Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 12. (Budapest, 1970)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM — MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Meyer, G. R.: The Museum of Western Asiatic Antiquity in Berlin (G.D.R.) Rebuilt and Reorganized

Fig. 5. Reliefs from Niniveh with clay knob-tiles (sikkati, a specifically Assyrian decorative element), all of which have been put together and restored from innumerable original fragments. Room 13, containing ancient remains from Urartu, old Armenia, may well be called one of the special treasuries of the Museum of Western Asiatic Antiquity. Here you will see two large inscriptions on stone, placed at the wall the one on the left by Menuas (about 810 to 785 before our era), discovered near Cholakert at the Aras Valley; the one on the right by Rusas I (about 743 to 733 before our era), discovered near the Keshish-Göl and in big, built-in show-cases we keep pottery from Urartu, and furthermore stone, bronze, gold, silver, and iron remains from Toprak-Kala. Finally, placed round the walls of Room 14, we find a selection of stelae of Assyrian kings and officials, belonging to the period from about 1390 to 681 before our era. This is the North wall with the stelae of officials. All the National Museums in Berlin, among them the Museum of Western Asiatic Antiquity, enjoy full and large-scale support from the government of the German Democratic Republic, and they play an important part as outstanding institutions of public education. We open our gates to all that want to work, learn, and teach on behalf of peace, and friendship between all nations.