Uruk Warka Collection Heidelberg
The Uruk-Warka Collection is a collection of finds from archaeological excavations in Uruk , now Warka, in southern Iraq . It is on loan from the German Archaeological Institute at Heidelberg University . The collection is currently not on public display and is only accessible by prior arrangement.
The finds in the Uruk Warka collection date mainly from the 1950s and 1960s, when, due to the division of finds under the then professor Adam Falkenstein, many objects came to the oriental institute of the university. These objects originate from a period of six millennia (early Chalcolithic to Sassanid period ) and consist of sculptures , building decorations , metal objects, ceramics , seals and seals, as well as jewelry. Some of these objects are unique worldwide. A special focus of the collection is on testimonies to the history of writing , some of which come from other sites and trace the development of writing from the early 4th millennium BC to the end of cuneiform in the last centuries BC .
The finds from the Uruk Warka collection were shown for the first time between the 600th anniversary of the university's founding in 1986 and the 39th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Heidelberg in 1992; however, access was restricted to specialist staff. Since 1995 the collection has been open to the general public by prior arrangement.
staff
Scientific management is usually the responsibility of the professorship with a focus on Sumerology .
Directors
- 2009–2013 Markus Hilgert
- 2014 Stefan Maul (acting)
- since 2015 Kai Lämmerhirt
Curators
- 1985–1990 Michael Müller-Karpe
- since 2015 Kristina Sieckmeyer
Web links
credentials
- ↑ Staff in the antiquity collections at the HCCH. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 41.8 " N , 8 ° 42 ′ 21.8" E