Pubbl/distr/stampa	[Washington, D.C.] : , : [publisher not identified], , 1856
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (2 pages)
Collana	Senate executive document / 34th Congress, 1st session. Senate [United States congressional serial set ]
Soggetto topico	Fortification Islands Construction, Military Construction industry - Military aspects Cost
Soggetto genere / forma	Legislative materials.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910715892103321

Autore	Comfort Anthony
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford : , : Archaeopress, , 2023
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (148 pages)
Disciplina	935/.4
Collana	Archaeopress Roman Archaeology
Soggetto topico	Excavations (Archaeology) - Iraq - Sinjār Limes (Roman boundary) - Iraq - Sinjār Fortification - Iraq - Sinjār Roads - Iraq - Sinjār Antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) Fortification Limes (Roman boundary) Roads
Soggetto non controllato	Rome History
ISBN	9781803273433
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- List of Figures and Tables -- Map 1. Setting, showing area of concern -- Map 2. Fortresses and roads -- Figure 1. Copied from Oates, 1968 Fig 8. Also in this publication are plans of the Roman south gate and Bastions 5, 6 and 7 -- Figure 2. Singara Corona 11 Dec 1967 -- Figure 3. Singara Google Earth 13 March 2021. Rampart of Roman town indicated in red -- Figures 3a and b. Ain Sinu/Zagurae. a) Plan copied from Oates 1968 p83. b) Corona 11 December 1967.36°27'07"N, 42°10'43"E -- Figure 4. Majnuniye. Corona 11 Dec 1967. with Tel Hayal circled in yellow -- Figure 5. Sikeniye. Corona 11 Dec 1967. Abandoned town circled in yellow -- Figure 6. Fort at foot of Bara pass. CAST and Google Earth 5 Sept 2020 -- Figure 7. Poidebard's photograph of 'Thebeta'. La Trace de Rome dans le désert', Pl.CLX.3 -- Figure 8. Thebeta, according to Poidebard. 36°49'25''N, 41°41'43''E. Corona 1967 -- Figure 9. Qohbol/Gohbal. Corona 11 Dec 1967. 36°30'52"N, 41°57'24"E -- Figure 10. Al- Han - situation to the east. Corona 5 Nov 1968 -- Figure 11. Fort at al-Han. Google Earth 23 November 2020. A modern structure has been super-imposed. -- Figure 12. Fort at al-Han. Corona 5 Nov 1968. 36°17'36"N, 41°04'14"E -- Figure 13. Poidebard's map of the Khabur bend (Pl CXL, 'Coude du Habour' Large rectangles indicate fortified towns -- small ones = Roman posts (castellum/castrum). -- Figure 14. Forts North of Al-Hol. CAST accessed 22.01.2022. A is 94x84m, B is about 294x219m, C is 160x160m. A tower is visible in the SW corner of C in the Corona image.below. -- Figure 15 a and b. The fort north of al-Hol. a) Zoom Earth (accessed 26/01/2022) 36°25'52"N, 41°07'56"E. b) Extract from Poidebard Pl. CLI - Fort to east not visible -- Figure 16. The forts at al-Hol. Corona 5 Nov 1968 -- Figure 17. Batitas Corona 11 Dec 1968. Figure 18. Batitas Google Earth 23 Nov 2020 Extract of mosaic (2 images) for part of the town 36°17'20"N, 41°14'00"E -- Figure 19. Batitas CAST accessed 26 Jan 2022 -- Figure 20. Oumtriye/Tell Mashnaqa/Amostae? An extract from Poidebard's plate CXIV. -- Figure 21. Oumtariye/Tell Mashnaqa/Amostae. Corona 11 Dec 1967 36°17'49"N, 40°46'39"E (approx.) -- Figure 22. Tell Taban. CAST - accessed 26 Jan 2020 -- Figure 23. Tell Taban. Google Earth 5 Jan 2019. 36°20'08"N, 40°47'16'=3E -- Figure 24. Tell Tuneynir (Thannouris) Zoom Earth, accessed 28/01/2022. 36°24'N, 40°53'S -- Figure 25. Thannouris. Plan by Kennedy traced from relevant portions of Poidebard, 1934: Pl CXVII. Note north to bottom. -- Figure 26. Touloul Mougayir from Poidebard's Pl CL -- Figure 27. Touloul Mougayir a) Google Earth 20/08/2020 and b) Corona 5 Nov 1968 36°24'30"N, 41°01'27"E. -- Figure 28. Hirbet Hassan Aga. Corona 5 No=v 1968 Camp (above - 36°22'48N, 40°59'51"E) and small fort (bottom left circled on yellow). -- Figure 29. a) Enlargement from Figure 28 above showing the camp (Corona 1968) and b) Situation of fort guarding spring - CAST accessed 27/012022 -- Figure 30. Hirbet Hassan Aga. Extract