PhD Research

The pre-Sargonic texts from Lagash are the first texts where the suffixes and clitics of the Sumerian language were systematically represented in the writing system. In this study the orthographic rules according to which these grammatical elements were expressed will be investigated. Based on these results the researcher will try Read more…

Mainly Akkadian and some Sumerian texts provide the primary material for this study, which is a lexical analysis of the semantic field of the death, and of terms, expressions and euphemisms used to refer to dying. All literary genres are examined, especially divinatory texts. The purpose is not only to Read more…

The late Early Dilmun period is poorly understood as little physical evidence can unequivocally be attributed to this phase. The general consensus -based upon Mesopotamian textual sources and a dearth of archaeological material- is that a collapse of the maritime trade-network triggered a series of catastrophic events in Dilmun which Read more…

La thèse a pour objet de rassembler des textes médicaux cunéiformes en akkadien et sumérien, publiés ou inédits, évoquant et traitant les souffrances psychiques, que l’on peut aujourd’hui considérer comme des troubles mentaux. Les textes du corpus seront à la fois des textes médicaux thérapeutiques et des incantations médicales, dont Read more…

The dissertation aims at investigating the concept of ‘Third Gender’ in the various societies and cultures of ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East, from as early as mid-third millennium BCE, up until the latest cuneiform texts. Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite and ancient Hebrew texts are surveyed and evaluated, in order to Read more…

Despite the conspicuous archaeological evidence coming from the recent MBA excavations in North Mesopotamia and Syria, detailed publications about morphological ceramic characteristics and related economic activities (storage, processing, consumption and transportation) are still scarce and when available only refer to local identities. The general aim of this research is to Read more…

The study shall focus on the socio-political relationships between Hatti and her Anatolian and Syrian subjects as well as between Egypt and her Palestinian subjects during the El Amarna period. Practices of kinship, pseudo-kinship, friendship, patronage and statehood, involving prestige and power, shall be analysed from a historical-anthropological perspective. Completed: Read more…

This dissertation will comprise a systematic study of the royal family of the Ur III Dynasty. The first part of the study will identify membership in the family, by both blood and marriage, interrelationships among members, and the various roles or functions attributed to members in the extant records. This Read more…

It is the aim to combine the results of the excavations of the 19th and 20th centuries in the Ekur-Temple of Nippur. Unpublished materials as plans, sketches, photos etc. will be added to and combined with the published material. The stratigraphy of the Ekur-Temple as a whole will be revised Read more…