THE JOURNAL OF CUNEIFORM STUDIES听(JCS) EDITORIAL BOARD ANNOUNCED
[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_wp_text]17吃瓜is pleased to announce the appointment of a new editorial board for the . At the same time, 17吃瓜and JCS editor Piotr Michalowski would like to offer sincere thanks to the outgoing editorial board team members鈥擥ary Beckman (University of Michigan), Geoffrey Emberling (University of Michigan), and Matthew W. Stolper (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago)鈥攆or many years of dedicated service to 17吃瓜and JCS.
The new editorial team is as follows:
Piotr Michalowski (University of Michigan), Editor
Petra M. Goedegebuure (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago)
Piotr Steinkeller (Harvard University)
Susanne Paulus (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago)
Niek Veldhuis (University of California, Berkeley)
Caroline Waerzeggers (Leiden University)
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Larry Geraty receives the Harris Award from Honors & Awards Chair, Laura Mazow.
At the 2019 17吃瓜Annual Meeting in San Diego, Larry Geraty received the . This award is given in recognition of long term and/or special service as an 17吃瓜officer or Trustee.
Lawrence (Larry) T. Geraty, President Emeritus, Director of the Foundation Board and Associate Director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies at La Sierra University, has been engaged with Near Eastern archaeology and with 17吃瓜and its affiliate schools for more than five decades. In this time, he has taken on leadership roles as 17吃瓜President from 2002 to 2006 and by serving on the 17吃瓜Board through 2016 and acting as an Honorary Trustee since then. Larry has also served as ACOR trustee (1976-2002), Secretary-Treasurer (1983) and vice-president (1993). The creation of the newly endowed 17吃瓜Lawrence T. Geraty Community Archaeology Endowment will heighten awareness of cultural heritage by engaging and facilitating partnerships with local communities in heritage protection and community archaeology. This new initiative will serve as a model for ways that archaeologists working in the Near East and Mediterranean region can partner with local communities to their mutual benefit. For Larry鈥檚 long-term affiliation, service and support for ACOR, 17吃瓜and AIAR, and his life-long accomplishments in archaeology, he is awarded the Charles U. Harris Service Award.
“It was a privilege for me to serve 17吃瓜during a difficult bridge-time between its glorious past and very successful present. 听Any contributions I have made were in the context of a team effort with talented colleagues whose friendship and support I鈥檒l always cherish.” 听Appreciatively, Larry
Geraty chats with colleagues after receiving the Harris Award.
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In partnership with our Libyan colleagues, and with support from the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), the Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF), and the U.S. Embassy Libya External Office (LEO), 17吃瓜is bringing a message of hope through Cultural Heritage Volunteer Weekends (鈥減op-up鈥� events) and through one-day heritage workshops. This article reports on the beginning of a Volunteer Weekend held in Ghadames in March 2020.听
Standing at the base of the Ras Al Ghoul Castle atop Jabal Al-Sahabah, we could see Libya’s barren border with Tunisia and Algeria, and a fringe of date palms representing the oasis of Ghadames. From this vantage point, it was easier to imagine the view of an approaching caravan after many days of travel across the desert, and the relief that would come with the sighting of something green.
For thousands of years, the oasis of Ghadames has been the jewel of a necklace of oases spanning the desert and sustaining a vast network of trade that thrived despite many challenges. According to Saeed Hamed, a local historian and our guide, the promontory where we stood had once served as a Roman military fortress of the third Augustan legion during the first and second centuries BCE and was later used for fortifications built during the Islamic conquests of North Africa. The inscriptions at a听 nearby cemetery bear witness to the fort’s use as a border control point during Ottoman rule and the period of Italian and the French administration of the region.
The built heritage of Libya feels endlessly layered and rich, whereas the intangible practices and traditions that have helped sustain communities around the country are too often dismissed as an afterthought. During the course of this Volunteer Weekend hosted at the Culture House of Ghamdames, we would endeavor to shed light on both, making connections wherever possible to the ongoing work of our program. Mr. Mansour Abdel Salam Mansour, Director of the Ghadames Museum and the local office of the Libyan Department of Antiquities, gave a comprehensive introduction to the museum and the old city of Ghadames, as well as the traditional industries in Ghadames and their transmission between the generations which has helped sustain the city. Ms. Fawzia Saeed Ammar, Professor of Ancient History at the University of Sirte, had traveled across half the country to share her own perspective on the vital role of Libya’s intangible heritage in sustaining community.
夭賷丕乇丞 噩亘賱 丕賱氐丨丕亘丞.
廿賯鬲乇丕亘 毓丕氐賮丞 乇賲賱賷丞 毓賳丿 賲睾丕丿乇鬲賳丕 賱賱賯賱毓丞 .