from Poidebard's Pl CXLIII. -- Figure 31. Extract from Poidebard's Plate CXLVII, oriented to the north and showing the course of the wall on the Jebel Cembe. The dashed yellow line is placed just to the south of the wall. The structure called by Poidebard 'ouvrage de défense indigène' -- Figure 32. Circesium. Figure 78 from Sarre and Herzfeld Vol 1, p172 -- Figure 33. Circesium. Figure 79 from Sarre and Herzfeld Vol 1, p 173 -- Figure 34. Osrhoene (NW Mesopotamia) from Dillemann (1962: fig. XI) with additions showing sites along the Khabur river ('Aborras') -- Figure 35. Tell Araban a) Corona 5 Nov 1968 b) Google Earth 27 Feb 2021 -- Figure 36. Tell Ajaja. Herzfeld 1911 Vol1: 185. Figure 37. Tell Arban Poidebard Pl.CXIII. 36°05'26"N, 40°42'15"E -- Figure 38. Marqada. Corona 5 Nov 1968. 35°44'38'' N, 40°46'00''E -- Figure 39. Bridge at Soufeiyé Poidebard Pl. CXIX.3 -- Figure 40. Tell Bizari. a) Corona 5 Nov 1968. b) Google Earth 24 Oct 2020 36°36'02"N, 40°47'09"E -- Figure 41. Poidebard's post at Tell Zenbil (north bank). a) Pls. CXXI and b) CAST accessed 05/02/2022 36°38'18"N, 40°58'53"E -- Figure 42. The post Tell el-Bab (south bank) Poidebard Pl.CXX -- Figure 43. Reproduction of Dillemann 1962 Fig XXVI -- Figure 44. Tell Awan Poidebard Pl. I.1 -- Figure 45. Tell Awan Triple enceinte. Poidebard Pl. III -- Figure 46. Tell Awan Corona 5 Nov 1968. 36°42'46"N, 41°04'59"E -- Figure 47. Tell Awan. Extract from previous figure -- Figure 49a. Castellum of Tell Brak - west side and plan. Poidebard Plate CXXV -- Figure 49b. Castellum of Tell Brak - east. Poidebard Plate CXXVI -- Figure 50. Tell Brak Poidebard Plate CXXIII. -- Figure 51. Tell Brak showing Poidebard's castellum upper right. Corona 5 November 1968 -- Figure 52. Tell Brak - castellum seen from above Poidebard Pl CXXIX -- Figure 53. Brak: Photo of gate. Poidebard Pl. CXXVII.2 -- Figure 54. Tell Bati. Poidebard's photograph (Pl. CXXXIX) re-oriented to show North at top and 'fort' circled in yellow. -- Figure 55. Abra Extract from Poidebard's Plate CLIX -- Figure 56. Abra Corona 2 Aug 1969. 37°01'40"N, 41°47'15"E. Poidebard's 'castellum' circled in yellow. -- Figure 57. Qubur al-Bid. Copied from Wood (2004: 400). 37°24'07"N, 42°04'00"E. -- Figure 58. Seh Qubba. Corona 11 Dec 1967 36°51'32"N, 42°29'30"E -- Figure 59. Seh Qubba Ball 2003. 64 -- Figure 60. Babil. Extract from Poidebard's Pl. CLIX -- Figure 61. Babil/Kebeli Corona 11 Dec 1967. 37°11'12"N, 42°01'41"E -- Figure 62. Tell Lelan. Poidebard Pl. CIX.1 '. Figure 63. Tell Lelan. Corona 11 Dec 1967. 36°57'26"N, 41°30'18"E -- Figure 64. Wilkinson and Tucker's site 54 (1995). The adjacent site 48 is a prominent tell with occupation from the Assyrian to the Parthian periods but not Sasanian. -- Figure 65. Site 54 of Wilkinson and Tucker (near Gar Sur village). Corona 11 Dec 1967 36°43'03"N, 42°25'17"E -- Figure 66. Oates 1 "Syria and Parthia c A.D. 200" -- Figure 67. Oates 2 "Northern Iraq in the Roman period" -- Figure 68. Extract from Poidebard's map entitled 'Le Limes romain dans le désert de Syrie : observations aériennes et vérifications au sol (1925-1932) (map drawn at scale 1/1 000 000 by 'la Compagnie Aérienne Française', Suresnes 1933). Large rectangles i -- Figure 69. a) and b) The probable site of the 'Roman' bridge at Kisik 36°28'6"N, 42°40'19"E Corona December 1967 and Zoom Earth January 2014 -- Figure 70. Possible route across middle of Mount Sinjar from Karsi. Extract from Google Earth -- Figure 71. The road 14km east of Sinjar. Corona 11 Dec 1967 -- Figure 72. The road 28km east of Sinjar. Note crossroad and forts. Corona 11 Dec 1967 -- Figure 73. Extract from US army map of 1942 (Tell Afar) showing position of Gonaisiya -- 1 inch to 4 miles -- Figure 74. The course of the ancient road 8km west of the current Syria/Iraq frontier. Corona 11 Dec 1967 (see also figure 71 above) -- Figure 75. Extract from Peutinger Table, Segment XI: Singara and Sirgora circles in yellow. -- Figure 76. Haste/Muezzar Corona 1968. 