince of the Orient: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of H. I. H. Prince Takahito Mikasa, Orient, Supplementary volume 1,

      Volume: Special Issue Pages: 31-45

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Holocene fluvial and anthropogenic processes in the region of Uruk in southern Mesopotamia2018

    • Author(s)
      Jotheri, J., Altaweel, M., Tuji, A., Anma, R., Pennington, B., Rost, S. and Watanabe, C.
    • Journal Title

      Quaternary International (Available online 1 December 2017)

      Volume: - Pages: 57-69

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.quaint.2017.11.037

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] アッシリアの宮殿と石材2021

    • Author(s)
      渡辺千香子
    • Organizer
      第63回日本オリエント学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 大英博物館『アッシュルバニパル展』回想2021

    • Author(s)
      渡辺千香子
    • Organizer
      第64回シュメール研究会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Mesopotamian lions in captivity2021

    • Author(s)
      Chikako E. Watanabe
    • Organizer
      2021 American Society of Overseas Research Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] アッシュルバニパルのライオン狩り 北宮殿C室浮彫の解読2020

    • Author(s)
      渡辺千香子
    • Organizer
      筑波大学新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型)A02-計画研究02 第15回研究会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] アッシュルバニパルとライオン:ライオンから見たアッシュルバニパルのライオン狩り2019

    • Author(s)
      渡辺千香子
    • Organizer
      第62回シュメール研究会、京都大学(京都)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Ashurbanipal’s lion hunt reliefs - different lion types, different hunts2019

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe, C. E.
    • Organizer
      65th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, College de France, Paris
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] アッシュルバニパル王ライオン狩り浮彫に描かれた異なる狩猟に関する考察2019

    • Author(s)
      渡辺千香子
    • Organizer
      第61回日本オリエント学会、明治大学(東京)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] pXRF analyses on Assyrian sculptures, Abstracts HTT21-052019

    • Author(s)
      Anma, R., Shin, K.-C., Watanabe, C. E., Tuji, A.
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019, Makuhari, Japan
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ヤシン・テペ出土ネックレス碑文2019

    • Author(s)
      山田重郎
    • Organizer
      第62回シュメール研究会、京都大学(京都)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The ambivalent relationship between the king and the lion in Mesopotamia: the king as a fierce lion and a lion hunter2019

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe, C. E.
    • Organizer
      Fierce lions, angry mice and fat-tailed sheep: Animal encounters in the Ancient Near East (University of Cambridge)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] アッシリア浮彫石材の分析研究について2018

    • Author(s)
      渡辺千香子・安間了・申基澈・辻彰洋
    • Organizer
      第61回シュメール研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] アッシュルバニパルの王宮浮彫に表現されたライオンに関する考察2018

    • Author(s)
      渡辺千香子・J.ノヴォトニー
    • Organizer
      第60回日本オリエント学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] pXRF(携帯型蛍光X線分析計)によるアッシリア浮彫石材の非破壊分析2018

    • Author(s)
      安間了
    • Organizer
      アッシリア浮彫分析科研研究会(大阪学院大学)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] アッシリア浮彫の帯磁率測定について2018

    • Author(s)
      申ギチョル
    • Organizer
      アッシリア浮彫分析科研研究会(大阪学院大学)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] アッシリアの王都における市壁、門、王宮の名称について2018

    • Author(s)
      山田重郎
    • Organizer
      第61回シュメール研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Different Types of Lions Represented in Ashurbanipal’s Lion Hunt Reliefs2018

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe, C. E. and Novotny, J.
    • Organizer
      64th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (University of Innsbruck)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Series of (Un)fortunate Events: Visual and Textual Representations as Witnesses to the Death of Teumman at Til-Tuba2017

    • Author(s)
      Chikako E. Watanabe and Jamie Novotny
    • Organizer
      63rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] アッシュルバニパルのバビロン戦利品観閲図における「第二の男」の謎2017

    • Author(s)
      渡辺千香子,ジェイミー・ノヴォトニー
    • Organizer
      第60回シュメール研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ティル・トゥーバの戦い:浮彫りと文献からの考察2017

    • Author(s)
      渡辺千香子,ジェイミー・ノヴォトニー
    • Organizer
      第59回日本オリエント学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] メソポタミア氾濫源堆積物おび粘土製品の化学組成・同位体組成から読みとる粘土テクノロジーの発達と都市鉱山化過程2017

    • Author(s)
      安間了・申基澈・中野孝教・渡辺千香子
    • Organizer
      第7回同位体環境学シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] I am Ashurbanipal: King of the World, King of Assyria(担当箇所:Reading Ashurbanipal’s palace reliefs: methods of presenting visual narratives)2018

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe, C. E.
    • Total Pages
      348
    • Publisher
      British Museum with Thames & Hudson
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Composite Artefacts in the Ancient Near East: Exhibiting an imaginative materiality, showing a genealogical nature(担当箇所:Composite animals representing the property of thunder in Mesopotamia)2018

    • Author(s)
      Di Paolo, S. (ed.), Di Ludovico, A., Watanabe, C. E., Rossberger, E., Cifarelli, M., Evans, J. M., Pinnock, F. and Paule, A.
    • Total Pages
      96
    • Publisher
      Archaeopress, Oxford
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] At the Dawn of History: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of J. N. Postgate(執筆箇所:Association of the dog with healing power in Mesopotamia)2017

    • Author(s)
      M. Worthington and A. N. Stone (eds.), Chikako E. Watanabe 他
    • Total Pages
      811
    • Publisher
      Eisenbrauns
    • ISBN
      9781575064710
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Displaying Nineveh (online workshop)2021

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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