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 Barbara Parker-Mallowan sat on the donkey behindRachel Maxwell-Hyslop, c. 1938 in Cyprus | |
| Born | Barbara Hastings Parker (1908-07-14)14 July 1908 |
| Died | 21 November 1993(1993-11-21) (aged 85) Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England |
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| Institutions | British School of Archaeology in Iraq |
Barbara Hastings Parker-Mallowan, Lady Mallowan,OBE (née Parker; 14 July 1908 – 21 November 1993) was an English archaeologist,Assyriologist, andepigraphist who specialised incylinder seals.[1]
Barbara Parker was born on 14 July 1908 to Reginald Francis Parker (1871–1946) and had a younger brother John Manwaring Parker (1911–1979). She worked inBaghdad and succeededRobert Hamilton (1905–1995) as the secretary and librarian of theBritish School of Archaeology in Iraq from 1950 to 1961. She was its president from 1983 until her death in 1993.[1]
Her first assignment from directorMax Mallowan was to build a "dig house" atNimrud, which she did and maintained for many years. She was typically the only staff member to reside in Baghdad throughout the school year, from October to June.[1]
She was also alecturer inMesopotamian archaeology at theInstitute of Archaeology, London, from 1961. She was not only involved in the excavations ofNimrud under Max Mallowan, but also atTell al-Rimah andTell Brak.[1][2]
In the1962 New Year Honours, she was appointed anOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of her service as secretary and librarian of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.[3]
Parker married Max Mallowan and became Lady Mallowan in 1977, following the death of his first wifeAgatha Christie.[1][2]
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