賲賯亘乇丞 丕賱氐丨丕亘丞 賯乇亘 丕賱丨氐賳.
Despite being a relatively small city, Ghadames has long produced prominent Libyans who have known success around the country and internationally. In fact, Bukhari Salem Hoda, who was the national Director of the Libyan Boy Scouts and Girl Guides for nearly three decades, was our honored guest throughout the weekend. What was the secret of this remarkable place? At least part of the answer seems to lie in the way in which it has preserved and sustained many intangible traditions. Suleima Al-Amari performed a distinguished introduction to the intangible cultural heritage of the city, wearing the the traditional female Ghadamsi wedding attire, and sharing folk stories and old mysteries with us.
The following morning, strong winds loaded with coarse sand swept across the city and left our faces raw after even a short walk. We witnessed firsthand how the traditions of building with mud brick had created a remarkably comfortable environment from readily available natural materials.听 As we passed through Bab Al-Ba’ar, one of the gates of the old city of Ghadames, we all noticed that the wind completely disappeared. The city was built to regulate the extreme climate of the region. During the cold winter, the houses in the old city remained relatively warm and in the summer the city was cool. The hot, southern winds laden with sand that so often accompany warmer weather have been held at bay by thick mud brick walls for centuries.
Unfortunately, the master craftsmen who once created and maintained the city are now in short supply. Traditions are unable to sustain themselves without people serving as vessels, receiving them and passing them along to the next generation. During heavy floods in 2017, many houses in the old city sustained damage which has yet to be repaired.
賲丿賷賳丞 睾丿丕賲爻 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞.
丕賱爻賷丿 賲賳氐賵乇 毓亘丿 丕賱爻賱丕賲 賲賳氐賵乇 賷賯丿賲 噩賵賱丞 廿乇卮丕丿賷丞.
丕賱賲卮賷 賮賷 卮賵丕乇毓 丕賱賲丿賷賳丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞.
The central reason that the city was built and the source of its sustenance comes down to one substance: water. We visited the oasis spring, so large and strong that it appears to meet the surface as a lake. From that central pond, freshwater was distributed through a series of small canals to the surrounding orchards of date palms. The logic of that system was similar to the way in which trade was sustained from Ghadames across large stretches of desert: both required a network sustained through the continuous effort of the community. As we learned more about how mail was distributed over thousands of miles, how water flowed from source to grove, how individual houses were distinguished by number, and how the urban plan of the old city evolved, we were reminded that none of this was possible without a durable social fabric reinforced through intangible traditions.
鬲噩賲毓 丕賱賲賷丕賴 丕賱毓匕亘丞.
丕賱賲乇胤亘丕鬲 禺賱丕賱 夭賷丕乇鬲賳丕 賱賱賲丿賷賳丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞.
As the Volunteer Weekend came to a close, we celebrated with a traditional lunch of 蹿迟补迟,听a meal “of small pieces.” Round, thin flatbread had been torn into small pieces, fried in olive oil and spices and covered with ladles full of lamb stew. Our hosts insisted that we continue to eat more, long past the point where we were full. We all agreed that we were very happy to do our part to sustain such a delicious tradition.
The 2021 17吃瓜Annual Meeting will take place at the Hilton Chicago located at 720 South Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago. Overlooking Grant Park and Lake Michigan, the Hilton Chicago is ideally situated within walking distance of many great restaurants, shopping, public transportation, and many of Chicago鈥檚 top attractions like the Museum Campus and Millennium Park. The Hilton Chicago is a contemporary environment to enjoy 17吃瓜sessions during the day and explore Chicago during the evening.
搁别蝉别谤惫补迟颈辞苍蝉:听17吃瓜has negotiated the discounted rates of听$159听single/double, $184 triple, and $209 quad for rooms at the Hilton Chicago. You are encouraged to make your reservation early as ASOR鈥檚 block of rooms usually sells out before the meeting. Cancellations may be made up to 72 hours prior to arrival. in ASOR鈥檚 group block or call the hotel reservations department at 1-800-865-5320 and reference the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting.
Parking:听The parking garage at the Hilton Chicago offers self and valet options starting at $65/night with in/out privileges.
Public Transportation:听The Hilton Chicago is 1/2 mile from the Roosevelt stop on the CTA Orange Line, and just over 1/2 mile from the CTA Blue Line, Jackson stop.
Dining:听At the Hilton Chicago you can enjoy farm-to-fork fare, tap-to-pint favorites, and live entertainment at Kitty O鈥橲heas pub, or sit down to a formal dinner at 720 South Bar + Grill to experience Midwest flavors with fresh ingredients from the rooftop garden. Light fare and 鈥渙n the go鈥� items are available at Herb N鈥� Kitchen. Within a short walk of the hotel you will find a variety of restaurants from casual to fine dining.
