Dear Mar Shiprim readers, we are very happy to introduce to you a project which, we believe, will be of great interest to many of us! The “Virtual Cuneiform Tablet Reconstruction (VCTR) Project” is an international collaboration inspired by the ambition to support virtual access to cuneiform artefacts and to Read more
Directly from Jack M. Sasson’s Agade mailing list, here we offer you a list of recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology. Please note that this list only includes titles that have been notified between July, 1st and September, 30th 2022. Feel free to contact us at Read more
Did you know that the Ancient Near East can be found also.. in Kentucky? Learn everything about it in this new contribution, sent to us by Christy Spurlock – to whom we are indeed very grateful! She nicely shows us how Universities and Museums can cooperate to create activitites that Read more
As every Assyriologist now, July is the month of the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale! This year we will finally meet again in Mainz, thanks to our hosts: the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. We are grateful to the RAI organizers, who have sent Read more
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, while we head into the summer months, we are back with a new list of recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology. Please note that this list only includes titles that have been notified by Jack M. Sasson’s Agade mailing list between April, Read more
Soon, scholars and students from all over the world will gather in Mainz to participate in the 66th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale. To get ready for this year’s event, we have interviewed Doris Prechel and Alexander Pruß, who have kindly accepted to talk to us about Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Read more
Directly from Jack M. Sasson’s Agade mailing list, here we offer you a list of recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology. Please note that this list only includes titles that have been notified between January, 1st and March, 31th 2022. Do write to us, at stefania.ermidoro@iaassyriology.com, Read more
After some time (due to the pandemic, that has kept many archaeological missions at home for a couple of years), Mar Shiprim is finally back “In the Field”! The Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project has kindly accepted our invitation to present to our readers its most recent and very exciting Read more
“In the Spotlight”
The Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online
Today Mar Shiprim spotlights a one-man undertaking, a work-in-progress that is already a very useful tool for those conducting research into Akkadian prayers. We are grateful to Alan Lenzi, who has agreed to answer some questions about the two websites he has created: the “Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online” Read more
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, happy 2022! May it be full of success, new projects and stimulating readings. To help you with these New Year’s resolutions, here we offer you our list of recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology. Below you can find titles that have been Read more