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
Congratulations! Winner of the second IAA Dissertation Prize At the 64th Rencontre in Innsbruck, the Board announced the name of the second IAA Dissertation Prize, given to the best PhD dissertation written in the fields of Assyriology or Mesopotamian Archaeology. In 2018, the prize was given to Jana Matuszak, for Read more
The University Press of Colorado offers members of the International Association for Assyriology an exclusive 50% discount on the cloth version of the recently published volume Imperial Peripheries in the Neo-Assyrian Period (edited by Craig W. Tyson and Virginia R. Herrmann, 2019). More details on this publication can be found at the Read more
List of publications Culled from the Agade mailing list for your convenience, here is a list of recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archeology. Please do write to us, at stefania.ermidoro@iaassyriology.com, if we have overlooked a publication or if anything should be added to the list. **March, Read more
Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale 64 It is our pleasure to thank and congratulate the organizers of the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale for a highly successful meeting! A few months ago, in the third week of July 2018, scholars from near and far convened in the heart of the Austrian Alps, at Read more