New year, new reading suggestions!
Mar Shiprim is glad offer you a list of the most recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology: as always, these titles have been selected from Jack M. Sasson’s invaluable Agade mailing list, specifically from messages received between October, 1st and December, 31th 2020.
Please contact us, at stefania.ermidoro@iaassyriology.com, if we have overlooked a publication or if you are aware of any title that did not appear in Agade and should be added to the list.
Enjoy these readings, and may you have a happy New Year!
Ahrens, A., Rokitta-Krumnow, D., Bloch, F., and Bührig, C. (eds)., Drawing the Threads Together. Studies on Archaeology in Honour of Karin Bartl, marru 10, Zaphon, 2020.
Alpi, F., Bradosty, Z., Giraud, J. MacGinnis, J., and Mattila, R. (eds), Arbela Antiqua, actes du colloque international d’Erbil (7-10 avril 2014). Arbèles antique – Histoire d’Erbil prè-islamique, Presses de l’Ifpo, 2020.
Arbøll, T.B., Medicine in Ancient Assur. A Microhistorical Study of the Neo-Assyrian Healer Kiṣir-Aššur, Ancient Magic and Divination 18, Brill, 2020.
Balossi Restelli, F., Arslantepe II – Period VII. The Development of a Ceremonial/Political Centre in the First Half of the Fourth Millennium BCE (Late Chalcolithic 3-4), ARSLANTEPE 2, Arbor Sapientiae, 2019.
Balza, M.E., Cotticelli-Kurras, P., d’Alfonso, L., Giorgieri, M., Giusfredi, F. and Rizza, A. (eds), Città e Parole Argilla e Pietra, Studi offerti a Clelia Mora da allievi, colleghi e amici, Biblioteca di Athenaeum 65, Edipuglia, 2020.
Benedettucci, F.M., Il regno di Ammon, Monografie dell’Atlante del Vicino Oriente Antico 3, Artemide, 2020.
Bietak, M., Matthiae, P., and Prell, S. (eds), Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Palaces. Volume II. Proceedings of a workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, 25–26 April 2016, Contributions to the Archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Levant 8, Harrassowitz, 2019.
Boddy, K., The Composition and Tradition of Erimḫuš, Cuneiform Monographs 52, Brill, 2021.
Borgolte, M., World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE, Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1. The Near and Middle East 136, Brill, 2020.
Carnevale, A., La frontiera nord-orientale dell’Impero Ittita, Monografie dell’Atlante del Vicino Oriente Antico 2, Artemide, 2020.
Cohen, Y., The Babylonian šumma immeru Omens. Transmission, Reception and Text Production, dubsar 9, Zaphon, 2020.
Ebeling, J., and Guillaume, P. (eds), The Woman in the Pith Helmet. A tribute to Norma Franklin, Lockwood Press, 2020.
Edelmann-Singer, B., Nicklas, T., Spittler, J.E., and Walt, L. (eds), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 443, Mohr Siebeck, 2020.
Edrey, M., Phoenician Identity in Context: Material Cultural Koiné in the Iron Age Levant, Alter Orient und Altes Testament 469, Ugarit-Verlag, 2020.
Faist, B., Assyrische Rechtsprechung im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr., dubsar 15, Zaphon, 2020.
Finkel, I., and Simpson, St J. (eds), In Context: the Reade Festschrift, Archaeopress, 2020.
Flossmann-Schütze, M.C., Hoffmann, F., and Schütze, A. (eds), Tuna el-Gebel – Eine ferne Welt. Tagungsband zur Konferenz der Graduate School „Distant Worlds“ vom 16. bis 19.1.2014 in München, Tuna el-Gebel 8, Verlag-PB, 2020.
Frame, G., The Royal Inscriptions of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721–705 BC), The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period 2, Eisenbrauns, 2021.
Francia, R., Pisaniello, V., and Torri, G. (eds), Scritti di Alfonso Archi sulla religione degli Ittiti, Materiali e documenti 66, Sapienza Università Editrice, 2020.
Garcia-Ventura, A., and Verderame, L. (eds), Perspectives on the History of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Eisenbrauns, 2020.