Childcare: Neither 17吃瓜nor the Hilton Chicago are in the position to hire or recommend childcare providers.
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LETTER TO MEMBERS ANNOUNCING THAT THE 2020 MEETING WILL SHIFT TO VIRTUAL
[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_wp_text]Dear Members and Annual Meeting Participants,
It is with regret we write to inform you that we have determined ASOR鈥檚 2020 Annual Meeting, scheduled for November 18-21 in Boston, cannot be held in person due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is particularly disappointing because 2020 marks the 120th anniversary of ASOR鈥檚 founding, and we had a particularly special meeting planned.
Even though the pandemic has forced us to hold a different type of meeting, the 17吃瓜staff and Program Committee are preparing to rework this exciting program into a virtual format that will deliver the full content of our record-breaking number of submissions in a manner that will serve our community most effectively. This is a complicated endeavor, but we are confident that the outcome will be a positive new first for ASOR. Please bear with us in the short term; we plan to write with more specifics by mid-July.
In the meantime, we have suspended registration for the Boston in-person meeting. We will be in touch with you by mid-July regarding the 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting logistics and other key information, including how we will handle registration fees that have already been paid.
Questions? Please call or email us.
Sharon Herbert, President
Richard Coffman, Chair of the Board of Trustees
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The Ad Hoc Committee on ASOR鈥檚 Name was appointed by outgoing President Susan Ackerman and incoming President Sharon Herbert at the beginning of January, 2020. Its members include Trustees Randy Helm (chair), Emily Bonney, Lisa Ackerman, and Eric Welch, and members Eric Cline, Emily Hammer, and Kiersten Neumann. The charge to the committee is included as Attachment 1.
Process
Shortly after its membership was confirmed, Chair Helm distributed to the committee study documents relevant to past discussions of ASOR鈥檚 name.听 A list of these documents is included as Attachment 2.
The Committee met four times by Zoom between January 21 and April 22, 2020. After reviewing the materials and discussing the issues, we agreed on a work plan that would (a) assess the possible impact of a name change on the ability to access 17吃瓜publications in the future; and (b) develop a survey that would provide a sense of 17吃瓜members鈥� views on this question.听 The subcommittee on publications quickly determined that any impact of a name change on access to publications would be negligible. The survey subcommittee developed an instrument for the committee鈥檚 review.
With the assistance of 17吃瓜staff, the survey was made available online to all 17吃瓜members from March 18 鈥� March 28.听 We received a very healthy response rate of approximately 30 percent.听Comparing the demographics of survey respondents to the actual demographics of ASOR鈥檚 membership, we noted an overrepresentation of members who have belonged to 17吃瓜for ten or more years (42.6% of respondents v. 29.7% of members).听 While we agreed that this was worth noting, we also agreed that the robust response made the survey results a reliable guide to members鈥� views on the issue of the organization鈥檚 name.
Survey Respondents skew younger: 56.3% are younger than 55; 43.7% are older than 54.听 However, we don鈥檛 have age data for all 17吃瓜members, so we don鈥檛 know if this is representative.
Areas of Consensus
70.3% agree or strongly agree that it is important that the society鈥檚 name reflects the geographical scope of ASOR鈥檚 work. Only 15% disagree or strongly disagree.
55.9% of respondents agree or strongly agree that it is important that the name reflects the chronological scope of ASOR鈥檚 work. Only 25.6% disagree or strongly disagree that this is important.
N.B.听 The current name does not communicate either the geographical or chronological scope of ASOR鈥檚 work.
Areas of Disagreement
Keep the name 鈥淎merican Schools of Oriental Research?
45.3% agree or strongly agree
40.9% disagree or strongly disagree
13.8% undecided
Eliminate the name, but keep the acronym ASOR?
Approximately half of respondents (50.1%) disagree or strongly disagree
A minority (32.2%) agree or strongly agree.
Undecided = 17.7% (somewhat more than are undecided about keeping the historical name).
Create a new name retrofitted to the 17吃瓜acronym?
41.6% disagree or strongly disagree;
34.2% agree or strongly agree;
Observation: Enthusiasm for a retrofitted name is a popular option for members under 35 years old, but drops off sharply among respondents older than 35 and members for more than ten years.
Create an entirely new name that is descriptive in nature (e.g. 鈥淪ociety for Ancient Studies鈥�)?
41.9% have a poor or very poor impression;
35.6% have a good or very good impression.
22.5% are neutral.
Observation: No age group had a majority approving this option; support dropped off sharply among members of more than 10 years
Create an entirely new name based on an ancient word or concept (e.g. 鈥淎mphora鈥�)?