36°15'26"N, 40°19'49"E (Poidebard 'La Trace' Pls.CXXXIII-IV) -- Figure 77. Site 11.5 km SW of Tell Muezzar at 36°10'02"N, 40°16'02"E - Manajid Fawqani? -- Figure 78. Site on road from Haste to Tell Ajaja - possibly 'Tell Touwenan' of Poidebard Magrus? Corona 1967 36°11'26"N, 40°27'30"E. Figure 79. Possibly, Hirbet al-Han with a Roman (?) fort (36°03'36"N, 41°15'19"E) - 40km NE of Semsaniye, near current Syria/Iraq frontier Zoom Earth © ESRI, HERE, Garmin -- Figure 80. The crossing of the Khabur at Ash Shaddadi ('Sheddadi' - Corona 1968) - 36°04'00"N, 40°29'20"E -- Figure 81. Sheddadi Zoom Earth. The mound is 3km south of the crossing. -- Figure 82. Sheddadi. Sarre and Herzfeld (1911: 183) -- Figure 83. The road near 'Qseybe' (route 3 - see also fig 11 above) 36°15'58"N, 41°15'3"E. Zoom Earth August 2012 -- Figure 84a. Tell al-Hadhail (Vicat according to Hauser). Corona 11 Dec 1967. 36°08'56"N, 42°03'16"E -- Figure 84b. Ibrat as-Sagira (Vicat according to Oates). Corona 11 Dec 1967. 36°22'28"N, 42°19''53"E Corona 11 December 1967. 36°22'28"N, 42°19'53"E -- Figure 85. Uğur. Corona 11 Dec 1967. 37°10'59"N, 41°57'00"E -- Figure 86. Extract from the Peutinger Table (see also figure 75 above) showing the road from Amouda (Thamaudi) and Nisibis to the Tigris -- Figure 87. The road west of Cizre (Bazeft on the horizon). Poidebard PL CLVIII.3 -- Introduction -- Aerial photography, satellite imagery and maps -- Geographical and historical background -- Forts and fortresses -- Dating the fortifications -- The city of Singara -- The forts at Ain Sinu -- Alaina -- Thebeta -- Qohbol/Ghobal -- Towards the Khabur -- al-Han -- al-Hol -- Amostae -- Batitas -- Thannouris (Tell Tuneynir) -- Touloul Mougayir and Hirbet Hassan Aga -- The wall of Jebel Cembe -- The Khabur valley -- North of Circesium -- Tell Ajaja/Arban/Horoba -- Tell Brak and the Jaghjagh -- Tell Brak -- Castra Maurorum -- Cizre and Bezabde -- Eski Mosul and the Tigris -- The roads -- Roads north of Singara -- Roads east of Singara -- Roads to the west of Singara and to the Khabur valley -- Roads south-east of Singara -- The northern road from Nisibis east to the Tigris. The frontier in north-eastern Mesopotamia.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910860886903321

Autore	Ruse Hendrik <1624-1679.>
Pubbl/distr/stampa	In the Savoy, : Printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker ..., 1668
Descrizione fisica	[8], 53 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill
Soggetto topico	Fortification
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNISA-996386110203316

Autore	Deloche Jean
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Pondicherry : , : Institut Français de Pondichéry, , 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (267 pages)
Disciplina	355.44
Soggetto topico	Fortification
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Fortifications in ancient India -- The Hindu system of fortification in South India (3rd-14th century A.D.) -- The Muslim system of fortification in the Deccan kingdoms (15th-18th century) -- Survival of the Hindu system of fortification in South India (15th-18th century) -- Mysore Hill forts (15th-18th century) -- Gunpowder artillery in South India (15th-18th century) -- General conclusion.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910725994103321

Autore	Collins Steven <1950->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Winona Lake, Indiana, : Eisenbrauns, 2015-
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (403 p.)
Disciplina	933/.55
Collana	Tall al-Hammam Excavations
Soggetto topico	Social archaeology Land settlement Human ecology Fortification Excavations (Archaeology) Antiquities Social archaeology - Jordan Human ecology - Jordan - Jordan - History - To 1500 Land settlement - Jordan - History - To 1500 Fortification - Jordan Excavations (Archaeology) - Jordan
Soggetto genere / forma	History Electronic books.
ISBN	1-57506-370-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF POTTERY PLATES; Bibliography
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910460867703321