Gavagnin, K., and Palermo, R. (eds), Proceedings of the 5th “Broadening Horizons” Conference (Udine 5-8 June 2017), Volume 2. Imperial Connections. Interactions and Expansion from Assyria to the Roman Period, West & East 3, Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2020.
Geller, M.J., and Panayotov, S.V., Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts. The Nineveh Treatise, Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen 10, De Gruyter, 2020.
Gilboa, A., and Yasur-Landau, A. (eds), Nomads of the Mediterranean: Trade and Contact in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Studies in Honor of Michal Artzy, Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 112, Brill, 2020.
Glatz, C., The Making of Empire in Bronze Age Anatolia: Hittite Sovereign Practice, Resistance, and Negotiation, Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Görke, S., and Steitler, C.W. (eds), Cult, Temple, Sacred Spaces: Cult Practices and Cult Spaces in Hittite Anatolia and Neighbouring Cultures. Proceedings of the First International HFR Symposium, Mainz, 3–5 June 2019, Studien zu den Bogazköy-Texten 66, Harrassowitz, 2020.
Gross, M.M., At the Heart of an Empire: The Royal Household in the Neo-Assyrian Period, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 292, Peeters, 2020.
Hasegawa, S., and Radner, K. (eds.), The Reach of the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires: Case studies in Eastern and Western Peripheries, Studia Chaburensia 8, Harrassowitz, 2020.
Held, W. (ed.), The Transition from the Achaemenid to the Hellenistic Period in the Levant, Cyprus, and Cilicia: Cultural Interruption or Continuity? Symposion at Philipps-Universität Marburg, October 12–15, 2017, Marburger Beiträge zur Archäologie 6, Archäologisches Seminar Philipps-Universität Marburg, 2020.
Hofedeitz, U., Die Ortslagen des judäischen Berglandes und des nördlichen Negev von der späten Eisenzeit bis zum Hellenismus, Ägypten und Altes Testament 104, Zaphon, 2020.
Hsu, S-W., and Llop Raduà, J. (eds), The Expression of Emotions in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 116, Brill, 2020.
Janowski, B., and Schwemer, D. (eds), Texte zur Wissenskultur, Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Neue Folge 9, Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2020.
Jasmin, M., and de Miroschedji, P., Fouilles de Tel Yarmouth (1980-2009). Rapport final. Volume 1: Les fouilles sur l’acropole, Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement 56, Peeters, 2020.
Johnson, D.R., Sovereign Authority and the Elaboration of Law in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe 122, Mohr Siebeck, 2020.
Kahn, D., Sennacherib’s Campaign against Judah. A Source Analysis of Isaiah 36-37, Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Kalimi, I., Writing and Rewriting History in Ancient Israel and Near Eastern Cultures, Harrassowitz, 2020.
Khalaily, H., Re’em, A., Vardi, J., and Milevski, I. (eds), The Mega Project at Motza (Moẓa): The Neolithic and Later Occupations up to the 20th Century, New Studies in The Archaeology of Jerusalem and Its Region. Supplementary Volume, Israel Antiquities Authority, 2020.
Kilchör, F., Archäologie visualisieren. Entwicklung einer standardisierten Zeichenschrift zur Analyse und Vermittlung archäologischer Funde und Befunde, Schriften zur vorderasiatischen Archäologie 15, Harrassowitz, 2020.
Kogan, L., and Krebernik, M., Etymological Dictionary of Akkadian. Volume 1. Roots beginning with p and b, De Gruyter, 2020.
Kouwenberg, N.J.C. (ed)., Law and Trade in Ancient Mesopotamia and Anatolia. Selected Papers by K.R. Veenhof, Sidestone Press, 2020.
Krebernik, M., and Lisman, J.J.W., The Sumerian Zame Hymns from Tell Abū Ṣalābīḫ –– With an Appendix on the Early Dynastic Colophons, dubsar 12, Zaphon, 2020.
Lichtenberger, A., and Raja, R. (eds), Environmental Studies, Remote Sensing, and Modelling. Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter I, Jerash Papers 6, Brepols, 2020.
Marchetti, N., Franco, G., Musso, S.F., and Spadolini, M.B. (eds), An Integrated Approach for an Archaeological and Environmental Park in South-Eastern Turkey. Tilmen Höyük, Springer, 2020.