48% have a poor or very poor impression;
25.6% have a good or very good impression;
26.4% are neutral.
Observation: This would seem to be the least popular option. No age group had a majority approving this option; support dropped off sharply among members of more than 10 years.
Create a new name that is a new acronym (e.g. 鈥淎rchaeological Research and Cultural Heritage Education鈥� 鈥� ARCHE)?
42.2% have a poor or very poor impression;
33% have a good or very good impression;
24.8% are neutral.
听Viable Options
The Committee discussed these results in some detail, noting that older respondents favor retaining the full name and younger respondents favor a change.听 We acknowledged that the younger respondents represent the future of the organization, while the older respondents represent a group with deep loyalty to and knowledge of the organization.
We also discussed the difficulties that the current name and acronym create for younger scholars in terms of the publication and service records in their tenure and promotion dossiers. Neither the full name nor the acronym explains the organization’s purpose or work. Dossier readers outside the field are unlikely to understand the organization’s relevance or importance.
While the option of a new descriptive name that yields an acronym failed to find majority support among any age group, almost half of the younger members liked it, with stronger disapproval showing up as the age of members increased.听 We considered the possibility that this option could address the consensus on geographical and chronological descriptors in the name,听and make it easier to explain to dossier-readers,听younger scholars, and others.
We also noted that keeping the acronym 17吃瓜as the only name of the organization might, even with a descriptive tagline, result in increasing confusion about the name鈥檚 meaning and the organization鈥檚 purpose over the passage of time.听 Some committee members felt that this would result in another committee needing to consider the name issue a few years down the road.
17吃瓜Board Discussion
Committee Member Trustees Ackerman, Bonney, Helm, and Welch provided the 17吃瓜Board with an interim report at its May 14th meeting.听 While no straw polls were requested or taken, Board members generally agreed that the most productive option would seem to be to come up with a new name that is descriptive of our work and creates an acronym (either a new one, or one that comes close to the present one).
听Next Steps
The Committee agreed that this is a suitable moment to seek the membership鈥檚 reaction to the survey results and the proposed course of action.听 Our preliminary assessment of possible names/acronyms yielded the following top five choices:
Society for Archaeology, Philology, and History of the Middle East (SAPHME)
Association for Archaeological Research and Cultural Heritage Education (AARCHE)
Society for Ancient Near Eastern Research (SANER)
Association for Archaeology, Research, Cultural Heritage, and Education (AARCHE)
Society for Archaeology, Philology, and History of the Ancient Near East (SAPHANE)
Two options inspired enthusiastic responses but few votes and received honorable mention as 鈥渂eautiful losers:鈥�
International Society for Ancient Near Eastern Research (INSANER)
Society for Middle Eastern Research and Social History (SMERSH)
Your Ideas?
We now solicit feedback on the above listed possibilities, as well as new suggestions from all members for a name/acronym that describes our organization鈥檚 geographical, chronological, and methodological scope.
Because of the uncertainty of the format of the Fall meeting and the fullness of its schedule (if it happens), the Ad Hoc Committee agrees that this interim report 鈥� and our request for feedback 鈥� will eliminate the need for an open forum in November.听Our hope is to process feedback and suggestions, and suggest naming options to the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees in November.
[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_column_text]Attachment 1: Charge to the Committee
We write, as the outgoing and incoming 17吃瓜Presidents, to ask you to serve on an ad hoc committee charged with evaluating the name of our organization. 17吃瓜Trustee Randy Helm has agreed to chair this committee and has agreed that he would very much like you to serve on this group. We hope you will accept. You are being invited because you have been active in 17吃瓜and, we believe, because you have an open mind on this question. If you feel that you do not meet this last criterion, please let us know. We anticipate that there will be a wide diversity of strongly held opinions on this issue, and it will be important for the Committee to have credibility as a thoughtful and objective group who will be open to the ideas and arguments of others.
Background
17吃瓜members have been discussing the possibility of changing the organization鈥檚 name since at least 1982. Most recently, a workshop was offered at the 2018 17吃瓜Annual Meeting in Denver on “What’s in a Name? Re-assessing the Oriental in the American Schools of Oriental Research.” The workshop was very well attended, and the presentations and discussion were both thoughtful and provocative. As a result, the organizers created a summary of the workshop’s conversations and forwarded them to various governing bodies within ASOR, including the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees. That summary was delivered in Fall 2019.
After considering this summary, the 17吃瓜Board voted, at its November 2019 meeting, to continue the discussion by forming an ad hoc committee to study ASOR’s name.
Charge
The committee’s charge is to consider whether ASOR’s name is still appropriate for the organization and, if not, to recommend to the Board of Trustees a new name, or a modified name, or some selection of new or modified names that 17吃瓜might adopt instead. Any decision to change or modify ASOR’s name would ultimately be made by the Board.
