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…
A new, ambitious research project has recently started at the New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. Named Shanati, it aims to reconstruct the ancient Babylonian Calendar and bring it into harmony with the Julian Calendar. We are grateful to David Danzig, creator and lead researcher Read more…
New year, new reading suggestions! Directly from Jack M. Sasson’s Agade mailing list, here is a list of recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology. Note that this list only includes titles that have been notified between October, 1st and December, 31th 2019. Earlier titles have already appeared Read more…
Mar Shiprim is glad to offer to its readers an insight into another exhibition on ancient Mesopotamia which can be visited in New York. Anastasia Amrhein and Elizabeth Knott have kindly agreed to describe to us the exhibition, which they curated (together with Clare Fitzgerald) at New York University’s Institute for Read more…
How can you make ancient Mesopotamia speak to modern generations? How difficult is it to present Assyriological-related issues to a large and non-specialist audience? These are but two of the questions that we asked to Eckart Frahm, Agnete Wisti Lassen and Klaus Wagensonner – the curators of a major exhibition Read more…
Mar Shiprim this time spotlights the new galleries of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, thanks to this article written by Grant Frame – to whom we are very grateful. Officially opened in April 2017, the three new galleries stem from a joint effort, which has Read more…
Jaafar Jotheri (Department of Archaeology, University of Al-Qadisiyah), reports on the latest news regarding the ancient Iraqi heritage. The years 2018-2019 have seen many and varied activities: we are grateful to Jaafar for this interesting overview on archaeological excavations and international conferences that took place in many Iraqi regions. * Read more…