Dear Mar Shiprim readers,
See below for new titles in Assyriology and related fields shared through the Agade mailing list between April 1st and June 30th, 2026. Please get in touch with any corrections or additions via marshiprim@iaassyriology.com.
With best wishes,
Pavla Rosenstein
Mar Shiprim Editor
Alizadeh, A., Lowland Susiana in the Fourth Millennium BCE: Excavations at KS-04, KS-59, and KS-108 = ISAC Publications 2, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, 2026.
Andrade, N. and Raja, R. (eds), Invisible Labour in Antiquity: Visualizing Obscure Work in the Ancient Mediterranean and West Asia = The Archaeology and History of Western Asia (300 BCE–750 CE), vol. 1, Brepols, 2026.
Battini, L. (ed), Thinking, Speaking and Representing Animals in Western Asia, Archaeopress, 2026.
Bremer-McCollum, A., The Pearlsong, The Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University Press, 2025.
Charpin, D. and Jacquet, A. (eds), Archibab 6. Archives paléo-babyloniennes : 150 ans de publications et d’études (1872–2022) = Mémoires de N.A.B.U. 24, SEPOA, 2026.
Czichon, R. M., Fischer, S., and Kitazumi, T. (eds), Sprachwissenschaftliche und kulturhistorische Reflexionen. Festschrift zu Ehren von Jörg Klinger = Berliner Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient 31, PeWe-Verlag, 2026.
Di Michele, A., Pizzimenti, S., and Renette, S. (eds), Ceramic Traditions and Cultural Territories: New Directions for Southern Mesopotamian Pottery Studies = Archaeology of Ancient Iraq 4, Moonrise Press, 2026.
Escobar, E. A., Neumann, K., and Crisostomo, C. J. (eds), Scribal Worlds: Scholarship and Classification in Cuneiform Cultures, UCL Press, 2026.
Foster, B. R., A Short History of Assyriology, 1850–1970 = wEdge 4, Zaphon, 2025.
Gottschlich, J. and Zaptcioglu-Gottschlich, D. (trans. Jillson, B. S.), The Emperor’s Treasure Hunters: German Archaeologists and the Plundering of the Orient, Lockwood Press, 2026.
Halpern, P., Divine Enlightenment: The Making of a Mesopotamian King and His Legacy, Philip Halpern, 2026.
Helle, S., Human: Babylonian Reflections on Labor = Critical Antiquities, University of Chicago Press, 2026.
Herr, L. G., Clark, D. R., Geraty, L. T., and Roddy, M. (eds), The 2008 Season at Tall al-‘Umayri and Subsequent Studies, Eisenbrauns, 2026.
Holm, T. L., Aramaic Literature from Egypt and the Levant = Writings from the Ancient World 30, SBL Press, 2026.
Holm, T. L. and Monferrer-Sala, J. P. (eds), Syria, Mesopotamia, and the Comparative Study of Semitic Languages: Proceedings of the 7th and 8th Meetings of the International Association for Comparative Semitics = Languages of the Ancient Near East 13, Eisenbrauns, 2025.
Kırçıl, Z. N., Pelvanoğlu, T., and Özer, B. (eds), From Agade to Šamuḫa: Studies in Honour of Oğuz Soysal on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday, Bilgin Kültür Sanat Yayınları, 2026.
Langgut, D., Climate and Environment in the Southern Levant, 1300–300 BCE, Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Mandell, A., Canaanite Scribal Creativity and the Making of Cuneiform Culture in the Amarna Age = The Ancient Word, Routledge, 2026.
Michel, C., Quand les femmes écrivaient l’histoire. Entre la Mésopotamie et l’Anatolie il y a 4 000 ans, Seuil, 2026.
Molina, M. and Notizia, P. (eds), New Perspectives on the History of Early Mesopotamia: The Region of Irisaĝrig & Malgûm = Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records 36, De Gruyter, 2026.
Montesanto, M., The Iron Age Pottery from Tell Atchana / Ancient Alalakh: A Typological and Functional Analysis = LEMA 8, Brepols, 2026.
Nigro, L., Archaeology & Artificial Intelligence = Quaderni di Vicino Oriente XVIII, Sapienza Università di Roma, 2026.
Prechel, D., Pruß, A., Richter, T., and Wicke, D. (eds), Kultur – Kontakt – Kultur. Beiträge anlässlich der 66. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Frankfurt/Main und Mainz, 25.–29. Juli 2022 = dubsar 35, Zaphon, 2025.
Safaee, Y., Women of the Empire: Life and Labor in the Achaemenid Persepolis Archives = Ancient Iran Series 20, Brill, 2026.
Schulz, J., Shame in the Worlds of the Hebrew Bible and Akkadian Texts: A Linguistic Study and Its Implications = Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte 33, Harrassowitz, 2026.
Soysal, O. and Çifçi, M., Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration V (Bo 1398–Bo 6002) = Chicago Hittite Dictionary Supplements 6, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, 2026.
Trameri, A. (ed), The Kingdom of Kizzuwatna: Recent Developments in Research. Proceedings of the Third NINO Postdoctoral Research Fellow Annual Conference, Leiden, 23rd–25th March 2023 = PIHANS 137, Peeters / The Netherlands Institute for the Near East, 2026.
Uehlinger, C., Koch, I., Münger, S., and Schroer, S. (eds), Corpus of Stamp Seals from the Southern Levant. Volume VI: L (Lachish, Lod, Loḥamei HaGeta’ot) = Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Series Archaeologica 42/1–2, Peeters, 2025.
Wang, J., The Rise of the Babylonian Empire = Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records 37, De Gruyter, 2026.
Ziegler, N., Les 100 légendes de la mythologie mésopotamienne, Presses Universitaires de France, 2026.