While this charge is succinctly stated, we do not mean to suggest it is easily undertaken. At a minimum, we envision that the committee will need (1) to review previous discussions about ASOR鈥檚 name; (2) review discussions other 鈥淥鈥� organizations have had about their names and the decisions they have made, for example, the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago and the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London; (3) review the experiences of other learned societies that have changed their names or have decided not to, including these learned societies’ discussions regarding the names of their publications; and (4) actively solicit and carefully consider input from the 17吃瓜membership about ASOR’s current name and any possible name change.
We anticipate that the committee’s work should take between twelve to fifteen months, depending on how the committee chooses to go about its work, and especially its work of collecting feedback from the 17吃瓜membership. The committee should thus plan on submitting its final report to the 17吃瓜Board, with recommendations, no later than the April 2021 Board meeting. We look forward to supporting the committee in every way that we can, and we have already provided Randy with multiple documents to help in the committee’s deliberations and its decision-making process.
We hope that you will be able to serve on the important committee. Many thanks for considering this invitation, and we look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Susan Ackerman
17吃瓜President
Sharon Herbert
17吃瓜Vice President and President-Elect
Chair, Chairs Coordinating Council[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_column_text]Attachment 2: Study Documents reviewed by Committee Members
C&G Partners, Discovery Findings and Recommendations for 17吃瓜Branding and Website Redesign, March 22, 2016
Orientalism Session 鈥� Raw Data 2018
Melissa Bailey Kutner, 鈥淕etting Oriented鈥� 2018
Ian W. N. Jones, 鈥溾�橧sn鈥檛 that a Little Racist, Dr. Jones,鈥櫶� or What I learned Trying tro Explain 17吃瓜to High School Students鈥� 2018
Danielle Steen Fatkin, 鈥淥rientalism in America: East Asia, West Asia, and the American Racial Imagination鈥� 2018
Danielle Steen Fatkin, 鈥淩eport to the CCC regarding the workshop 鈥榃hat鈥檚 in a Name? Re-assessing the Oriental in the American Schools of Oriental Research鈥� at the November 2018 Annual Meeting鈥�
Michael M. Homan, 鈥淲hy the Term 鈥極riental鈥� in 17吃瓜is Neither Accurate Nor Appropriate.鈥� 2018.
Table of Contents for Journal of Cuneiform Studies听72 (2020)
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Pp. 3鈥�21: “Der Beruf su-si-(ig) im 3. Jahrtausend,” by M. Such-Guti茅rrez
The Sumerian professional designation su-si-(ig) has been usually translated as 鈥渁nimal handler鈥� or 鈥渟kinner鈥� on the basis of texts from the Old Babylonian period. Written sources from the third millennium, however, indicate that these translations are not applicable in earlier times, since people so designated worked on the first steps of leather processing or with the preparation of the bare skins for tanning. Therefore, in such texts the translation Bl枚脽envorbereiter, that is 鈥減reparer of cleaned animal skins鈥� is a better fit. Moreover, third-millennium texts provide further information on the profession su-si-(ig), which was apparently practiced only by men who worked in the large temple and palace public institutions and in some cases could hold high social positions.
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Pp. 23鈥�33: “鈥濪as Schilfrohr umherspringen lassen鈥�: Bemerkungen zum Rohrflechten Babyloniens im dritten bzw. fr眉hen zweiten Jahrtausend v. Chr.,” by Kriszti谩n Simk贸
In spite of extensive research conducted in the field, there are some areas of Babylonian reed industries that have eluded understanding since the first comprehensive overview was published on this topic in 1989. The aim of this communication is to provide some insights into one such area, the preparation of pliable reed strands. On the basis of partly overlooked philological evidence, it will be argued that phrases like gi gu4- ud, na4 ad-KID, and na4拧a-ga-ra relate, one way or another, to this procedure.
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Pp. 35鈥�46: “Du nouveau chez les 艩akkanakkus de Mari: nouvelles lectures des empreintes ME64, ME196, et ME14,” by L. Colonna d鈥橧stria
Cylinder seal impressions rank highly among the epigraphic sources concerning the 拧akkanakkus (rulers) of Mari, especially those that reigned during the 20th and first part of 19th centuries BCE, that is the final phase of the 拧akkanakku period that preceded the reign of Ya岣玠un-L卯m in Mari ca. 1820/1810 BC. New readings of the seal impressions ME64+ME196 and ME14 indicate that they all belong to the same cylinder seal belonging to a ruler named T墨n墨n-Dagan, whose father was Iddin-Dagan. Both rulers were previously unknown.
