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{{short description|Research institute in the Netherlands}}
'''The Netherlands Institute for the Near East''' (Dutch: ''Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten''; French: ''Institut néerlandais du Proche-Orient''; colloquially known by its abbreviation: '''NINO''') is an institution for the advancement of the study of the [[Ancient Near East]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Anatolia]], and [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]]. It is an independent foundation with close ties to [[Leiden University]], housed at the Faculty of Humanities. The institute was founded in 1939.▼
{{more footnotes|date=June 2017}}[[File:LeidenNINO2017.jpg|thumb|NINO, Leiden]]
▲'''The Netherlands Institute for the Near East''' (Dutch: ''Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten
In 2017 the board of NINO decided to integrate the library into Leiden university and to transform the institute to a pure "research school".<ref>petition at ipetitions.com, June 2017</ref>
== Library ==
The NINO library holds ca. 50.000 titles (scientific books and journals) in the fields of [[Assyriology]], [[Egyptology]], [[Near Eastern Archaeology]] and related fields.
== Publications and research ==
NINO publishes the journal ''Bibliotheca Orientalis'' and the annuary ''Anatolica''. Its current monograph series are ''PIHANS'', ''Egyptological Publications''
== Collections ==
The institute holds several collections, the best known of which is the De Liagre Böhl Collection, which incorporates the largest collection of [[cuneiform]] [[Clay tablet|tablets]] in the Netherlands. Some highlights from the Böhl Collection are on display at the nearby [[National Museum of Antiquities (Netherlands)|National Museum of Antiquities]].
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NINODeLiagreBohlLB1321.jpg|Clay tablet from the library of [[Assurbanipal]] at [[Nineveh]] ([[Frans de Liagre Böhl|De Liagre Böhl]] Collection)
Emily Ruete (Sayyida Salme), Princess of Zanzibar.jpg|Emily Ruete/Sayyida Salma (Saïd Ruete Collection)
NINOFrankScholten043.jpg|Photograph of Palestine, ca. 1921 ([[Frank Scholten]] Collection)
</gallery>
== Subsidiary institute in Turkey ==
Founded in 1958, the ''Nederlands Instituut in Turkije'' (NIT) is NINO's subsidiary institute in [[Istanbul]].
==See also==
* [[Joris Borghouts]], Dutch [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]] who was a research fellow at NINO<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nino-leiden.nl/message/in-memoriam-prof-dr-jf-borghouts|title=In Memoriam Prof. Dr. J.F. Borghouts|work=The Netherlands Institute for the Near East|date=15 September 2018|accessdate=15 September 2018}}</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.nit-istanbul.org Nederlands Instituut in Turkije]
* [http://www.rmo.nl/english/exhibitions/archive/75-years-of-the-nino Exhibition "75 Years of the NINO" at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, 2014-2015]
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