This study is a focused analysis of Hurrian orthographic influences on the language of the Akkadian dialect of Nuzi, particularly in the expression of stop consonants. Texts examined are those known to belong to scribes of the first generation and scribes descending from Apil-Sin and belonging to the second generation. Read more…
This dissertation involves the edition, translation, and explanation of medical commentaries pertaining to the Diagnostic Series SA.GIG, along with selected commentaries on the therapeutic texts. It examines how canonical descriptions of medical signs may have been interpreted in actual diagnostic practice, as well as the dynamics of knowledge assumptions and Read more…
‘Cartography in the Ancient Near East’ is an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded PhD project which aims to provide a complete survey of mapping throughout Mesopotamian history, under the supervision of Dr Alasdair Livingstone at the University of Birmingham.