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Pp. 47-64: “The Royal Herdsmen of Ur: Compensation and Centralization in the Reign of Shulgi,” by Ryan Winters
Centralization functioned on multiple complementary levels during the Ur III period. On the one hand, the royal government controlled vast herds of livestock, which it distributed for tending to herdsmen located in various provinces throughout the entire empire. On the other, it exercised direct control over land located in these provinces, which it then used to compensate royal workers in charge of tending these animals. This article studies the evidence for the royal herdsmen, their organization and activities, and their compensation through royal grants of real estate.
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Pp. 65-86: “The Discovery of the Location of Malgium (Tell Yassir),” by Ahmed Ali Jawad, Barhan Abd Al-Reza, Ali Jabarat Nasir, Ahmed Abbas As鈥檌d, and Rients de Boer
This article establishes that the ancient city of Malgium is located at modern Tell Yassir.The results of a survey of the site and its surroundings are given together with the publication of a number of new brick inscriptions belonging to early Old Babylonian kings of Malgium.
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Pp. 87-99: “Perpendicular Lines and Diagonal Triples in Old Babylonian Surveying,” by Daniel F. Mansfield
The tablet Si. 427 demonstrates that diagonal triples, or Pythagorean triples as they are now known,were used by Old Babylonian surveyors to construct perpendicular field boundaries accurately. This is the only known application of diagonal triples from this time, and one of the most complete examples of applied geometry from the ancient world.
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Pp. 101-116: “Three New Multiplication Tables From the Louvre: AO 8900, AO 8901, AND AO 8902,” by Carlos Gon莽alves
AO 8900, AO 8901, and AO 8902 are three hitherto unpublished Old Babylonianmathematical cuneiform tablets containing multiplication tables. Their physical and textual characteristics suggest that they were produced in the same ancient context. What is remarkable about this small set of tablets is that, unlike most such tablets, two of them have colophons: in AO 8900 we find a month-and-day date, while in AO 8901 we find a damaged year name. These tablets are published here for the first time, together with a discussion of how the information about the year name in AO 8901 fits in what is known about the dating of Old Babylonian mathematics.
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Pp. 117-128: “A Fragmentary Explanatory God List from Old Babylonian Nippur with a Thematic Connection to Lugale and An : Anum: A Glimpse into the Origins of Mesopotamian Hermeneutical Tradition,” by Jeremiah Peterson
This article provides an edition of the previously unpublished Old Babylonian tablet fragment that may be part of an explanatory god list. With all due caution, it is possible to suggest that it provides a rare example of a god list with extended commentary from the Old Babylonian period with each preserved entry seemingly eliciting an explanation. The format is unique in that it occurs as running text without columned entry or any other topical demarcation, arranged according to divine name and its respective explanation or equivalent. Likewise, although the fragmentary state of this piece rules out any definitive interpretation, it is possible that it may refer to certain lines in the Ninurta poem Lugale.
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Pp. 129-142: “Sumerian Cultic Songs from Old Babylonian Nippur with a Connection to the Temple Hymns,” by Jeremiah Peterson
Several fragmentary Sumerian cultic songs from Old Babylonian Nippur, including one that seems to be for Ninurta (鈥淣inurta H鈥�), contain enumerations of major cultic centers in southern Mesopotamia that are unmistakably reminiscent of the Sumerian Temple Hymns, as well as two hymns to King Shulgi. The following communication considers the potential parameters of intertexuality that may be involved with these texts. Such proximity to the corpus of cultic songs qualifies the Sitz im Leben of the Temple Hymns at Old Babylonian Nippur.
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Pp. 143-155: “The Authorship of the Old Hittite Palace Chronicle (CTH 8): A Case for Anitta,” by Alwin Kloekhorst
It is generally thought that the Old Hittite Palace Chronicle was composed by Mur拧ili I (reigned ca. 1620鈥�1590 BCE) and that the anecdotes featuring in this composition thus took place during the reign of his predecessor 岣猘ttu拧ili I (ca. 1650鈥�1620 BCE). Recently, Forlanini proposed that the text鈥檚 author was not Mur拧ili I but rather 岣猘ttu拧ili I, who tells about the times of his predecessor Labarna I (ca. 1680(?)鈥�1650 BCE). In the present article it will be argued that both views are difficult to maintain. Instead, six arguments will be presented that rather indicate that the Palace Chronicle may have been authored by Anitta, king of N膿拧a (reigned ca. 1740鈥�1725 BCE), and that the composition recounts the reign of Anitta鈥檚 father Pit岣乶a, with some anecdotes even dating back to the times before Pit岣乶a鈥檚 conquest of the city of N膿拧a, i.e. before 1750 BCE.
