Many of us have probably been there recently, to attend the 8th International Congress of Hittitology (2011), the 8th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (2012) or the 60th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (2014) – but how much do we actually know about the University of Warsaw? Read more…
Today we have the opportunity to know better the newly-appointed Director of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten: NINO). Willemijn Waal, who has been appointed for a period of 5 years starting from 1 January 2020, is university lecturer at Leiden University, specializing Read more…
Culled from the Agade mailing list for your convenience, and with Jack M. Sasson’s approval, here is a list of recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology. Please note that this list includes only titles that have been notified between April, 1st and June, 30th 2020: books that were Read more…
This time, Mar Shiprim goes “In the Field” and presents to its readers an update on a relevant project which is currently ongoing in the Middle East: “The Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments Project”. In this article, the two authors Matthew Peebles and Erhan Tamur provide a detailed overview on the history Read more…
A new project started in April 2018 in Japan, with ambitious goals, several active research teams and a rich schedule of events and activities. We are very grateful to Gina Konstantopoulos, who has kindly accepted our invitation to present “The Essence of Urban Civilization”, the project carried out at the Read more…
Ever since 2018, a new public outreach/digital humanities project is available online: “Digital Hammurabi”. The project has been entirely conceived and shaped – and is actively conducted – by husband and wife Assyriology team, Megan Lewis and Joshua Bowen, whose aim is “to provide reliable, accurate information about the Ancient Read more…
SEAL is an ongoing project which started in 2007. It aims to compile an exhaustive catalogue of Akkadian literary texts from the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE, so as to enable an efficient study of the entire early Akkadian corpus in all its philological, literary, and historical dimensions. In the past years, SEAL underwent Read more…
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, we hope that you are all safe and well in these difficult and unprecedented times. As we all adapt to working from home, here is a list of the most recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology, to keep you company. As always, Read more…
A new exhibition will open on Saturday, 7th March at Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne. This family-friendly event aims to bring to life fascinating stories of ancient Iraq through over 80 items on loan from the British Museum, also highlighting the work of the British Museum’s Iraq Emergency Read more…
A new, ambitious project led by Enrique Jiménez started in April 2018 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: the goal of the Electronic Babylonian Literature (eBL) Project is to significantly contribute to the reconstruction of Babylonian literature of the first millennium BCE. Babylonian literature is a key part of the world’s cultural heritage: Read more…