Ancient history Books
Pennsylvania State University Press Job's Journey: Stations of Suffering
Book SynopsisFrom the Introduction: “The book of Job does not promote silence about God because we cannot say anything about him. Otherwise, this book would never have been written. But the book of Job does bid farewell to certain types of theology—and we need not bemoan their loss: theology as the wisdom of the world projected into heaven; theology as pious reflection on a higher being that then mistakes traditional or innovative ideas about God entirely for God himself; theology that purports to communicate direct revelation from God. The book of Job distrusts and disbelieves all this to its core. Instead, it states clearly that this is not God; these are only graven images. Such fundamental criticism of all pseudo-theology is—and here we can only agree with the book of Job—not the end but the very beginning of theology.”This book is not an attempt to cover every angle and answer every question that we have about the book of Job. Instead, Konrad Schmid, in the introductory chapter, provides us with an analysis of the structure of the book that helps us to see the book as a whole. And Manfred Oeming, in the chapters that follow, provides clear snapshots of various elements of the book, including a summary of the dialogues, Job’s monologue, Elihu’s speech (“the Anti-Monologue”), Job’s encounter with God, and the destination (of Job’s journey). Between them, the two authors provide an accessible scholarly and theological approach to the book that is richly satisfying.Table of ContentsForewordChapter 1. The Prologue to the Book of Job and the Problem of Job (Konrad Schmid)Chapter 2. The Dialogues with Job’s Wife and Friends (Manfred Oeming)Chapter 3. Job’s Monologue: A Journey Inward (Manfred Oeming)Chapter 4. Elihu’s Last Resort: The Antimonologue (Manfred Oeming)Chapter 5. The Encounter with God (Manfred Oeming)Chapter 6. The Destination (Manfred Oeming?)IndexesIndex of AuthorsIndex of Scripture
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Pennsylvania State University Press “See and Read All These Words”: The Concept of
Book SynopsisUnusually for the Hebrew Bible, the book of Jeremiah contains a high number of references to writers, writing, and the written word. The book (which was primarily written during the exilic period) demonstrates a key moment in the ongoing integration of writing and the written word into ancient Israelite society. Yet the book does not describe writing in the abstract. Instead, it provides an account of its own textualization, thereby blurring the lines between the texts in the narrative and the texts that constitute the book. Scrolls in Jeremiah become inextricably intertwined with the scroll of Jeremiah.To authenticate the book of Jeremiah as the word of YHWH, its tradents present a theological account of the chain of transmission from the divine to the prophet and then to the scribe and the written page. Indeed, the book of Jeremiah extends the chain of transmission beyond the written word to include the book of Jeremiah itself and, finally, a receiving audience. To make the case for this chain of transmission, See and Read’s three exegetical chapters attend to writers (YHWH, prophets, and scribes), the written word, and the receiving audience.The first exegetical chapter describes the standard chain of transmission from the divine to the prophet to the scribe, demonstrating that all three agents in this chain are imagined as writers and that writing was increasingly understood as a suitable conduit for the divine word. The second exegetical chapter attends to the written word in Jeremiah, especially Jeremiah’s self-references (e.g., “in this book”, “all these words”) as a pivotal element in the extension of the chain of transmission beyond the words in the text to the words of the text. Finally, the third exegetical chapter considers the construction of the audience in the book of Jeremiah, concluding that the written word, as Jeremiah imagines it, is to be received by a worshiping audience through public reading but delivered via textual intermediaries.Table of ContentsIntroductionSee and ReadOn “Theology” and “Religion”1. Writing/Righting the Written in Jeremiah Writing as DegenerationWriting as ProgressWriting as DictationWriting as Deconstruction Righting the Written in Jeremiah2. Inscribing Writers in the Book of Jeremiah The Chain of TransmissionScribes as WritersProphets as WritersDivine Writers Summary3. Inscribing the Written in the Book of Jeremiah Scrolls within Jeremiah’s Represented World Scrolls beyond Jeremiah’s Represented World Jeremiah’s Account of Textual Inscription4. Inscribing Audiences in the Book of Jeremiah Audiences in the Book of JeremiahAudiences of the Book of JeremiahConclusionA Theological Account of Writing in Jeremiah Avenues for Further ResearchBibliographyIndex of Authors Index of Scripture