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Pp. 157-163: “The Personal Name in Ugaritic Script p堑m斯w撕 (RS 10.052 iv 1) = Luwian pi岣玜muwa,” by Dennis Pardee and Madadh Richey
The proposal is here offered to read the Ugaritic administrative text RS 10.052 iv 1 as containing the personal name p堑mw, the Ugaritic writing of the Luwian name Pi岣玜muwa.
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Pp. 165鈥�198: “Minor Archives from First-Millennium Bce Babylonia: The Archive of I拧拧ar-Tar墨bi from Sippar,” by Reinhard Pirngruber
The present contribution provides full editions of all texts belonging to the archive of the Sipparean businessman I拧拧ar-tar墨bi, who was active during the last years of the Neo-Babylonian kingdom and the early years of Achaemenid rule, as well as a brief discussion of its central features. It is part of a larger collaborative effort to make available the so-called 鈥渟atellite archives鈥� of the 峁⒛佱斧i峁�-gin锚 A archive and related and unrelated smaller archives from Sippar. The results will be published in forthcoming volumes of this journal; archives in preparation include those of Adad-拧am锚, Mu拧膿zib, R膿藔i-sis锚, and 艩a-n膩拧i拧u A (Y. Levavi), Bal墨hu, Aq奴ba, and 艩ama拧-iddin/R膿m奴t (J. Hackl), as well as 艩ang没-艩ama拧 and 艩ang没-I拧tar-B膩bili (M. Gross). A companion volume containing copies of all tablets published in this series as well as a comprehensive prosopography is in preparation for the JCS Supplemental Series.
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Pp. 72-79: “Twenty-Five Years of Research at 脟atalh枚y眉k,” by Ian Hodder
脟atalh枚y眉k is a 9,000 year-old tell site in central Turkey. First excavated by James Mellaart in the 1960s (e.g., 1967), a new project began in 1993 (Hodder 1996, 2000). At first the focus was on surface study and survey, and excavation began in 1995. Excavation ended in 2017 and there was a study season in Catania, Sicily, in 2018. This introduction summarizes the work over the last twenty-five years and describes some of the results outlined in the ensuing articles of this issue of NEA. An additional set of results will be published in the September 2020 issue.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1570041002103{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Magnetic-GPR-at-Catalhuyuk-NEA-83.2-TOC.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”500″ crop=”false” hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]
Pp. 80-87: “Integrating Magnetic and GPR Survey at 脟atalh枚y眉k,” by Kristian Strutt, Stefano Campana, Jessica Ogden, Gianluca Catanzariti, and Gianfranco Morelli
As part of the 2010 and 2012 field seasons at the site of 脟atalh枚y眉k, geophysical survey was conducted with the aim of mapping parts of the subsurface remains at the site. While extensive excavations have been conducted on the East Mound, a considerable part of the area of this mound is still largely unknown in terms of the presence of archaeological deposits and possible Neolithic structures.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1570041002103{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Catalhuyuk-Landscape-NEA-83.2-TOC.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”500″ crop=”false” hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]
Pp. 88-97: “脟atalh枚y眉k and Its Landscapes,” by Gianna Ayala and John Wainwright
T鈥奾e landscape surrounding the site of 脟atalh枚y眉k has been transformed by centuries of land use and agricultural improvements. The most recent transformations started in the early twentieth century aiming to improve agricultural productivity by carrying out extensive irrigation and land-reclamation programs (Roberts 1990). Irrigation water was brought via the Bey艧ehir-Sugla canal system which was completed around 1911 (Money 1919), bringing irrigation water from Lake Bey艧ehir to the south. Further regulation of water supplies in the 1950s and 1960s included the construction of the Apa Dam on the 脟ar艧amba River (completed in 1962) and World Bank support for extending irrigation schemes. Unsurprisingly, archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence from 脟atalh枚y眉k suggests significantly different environments at the time of occupation from that of the modern landscape. Therefore, it is essential for archaeological interpretations to be underpinned by robust palaeoenvironmental reconstructions.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1570041002103{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Wetlands-at-Catalhuyuk-NEA-83.2-TOC.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”500″ crop=”false” hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Pp. 98-109: “The Seasonality of Wetland and Riparian Taskscapes at 脟atalh枚y眉k,” by Jesse Wolfhagen, Rena Veropoulidou, Gianna Ayala, Dragana Filipovi膰, Ceren Kabukcu, Carla Lancelotti, Marco Madella, Kamilla Paw艂owska, Carlos G. Santiago-Marrero, and John Wainwright
Seasonal variation in the natural world of Neolithic 脟atalh枚y眉k shaped the organization of daily life and the social world of its residents. Seasonal cycles in climatic patterns, hydrology, growing seasons of wild and domestic plants, and seasonal behaviors of herded, hunted, and gathered animals would have affected the overall productivity of the landscape and consequently the rhythms of social life (e.g., Fairbain et al. 2005; Pels 2010). These created social conceptions of seasonal patterns and activities shaped the ways in which people interacted with their local environments and structured the timing and spatial requirements of everyday tasks.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1570041002103{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/OPen-Spaces-at-Catalhuyuk-NEA-83.2-TOC.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”500″ crop=”false” hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]
