Ilgi and Selim explain their collaborative project to document and eventually publish an important group of texts from Turkish-sponsored excavations at Sippar in the late 19th century. They discuss the number and content of these tablets, and how they came to Istanbul. What are the project’s aims and what progress has been made so far?
5:07 About the Project
5:47 Why Sippar?
7:27 About the tablets
9:25 How they came to Istanbul
13:15 Results and further goals
18:45 Wider dissemination
20:56 Mesopotamia in schools
ilgigercek (at) bilkent.edu.tr
selimferruh.adali (at) asbu.edu.tr
Music by Ruba Hillawi
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