Staff
The work of the department is supported by a team of Museum Assistants and administrative staff.
Curatorial staff:
Rupert Chapman
Curator, Levantine
Archaeology
Paul
Collins
Lead Curator
Zayed National Museum Project
Sarah
Collins
Assistant Keeper, Early Mesopotamia collections
Early Mesopotamia
John
Curtis
Keeper
Keeper of the Middle East collections, with special interests
in Iraq and Iran
Irving
Finkel
Assistant Keeper
Ancient Mesopotamian (i.e. Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian)
script, languages and cultures
Alexandra Fletcher
Assistant Keeper, Anatolia and Prehistory
Turkish archaeological material and Prehistoric collections within
the Department of the Middle East
Venetia Porter
Assistant Keeper (Curator)
Islamic and contemporary Middle East
Seth Priestman
Curator
Iran, the Siraf collection
Fahmida Suleman
Curator
Modern Middle East
St
John Simpson
Assistant Keeper, Iran & Arabia
Ancient Iran and Arabia
Nigel
Tallis
Assistant Keeper, later Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia 1500-539 B.C.
Jonathan Taylor
Assistant Keeper, Cuneiform collections
Mesopotamia
Jonathan N. Tubb
Assistant Keeper
Ancient Levant (Syria, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan),
Phoenician and Punic archaeology throughout the Mediterranean