Pp. 110-119: “Common Ground: Reevaluating Open Spaces at 脟atalh枚y眉k,” by Justine Issavi, Kamilla Paw艂owska, Milena Vasi膰, and Rena Veropoulidou
Investigations of open spaces within the context of the Southwest Asian Neolithic are varied in approach and in how explicitly they center these spaces within the study. The term 鈥渙pen space,鈥� for this article, refers to any space not covered by an architectural feature such as a roof or other permanent covering. Open spaces have variously been discussed as arenas of daily or utilitarian activities, shared property or communal space, places of ritual, public spaces, courtyards (yards), conduits for movement, or undifferentiated spaces.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1570041002103{padding-right: 10px !important;}”][mk_image src=”http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Thermal-Alterations-to-Human-Remains-at-Catalhuyuk-NEA-83.2-TOC.jpg” image_width=”200″ image_height=”500″ crop=”false” hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]
Pp. 120-128: “Thermal Alterations to Human Remains in 脟atalh枚y眉k,” by Cassie E. Skipper, Scott D. Haddow, and Marin A. Pilloud
The Neolithic East Mound at 脟atalh枚y眉k, dating to 7100鈥�5950 cal BCE (Bayliss et al. 2015), in central Anatolia is well known as a large, early agricultural village. Like other Neolithic sites in this region, the site had distinct mortuary practices, which at 脟atalh枚y眉k are dominated by primary interments beneath house floors, accounting for 83 percent of stratified individuals recovered to date (Haddow et al. in press). While commingling of skeletal elements due to repeated use of house platforms as burial locations is common (Boz and Hager 2013; Haddow, Sadvari et al. 2016), there is also evidence of secondary burial practices including post-interment cranial retrieval and the occurrence of loose and partially articulated skeletal elements moved from a previous location (Haddow and Kn眉sel 2017). Such observations suggest the practice of delayed burial for certain individuals, a pattern that appears to increase in frequency over time (Haddow et al. in press).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]17吃瓜Members with online access: navigate to the token link email sent to you before attempting to read this article. Once you have activated your member token, to access the above article on The University of Chicago Press Journals’ website.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496684098866{margin-right: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_wp_posts title=”BROWSE THE NEWS ARCHIVE” number=”4″][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1496684008271{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
as 鈥渁nimal handler鈥� or 鈥渟kinner鈥� on the basis of texts from the Old Babylonian period. Written sources from the third millennium, however, indicate that these translations are not applicable in earlier times, since people so designated worked on the first steps of leather processing or with the preparation of the bare skins for tanning. Therefore, in such texts the translation Bl枚脽envorbereiter, that is 鈥減reparer of cleaned animal skins鈥� is a better fit. Moreover, third-millennium texts provide further information on the profession su-si-(ig), which was apparently practiced only by men who worked in the large temple and palace public institutions and in some cases could hold high social positions.
epigraphic sources concerning the 拧akkanakkus (rulers) of Mari, especially those that reigned during the 20th and first part of 19th centuries BCE, that is the final phase of the 拧akkanakku period that preceded the reign of Ya岣玠un-L卯m in Mari ca. 1820/1810 BC. New readings of the seal impressions ME64+ME196 and ME14 indicate that they all belong to the same cylinder seal belonging to a ruler named T墨n墨n-Dagan, whose father was Iddin-Dagan. Both rulers were previously unknown.
The results of a survey of the site and its surroundings are given together with the publication of a number of new brick inscriptions belonging to early Old Babylonian kings of Malgium.
were used by Old Babylonian surveyors to construct perpendicular field boundaries accurately. This is the only known application of diagonal triples from this time, and one of the most complete examples of applied geometry from the ancient world.
mathematical cuneiform tablets containing multiplication tables. Their physical and textual characteristics suggest that they were produced in the same ancient context. What is remarkable about this small set of tablets is that, unlike most such tablets, two of them have colophons: in AO 8900 we find a month-and-day date, while in AO 8901 we find a damaged year name. These tablets are published here for the first time, together with a discussion of how the information about the year name in AO 8901 fits in what is known about the dating of Old Babylonian mathematics.
The proposal is here offered to read the Ugaritic administrative text RS 10.052 iv 1 as containing the personal name p堑mw, the Ugaritic writing of the Luwian name Pi岣玜muwa.