title:

50 years of research in Iraq 1955-2005

year:

2005

publisher:

Dergham s.a.r.l., Lebanon

editor:

Orient Department
Baghdad Branch of the Orient Department

contents:

Welcome Addresses
Preface (M. van Ess) 15
History of the department in Baghdad (R.M. Boehmer-M. van Ess) 23

URUK

Excavations in Uruk-Warka (M. van Ess) 31
Results of research in Uruk (M. van Ess) 41

BABYLON

Babylon (J. Schmidt) 63

SHORT TERM FIELD WORK

Research in North Iraq (R.M. Boehmer) 71
Wadi Hauran (M. van Ess) 77
Excavations in the area of the modern Hamrin reservoir (R.M. Boehmer) 79
Tell Harmal (M. van Ess) 83
The Palace Taq-i Kisra in Ctesiphon (J. Schmidt) 85
The al-Mustansiriyah Madrasa in Baghdad (M. van Ess) 89
The survey in Sippar (M. van Ess) 93
Surveys in the West Euphrates Desert (B. Finster) 97
The churches of Qusair and Rahaliya (J. Schmidt) 101
Qasr Bani Muqatil (Tulul al-Ukhaidir) (J. Schmidt-B. Finster) 107
The pilgrims' route from Kufa to Saudi-Arabien (B. Finster) 113
Tell Mismar - a prehistoric site on the ancient Euphrates River (J. Schmidt-B. Finster) 117
Ruqbat al Madain (J. Schmidt) 121
Nuqrat as-Salman (J. Schmidt) 125

Scientific staff of the department in Baghdad 127
Publications of the department in Baghdad 128