At the beginning of this year, the “Young Italian Researchers of History and Philology of the Ancient Near East” gathered for the second time (Mar Shiprim already published a report of their first meeting), to present the progress of their research and discuss the projects in which they are involved. Read more…
It is our pleasure to thank and congratulate the organizers of this year’s Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale for a highly successful 65th installment of the annual meeting! In July, 8-12 2019, scholars of the Ancient Near East from all over the world convened in Paris for a week of workshops, Read more…
A very special event took place in Changchun on World Book Day, Reading and Copyright 2018: NENU’s Main library in Changchun hosted the reading of “Gilgamesh in 12 hours”. Michela Piccin, who organized the event, has sent a report to Mar Shiprim, providing a very interesting description of how it Read more…
The 65th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale has recently concluded a very successful meeting in Paris. The IAA board extends its thanks to the organizers: we will soon publish a report of the event. In the meantime, here are some important announcements made during the General Meeting, which was held on Thursday, July 11: Read more…
The spotlight this time falls on the fieldwork carried out by Rocio Da Riva at Brisa (Lebanon) and Sela (Jordan). Rocio kindly agreed to answer a few questions about her recent discoveries and their importance for the reconstruction of the Neo-Babylonian period. She also shared a few thoughts on Read more…
This year’s Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale is fast approaching. The 65th RAI will take place in Paris, July 8th through 12th, 2019. We are very much looking forward to the discussions of this year’s meeting on the theme of: “Gods, Kings and Capitals in the Ancient Near East”. The 65th RAI Read more…
Gli Assiri all’ombra del Vesuvio / Assyrians in the Shadow of Vesuvius An exhibition at Museo Archeologico Nazionale of Naples, July 3rd – September 16th 2019 By Simonetta Graziani, Exhibition Curator From July 3rd to September 16th 2019, fifteen gypsum casts of Neo-Assyrian reliefs from Nineveh and Kalkhu (Nimrud), whose Read more…
Culled from the Agade mailing list for your convenience, here is a list of recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology. Note that this list includes titles that have been notified between March, 1st and May, 30th 2019. Please do write to us, at stefania.ermidoro@iaassyriology.com, if we have Read more…
Less than two months left, before we know the names of the 2019 winners of the IAA prizes.. Today we conclude our presentation of the 2018 recipients, with a text kindly sent by Alvise Matessi. The IAA awarded him the Prize for the best first article written after the PhD, Read more…
We continue our presentation of the winners of the 2018 IAA Prizes: this time, we publish a report sent by the winner of the Subsidy for Cuneiform Studies. Last year, the committee members unanimously agreed to award the IAA Subsidy 2018 to J. Caleb Howard, for his project “Variation in Read more…