Urkesh

Abstracts

Federico Buccellati 2019

Marco De Pietri – December 2019

“;Perception in Palatial Architecture: The Case of the AP Palace at Urkesh,”;
in Manfred Bietak, Paolo Matthiae and Silvia Prell (eds.)
Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Palaces. Volume II.
Proceedings of a workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, 25-26 April 2016 (CAENL 8).
Harrassowitz Verlag: Wiesbaden, pp. 31-40.
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This paper contributes in providing a description on how the perception of architecture can be retrieved and understood on the base of the archaeological and architectonical evidence. The author offers a ‘perceptional description’ of the Royal Palace AP at Urkesh, underlining how it was a focal point in the landscape of Urkesh, with specific functional issues, such as the storage of materials and the public displaying of the royal power.

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