Dear Mar Shiprim readers, while we head into the summer months, we are back with a new list of recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology.
Please note that this list only includes titles that have been notified by Jack M. Sasson’s Agade mailing list between April, 1st and June, 30th 2022. As always, please do notify to stefania.ermidoro@iaassyriology.com any recent title that has been overlooked or that did not appear in Agade and should be added to this list.
Thanks!
Adams, M.J., and Roux, V. (eds), Transitions during the Early Bronze Age in the Levant: Methodological Problems and Interpretative Perspectives, Ägypten und Altes Testament 109, Zaphon, 2022.
Al Khabour, A., The Fertile Desert: A History of the Middle Euphrates Valley until the Arrival of Alexander, Archaeopress, 2022.
Auenmüller, J., and Moustakis, N. (eds), Gesiegelt – Versiegelt – Entsiegelt. Studien zum Siegel(n) als Kulturtechnik von der Antike bis zum frühen Mittelalter, Kasion 7, Zaphon, 2022.
Battini, L. (ed), Image and Identity in the Ancient Near East: Papers in memoriam Pierre Amiet, Archaeopress Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology 8, Archaeopress, 2022.
Berlejung, A., Maeir, A.M., and Oshima, T.M. (eds), Writing and Re-Writing History by Destruction. Proceedings of the Annual Minerva Center RIAB Conference, Leipzig, 2018. Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times III, Orientalische Religionen in der Antike 45, Mohr Siebeck, 2022.
Biehl, P.F., Rosenstock, E. (eds), 6000 BC. Transformation and Change in the Near East and Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Bolognani, B., Giacosa, G., and Zaina, F., Excavations at Karkemish III. The Survey of the Yunus Necropolis, OrientLab Series Maior 6, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà – Ante Quem, 2021.
Braun, E., and van den Brink, E.C.M., Two Bronze Age Cemeteries in the Qirya Quarter of Tel Aviv, Ägypten und Altes Testament 113, Zaphon, 2022.
Feliu, L., and Millet, A., Poema de Gilgamesh, Adesiara, 2022.
Geoga, M., and Steele, J. (eds), The Allure of the Ancient. Receptions of the Ancient Middle East, ca. 1600–1800, Intersections 80, Brill, 2022.
Gherchanoc, F., and Quillien, L. (eds), Les parures divines Du Proche-Orient à la Méditerranée dans les mondes anciens – Divine Ornaments from the Near East to the Mediterranean in Antiquity, Cahiers Mondes anciens 15, OpenEdition, 2022.
Giannessi, D., The Late Chalcolithic Period In Western Syria, Studi di archeologia siriana 6, Le Lettere, 2022.
Hawkins, R.K., Gaß, E., and Ben-Yosef, D. (eds), His Inheritance – A Memorial Volume for Adam Zertal, Alter Orient und Altes Testament 454, Ugarit-Verlag, 2022.
Hensel, B., Ben Zvi, E., and Edelman, D.V. (eds), About Edom and Idumea in the Persian Period: Recent Research and Approaches from Archaeology, Hebrew Bible Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Equinox, 2022.
Herles, M., Beuger, C., Becker, J., and Arnhold, S. (eds), Von Syrien bis Georgien – durch die Steppen Vorderasiens. Festschrift für Felix Blocher anlässlich seines 65. Geburtstages, marru 13, Zaphon, 2021.
Innemée, K.C. (ed), The Value of a Human Life. Ritual Killing and Human Sacrifice in Antiquity, Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities 26, Sidestone Press, 2022.
Leonard-Fleckman, M., Monroe, L.A.S., Stahl, M.J., and Johnson, D.R. (eds), “A Community of Peoples”. Studies on Society and Politics in the Bible and Ancient Near East in Honor of Daniel E. Fleming, Brill, 2022.
Matthews, R., Nashli, H.F., and Richardson, A., The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire, Routledge, 2022.
Moin, A.A., and Strathern, A. (eds), Sacred Kingship in World History. Between Immanence and Transcendence, Columbia University Press, 2022.
Nishiaki, Y., Maeda, O., and Arimura, M. (eds), Tracking the Neolithic in the Near East. Lithic Perspectives on Its Origins, Development and Dispersals, Sidestone Press, 2022.
Oelsner, J., Der Kodex Ḫammu-rāpi. Textkritische Ausgabe und Übersetzung, dubsar 4, Zaphon, 2022.
Otto, A., and Kaniuth, K. (eds), 50 Jahre Vorderasiatische Archäologie in München, Münchener Abhandlungen zum Alten Orient 7, PeWe Verlag, 2022.
Pallavidini, M., and Portuese, L. (eds), Researching Metaphor in the Ancient Near East, Philippika – Altertumswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen / Contributions to the Study of Ancient World Cultures 141, Harrassowitz, 2022.
Radner, K., Moeller, N., Potts, D.T., The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East. Volume II: From the End of the Third Millennium BC to the Fall of Babylon. Volume III: From the Hyksos to the Late Second Millennium BC, Oxford University Press, 2022.
Raja, R., Pearl of the Desert. A History of Palmyra, Oxford University Press, 2022.
Reade, J.E., Design and Destruction: The Palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh, Archiv für Orientforschung, Beiheft 34, Institut für Orientalistik Vienna, 2022.
Rollinger, R., and Ruffing, K. (eds), Josef Wiesehöfer. Iran – Zentralasien – Mittelmeer. Gesammelte Schriften Teil I: Studien zur Geschichte der Achaimeniden, Philippika – Altertumswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen 159, Harrassowitz, 2022.
Rollston, C., Garfein, S., and Walls, N.H. (eds), Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of P. Kyle McCarter Jr., Society of Biblical Literature, 2022.
Römer, T., Gonzalez, H., Marti, L., and Rückl, J. (eds), Oral et écrit dans l’Antiquité orientale: les processus de rédaction et d’édition. Actes du colloque organisé par le Collège de France, Paris, les 26 et 27 mai 2016, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 291, Peeters, 2022.
Rost, S. (ed), Irrigation in Early States: New Directions, Oriental Institute Seminars 13, The Oriental Institute, 2022.
Sader, H., and Finkbeiner, U., Final Reports of the Lebanese-German Excavations at Beirut, BEY 020. Vol. III: Small Objects and the Dog Burials, Ägypten und Altes Testament 108/3, Zaphon, 2022.
Schmidt, K. (ed), Tall Zirā´a. The 2018 and 2019 Excavation Campaigns. The Iron Age, Hellenistic and Early Roman Period in Area 2, The Gadara Region Project (2001–2011). Final Report 9, Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2022.
Tudeau, J., Building in Assyria. A Philological Perspective, Schriften zur vorderasiatischen Archäologie 14, Harrassowitz, 2022.
Van De Mieroop, M., The Practice of Ancient Near Eastern History – Opera Minora, Alter Orient und Altes Testament 400, Ugarit-Verlag, 2022.