Paul Collins
Assistant Keeper, later Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia 1500-539 B.C
Department: Middle East
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7323 8708
Email: pcollins @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Dr. Collins is a curator responsible for the
Museum’s collection of Assyrian and Babylonian artifacts, other
than cuneiform tablets, dating from 1500 to 539 B.C. He has a
particular interest in the art of ancient Assyria, especially the
Museum’s outstanding collection of Assyrian reliefs.
He was previously Assistant Curator in the
Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York.
Current British Museum projects
Stamp seals: Prehistoric to Parthian
Periods
Previous British Museum projects
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External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies
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Publications
Most recent publications
P. Collins, ‘An Assyrian-Style Ivory Plaque from Hasanlu, Iran’
Metropolitan Museum Journal, 41 (2006),
pp. 19-31
P. Collins, ‘Trees and gender in Assyrian art’
Iraq, 69 (2006), pp. 99-107
P. Collins, ‘Royal Reliefs’ Magazine of
the Friends of The British Museum (Summer
2006), pp. 40-42
P. Collins, ‘The development of the individual
enemy in Assyrian art,’ Source: Notes in the History of
Art XXV/3 (Spring 2006), pp. 1-8
P. Collins, ‘From Village to Empire: the rise
of Sumer and Akkad’ in A. Schuster and M. Polk (eds.) The
Looting of the Iraq Museum,
Baghdad: The Lost Legacy of Ancient
Mesopotamia (2005, Abrams), pp. 82-99