Matoïan, V., Mazzini, G., Watson, W.G.E, and Wyatt, N. (eds), Ugarit-Forschungen 50, Ugarit-Verlag, 2019.
Matthiae, P., Ebla. Archaeology and History, Routledge, 2020.
McGovern, B.E., with a contribution by T. Bagh, The Foreign Relations of the “Hyksos”. A Neutron Activation Study of Middle Bronze Age Pottery from the Eastern Mediterranean, New 2020 Edition, BAR International Series 888, Archaeopress, 2020.
Michel, C., and Friedrich, M. (eds), Fakes and Forgeries of Written Artefacts from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern China, Studies in Manuscript Cultures 20, De Gruyter, 2020.
Nadali, D., and Polcaro, A. (eds), The Italian Archaeological Excavations At Tell Zurghul, Ancient Nigin, Iraq. Final Report, Quaderni di Vicino Oriente 16, Arbor Sapientiae, 2020.
Nunn, A., and Piening, H. (eds), Mesopotamian Sculpture in Colour, PeWe-Verlag, 2020.
Politis, K.D., Ancient Landscapes of Zoara I. Surveys and Excavations at the Ghor as-Safi in Jordan, 1997 – 2018, Routledge, 2020.
Portuese, L., Life at Court. Ideology and Audience in the Late Assyrian Palace, marru 11, Zaphon, 2020.
Putthoff, T.L., Gods and Humans in the Ancient Near East, Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Radner, K., Kreppner, J., and Squitieri, A. (eds), The Dinka Settlement Complex 2019. Further Archaeological and Geophysical Work on Qalat-i Dinka and the Lower Town, Peshdar Plain Project
Publications 5, PeWe Verlag, 2020.
Sano, K., Die Deportationspraxis in neuassyrischer Zeit, Alter Orient und Altes Testament 466, Ugarit-Verlag, 2020.
Saporetti, C., Antroponomi Medio-Assiri, Supplemento 1. Elenco degli antroponimi, Informatica Applicata Sas, 2020.
Saporetti, C., Miti paralleli, Tipheret, 2020.
Sauvage, M. (ed), Atlas historique du Proche-Orient ancient, Les belles lettres, 2020.
Sommerfeld, W. (ed), Dealing with Antiquity: Past, Present & Future – RAI Marburg, Alter Orient und Altes Testament 460, Ugarit-Verlag, 2020.
Sonia, K.M., Caring for the Dead in Ancient Israel, Archaeology and Biblical Studies 27, SBL Press, 2020.
Stager, L.E., Master, D.M., and Aja, A.J., Ashkelon 7. The Iron Age I, Eisenbrauns, 2020.
Thames, J.T. Jr, The Politics of Ritual Change: The zukru Festival in the Political History of Late Bronze Age Emar, Harvard Semitic Monographs 65, Brill, 2020.
Tugendhaft, A., The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet, University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Turner, G., The British Museum’s Excavations at Nineveh, 1846–1855, Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 115, Brill, 2020.
Venturi, F., Tell Afis. The Excavations of Areas E2-E4. Phases V-I. The end of the Late Bronze Age/Iron Age I Sequence. Stratigraphy, Pottery and Small Finds, Studi di Archeologia Siriana 4, Le Lettere, 2020.
Vidale, M., Jiroft La civiltà che non c’era, Il Novissimo Ramusio 20, Scienze e Lettere, 2020.
Wäfler, M. (ed)., Tall al-Hamidiya 5. Bericht 2002–2011, OpenScienceTechnology GmbH, 2020.
Warbinek, L., Il sistema mantico ittita KIN, Firenze University Press, 2020.
Weiershäuser, F., and Novotny, J., The Royal Inscriptions of Amēl-Marduk (561–560 BC), Neriglissar (559–556 BC), and Nabonidus (555–539 BC), Kings of Babylon, Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Babylonian Empire 1, Eisenbrauns, 2020.
Zaina, F., The Urban Archaeology of Early Kish. 3rd Millennium BCE Levels at Tell Ingharra, OrientLab Series Maior 5, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà – Ante Quem, 2020.