CONSTRUCTING THE ASSYRIAN SIEGE RAMP AT LACHISH: TEXTS, ICONOGRAPHY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY

Yosef Garfinkel; Jon W. Carroll; Michael Pytlik; Madeleine Mumcuoglu

doi:10.1111/ojoa.12231

CONSTRUCTING THE ASSYRIAN SIEGE RAMP AT LACHISH: TEXTS, ICONOGRAPHY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY

Yosef Garfinkel^*, Jon W. Carroll, Michael Pytlik, Madeleine Mumcuoglu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Archaeology

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

This research examines the Assyrian siege ramp at Lachish, the only such known from the ancient Near East and the oldest in the world. The combination of different sources (texts, iconography and archaeology) enables us to reconstruct how this monumental war installation was erected. We used photogrammetric analysis, facilitated through small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) imagery, to digitally map the landscape and evaluate different potential scenarios with regard to the construction and use of the ramp.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	417-439
Number of pages	23
Journal	Oxford Journal of Archaeology
Volume	40
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ojoa.12231
State	Published - Nov 2021

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Access to Document

10.1111/ojoa.12231

Cite this

@article{1af6453a74b34a62a5a43de0c4d90909,

title = "CONSTRUCTING THE ASSYRIAN SIEGE RAMP AT LACHISH: TEXTS, ICONOGRAPHY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY",

abstract = "This research examines the Assyrian siege ramp at Lachish, the only such known from the ancient Near East and the oldest in the world. The combination of different sources (texts, iconography and archaeology) enables us to reconstruct how this monumental war installation was erected. We used photogrammetric analysis, facilitated through small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) imagery, to digitally map the landscape and evaluate different potential scenarios with regard to the construction and use of the ramp.",

author = "Yosef Garfinkel and Carroll, {Jon W.} and Michael Pytlik and Madeleine Mumcuoglu",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.",

year = "2021",

month = nov,

doi = "10.1111/ojoa.12231",

language = "American English",

volume = "40",

pages = "417--439",

journal = "Oxford Journal of Archaeology",

issn = "0262-5253",

publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - CONSTRUCTING THE ASSYRIAN SIEGE RAMP AT LACHISH

T2 - TEXTS, ICONOGRAPHY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY

AU - Garfinkel, Yosef

AU - Carroll, Jon W.

AU - Pytlik, Michael

AU - Mumcuoglu, Madeleine

PY - 2021/11

Y1 - 2021/11

N2 - This research examines the Assyrian siege ramp at Lachish, the only such known from the ancient Near East and the oldest in the world. The combination of different sources (texts, iconography and archaeology) enables us to reconstruct how this monumental war installation was erected. We used photogrammetric analysis, facilitated through small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) imagery, to digitally map the landscape and evaluate different potential scenarios with regard to the construction and use of the ramp.

AB - This research examines the Assyrian siege ramp at Lachish, the only such known from the ancient Near East and the oldest in the world. The combination of different sources (texts, iconography and archaeology) enables us to reconstruct how this monumental war installation was erected. We used photogrammetric analysis, facilitated through small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) imagery, to digitally map the landscape and evaluate different potential scenarios with regard to the construction and use of the ramp.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85116982108&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/ojoa.12231

DO - 10.1111/ojoa.12231

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85116982108

SN - 0262-5253

VL - 40

SP - 417

EP - 439

JO - Oxford Journal of Archaeology

JF - Oxford Journal of Archaeology

IS - 4

ER -

CONSTRUCTING THE ASSYRIAN SIEGE RAMP AT LACHISH: TEXTS, ICONOGRAPHY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this