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Presented in the paper is a new exemplar of the Elamite version of A 2 Sd, a known Achaemenid trilingual inscription made in the name of Artaxerxes II in Susa. Special attention is given to the occurrence of the word tacara and its... more
The Akkadian period saw the emergence of an unusual theme that was to disappear in the following periods, that of battles between the gods. The motif is seen on about 70 or so cylinder seals, and is characterised by refined style and... more
A naked goddess with crossed legs is depicted on some near eastern artifacts, mostly cylinder seals and seal impressions, dated for the largest part on the Late Bronze Age. Although there are several interpretations that propose, among... more
Recently built in the new downtown area of Ras al-Ayn in Amman, the Jordan Museum houses a selection of Greek inscriptions discovered on different sites, from Gadara in the north to Petra in the south. Some of these texts are well known... more
Paracelsus, a 16th-century physician, is considered the father of modern therapy due to his extensive metaphysical and medical speculations. His doctrine of sympathies, based on the idea that like attracts like, forms the basis for a... more
The encounter between Josiah and Necho at Megiddo in 609 BCE (2 Kings 23,29) was a fateful event in biblical period history and theology. Yet, the archaeology of the site failed to supply information about this affair. Here we describe... more
Alexander the Great is motly remembered in history for two reasons. 1. His military invincibility and 2. His deification. The greatest hindrance for present day historians is described by Edward M Anson as the follows: "Part of the... more
A comprehensive edition with transliterations, translations of and extensive commentaries on the chronicles, the historical sections of the astronomical diaries, the Uruk King List, The Babylonian King List and the Antiochus cylinder... more
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Eratosthenes of Cyrene's king list, preserved through Syncellus, contains enigmatic names like *Phruoro* and *Amuthartaeus*-long dismissed as fictional. This paper argues these are corrupted transmissions of genuine Late New Kingdom... more
In this paper, the author has tried to get into a comprehensive examination of the commercial infrastructure and exchange networks that may have existed in the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) between ca. 2800 BCE and 1900 BCE, tracing... more
The Voynich Manuscript, a 15th-century codex, is a masterful synthesis of alchemical practice, botanical science, and Neoplatonic cosmology, encoded in a 22-glyph cipher designed to conceal its esoteric wisdom from uninitiated readers.... more
Review of: Céline Debourse, Of Priests and Kings: The Babylonian New Year Festival in the Last Age of Cuneiform Culture. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 127. Leiden, Boston 2022. xi + 512 pp. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis 81... more
A reappraisal of the relations between the Seleucids and Crete between the 3rd and the 2nd century BC. After a general overview, the paper analyses the rise of the Cretan officer Lasthenes to the second most important role in the Seleucid... more
Considering the social aspects of Neo-Babylonian houses at Ur: economic activities, gender/age/status spaces, accessibility, socio-economic Dynamics, homeless people
This article looks at the representation of the city of Babylon in a number of comics. Through the different genres of comics and then the different audiences, some very interesting differences emerge that help us to better understand the... more
This article presents the results of high-resolution multimodal remote sensing surveys which were performed in the Roman city of Caesarea Maritima at the sunken Herodian harbour of Sebastos. A joint team of scholars from the Universities... more
This paper presents a resonance-based reinterpretation of the Burney Relief, a high-relief terracotta plaque from the Old Babylonian period, long mischaracterized through fragmented mythology and institutional taxonomy. We propose that... more
Together with Peter von Dankelmann this paper addresses the varying interrelationships between Palmyrene elite status and Palmyrene diaspora groups.
