STUDIES \ BIBLIOGRAPHY \ Links \ 914c
kept current by F. Buccellati
Included here are sites and pages that are Urkesh specific, and are either are primarily devoted to Urkesh, or include only references to the site.
| A short notice about the Hurrians and Urkesh. |
| A webcast of G. Buccellati's 86th Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA, with a presentation by Chancellor Albert Carnesale and the Chair of the Academic Senate, Prof. Vickie M. Mays. |
| A section of the Exhibit devoted to Nuzi and the Hurrians contains a case devoted to Urkesh, with objects and posters. |
| In the description of the Northern Operation, the following statement is found: "This new area was situated on a ridge with a rise on its southernmost portion that then sloped abruptly down to the north. These topographic features, in conjunction with the appearance of a large gap in the ridge-immediately to the east of the aforementioned area-suggested the possibility that the ridge may have been the city's original fortification wall and that the gap to the east may have represented the 'gate' leading in the direction of Urkesh (Tell Mozan). This hypothesis was also suggested by oral accounts of a 'wall' that was claimed to have been sighted by the villagers of Tell Arbid several generations earlier as well as by Max Mallowan's claim that he had once located the city wall, possibly in the area of his trench that was positioned along the same ridge, but to the east of the 'gap'." |
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The Lion of Tish-atal is chosen as the icon for the Eastern Mediterranean in the third millennium on the general timeline in the Metropolitan Museum's website. The description for the object includes the following: “During this period, a number of minor rulers maintained their independence at the margins of the empire. Among them were the kingdoms of Urkish and Nawar in northern Mesopotamia, a Hurrian-speaking area. – This bronze foundation peg in the form of a snarling lion almost certainly comes from the city of Urkish, modern Tell Mozan.” |