Reviving Kubaba
A Hittite Goddess, the Digital Age and the British Museum
Online Lecture
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Lecturer: Dr James Fraser
Date: Monday 6 May, 2024
Duration: 1 hour
Start Time: 7.30pm AEST | 7.00pm SA | 5.30pm WA | 9.30pm NZST
Price: $25 AUD
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Overview
A monumental statue of the Hittite goddess Kubaba from ancient Turkey has been one of the British Museum's most celebrated pieces of Near Eastern statuary since its acquisition in 1881. Although broken at the top, the stele features the goddess Kubaba on one side, and a rare Luwian hieroglyph inscription on the other.
In a spectacular recent discovery, the Turkish-Italian Carchemish Expedition recovered the top of the stele in four large pieces, including the head of the goddess and the opening lines of the text. These fragments complement an additional fragment acquired by the Vatican Museums in 1961.
Join archaeologist Dr James Fraser for an eye-opening exploration of the on-going project to create a digital 3D model which reunites the body of the goddess with her newly discovered head.
Your Expert lecturer
Dr James Fraser is Director of the W F Albright Institute of Archaeological Research. He received his PhD from the University of Sydney in 2016, which was published as the monograph Dolmens in the Levant in 2018, awarded the G. Ernest Wright Award for Best Archaeological Publication. Jamie previously served as Curator for the Ancient Levant and Anatolia at the British Museum, where he curated the 2023 exhibition Luxury and power: Persia to Greece. He directs an excavation project in Jordan investigating a Bronze Age olive oil factory at Khirbet Um al-Ghozlan, and has archaeological experience in Jordan, Syria, Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kashmir, Greece, Cambodia, Australia and the Solomon Islands.
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