The subject of this paper is a glass beaker with an inscription found in the necropolis of the Isaurian city of Philadelpheia. It bears the inscription "katakhaire kai euphrainou" in ancient Greek, a motto that can be translated as... more
National Education Policy 2020 has accepted the importance of Sanskrit language, but there is a need to be comprehensively prepared for the future Sanskrit generation and Sanskrit education. Innovation in Sanskrit is the key to this, but... more
Humanity Accepts the Idea of Infinity but Struggles to Conceive of a World Without a Beginning It is commonly asserted that an atheist is someone who has rejected belief in the existence of a divine entity. The prefix “a-” denotes... more
Eesti Vabariik on olnud sageli esirinnas erinevate “e-teenuste” pakkumisel, kus tavaline, pabereid noudev teenus (nagu näiteks panganduses klientide teenindamine) on Interneti kasutamise läbi pohjalikult reformeeritud. Kuna enamus saadud... more
Representations of fear in Polybius' Histories constitute a special case in ancient Greek and Roman historiography. For many ancient historians depicting fear was an opportunity to showcase skills in literary style and rhetorical... more
This paper explores Polybius' ideas on universal historical perspectives.
The Hebrew term Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) appears throughout the Old Testament as a grammatically plural noun referring to the singular God of Israel. This study explores the linguistic roots, grammatical forms, and theological implications of... more
Editor’s note: This is the publication of a lecture given at the 3rd ICAANE meeting held in Paris (2002). The proceedings of the meeting are, as yet, sadly unpublished, and we feel we can no longer delay the publication of the article.... more
With the Sixteenth Upper Egyptian province being located in the most fertile region of the country, its governors were certainly among the richest and most powerful officials. It is indeed fortunate that their tombs at Beni Hassan contain... more
Rabat Tepe, an ancient site in northwestern Iran near the Little Zab River, reveals insights into two distinct periods from the Iron Age. The primary focus of excavations has been on the layers dating back to the first millennium BC.... more
The Rigveda is not a historical text: it is a liturgical text. But, being the oldest text in the world, and especially being the oldest Indo-European language text in the world, it is the database for the oldest data concerning the... more
Abstract: On the territory of Caucasus there were discovered more than twenty cylinder seals, which belong to the Mitannian style. This is indicated by topics, composition and iconography depicted on these seals, as well as by use of... more
This study examines the fluid and dynamic nature of family and kinship during the Ur III period (c. 2112-2004 BCE), showing a flexible framework of relationships that extended beyond biological bonds. The central role of the e 2... more
This study examines four exceptional lead boat-shaped objects recovered from the fourteenth-century BC Chamber Tomb ZZ at the cemetery of the cosmopolitan city of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus. A closely related lead object was also found in... more
Este material didático foi produzido por Andressa Resende Souza, Bárbara Franco Oliveira, Laura Ximenes da Costa e Nikollas Alves Silva (graduandos em História da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia – UFU), sob orientação da Profa. Dra.... more
Tipik bir Kuzey Suriye dinine mensup olan Emar dini, Mezopotamya ve Anadolu kültürlerinden etkilenmiş gibi görünmekte ve bazı farklılıklar olsa da kültürel devamlılığın bir şekilde sürdüğü anlaşılmaktadır. Emar’da kutlanan NIN.DINGIR... more
The Axe Head of the Middle Bronze Age from Azerbaijan / Топор периода средней бронзы из Азербайджана
The article discusses a weapon exhibited in Azerbaijan National Museum of Art. The artefact was found accidentally in the southeast region of Azerbaijan Republic and takes its origin apparently from a ruined burial. It is the so-called... more
Book edited by Krzysztof Ulanowski and David A. Warburton
The Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (JEMAHS) is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to various facets of archaeology in the eastern Mediterranean region, covering a wide range of topics and periods. It... more
The long-lasting (so-called) Twelfth Dynasty had finally spluttered to a halt, to be succeeded by the Thirteenth Dynasty about whose fabric there is much debate amongst Egyptologists.
Verderame, L. (2024) ‘The family in Early Mesopotamia’, Origini, 48, pp. 191–206. The article examines the family in Early Mesopotamia from a broad perspective. The study starts with a lexicographic and theoretical analysis, addressing... more
This paper proposes a new identification of the Zoroastrian sacred plant Haoma/Soma as Catha edulis (khat), challenging the dominant view that Haoma/Soma refers to Ephedra species. Drawing on Avestan scripture, pharmacological studies,... more
One of the main periods of the Armenian Middle Ages, which has so far been studied somewhat superficially, is the VII century, or more precisely from 640 to 700. This is the period when Sassanian Iran (Persia) fell down, the Byzantine... more