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Pennsylvania State University Press Sepphoris II: The Clay Lamps of Ancient Sepphoris
Book SynopsisSepphoris was an important Galilean site from Hellenistic to early Islamic times. This multicultural city is described by Flavius Josephus as the “ornament of all Galilee,” and Rabbi Judah the Prince (ha-Nasi) codified the Mishnah there around 200 CE. The Duke University excavations of the 1980s and 1990s uncovered a large corpus of clay oil lamps in the domestic area of the western summit, and this volume presents these vessels. Richly illustrated with photos and drawings, it describes the various shape-types and includes a detailed catalog of 219 lamps.The volume also explores the origins of the Sepphoris lamps and establishes patterns of their trade, transport, and sale in the lower city’s marketplace. A unique contribution is the use of a combined petrographic and direct current plasma-optical emission spectrometric (dcp-oes) analysis of selected lamp fabrics from sites in Israel and Jordan. This process provided valuable information, indicating that lamps found in Sepphoris came from Judea, the Decapolis, and even Greece, suggesting an urban community fully engaged with other regional centers. Lamp decorations also provide information about the cosmopolitan culture of Sepphoris in antiquity. Discus lamps with erotic scenes and mythological characters suggest Greco-Roman influences, and menorahs portrayed on lamps indicate a vibrant Jewish identity.Trade Review“Future discussions of Galilean economy and migration in these periods will have to deal with Lapp’s argument. . . . The book certainly belongs in university library stacks, but its cost makes it accessible to individuals as well. Hence it must find its way into personal libraries not only of archaeologists and lychnologists but also of scholars of Second Temple and formative Judaism, early Christianity, and the eastern limits of the Roman Republic and Empire—let us say Palestine in the Roman through Byzantine periods, straying into the early Islamic period.”—James Riley Strange Review of Biblical LiteratureTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction1. Volume Description 2. Lamp Profile3. Count4. Findspots5. MethodologyChapter 2. Local and Regional Types 1. Introduction2. Typology3. Religious Lamp Art4. SummaryChapter 3. Imported Types 1. Introduction2. Typology3. SummaryChapter 4. Petrographic and DCP-OES Analysis of Lamps from Sepphoris and the Decapolis1. Introduction2. Short History of Research 3. Purpose4. Research Problem5. Methods and Procedures 6. Sample Selection7. Reference Materials8. Results and Discussion 9. SummaryChapter 5. Regionalism, Trade, and the Sepphoris Marketplace1. Introduction2. Lamp Regionalism and Continuity 3. Identity of Population and Cultural Interactions4. Lamp Workshops5. Lamp Supply from Village to Polis 6. Road Networks, Lamps, and the Sepphoris Marketplace7. Lamp Transport to the Sepphoris Marketplace8. Selling Lamps in City Marketplaces 9. Lamps and the Sepphoris Agoranomoi10. Travelers, Merchants, and Pilgrims 11. Indicators of Interactions: Local and Regional Palestinian Lamps Abroad 12. Imported Lamps at Sepphoris and Other Sites of Roman Palestine 13. SummaryChapter 6. Conclusion 1. “Culture of Light” 2. Connections3. Material Sourcing 4. CosmopolitanismAppendix A. Reports of Select Loci Appendix B. Macroscopic Descriptions of Lamp Samples BibliographyPlates
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Pennsylvania State University Press “Did I Not Bring Israel Out of Egypt?”: Biblical,
Book SynopsisThe Hebrew Scriptures consider the exodus from Egypt to be Israel’s formative and foundational event. Indeed, the Bible offers no other explanation for Israel’s origin as a people. It is also true that no contemporary record regarding a man named Moses or the Israelites generally, either living in or leaving Egypt has been found. Hence, many biblical scholars and archaeologists take a skeptical attitude, dismissing the exodus from the realm of history. However, the contributors to this volume are convinced that there is an alternative, more positive approach. Using textual and archaeological materials from the ancient Near East in a comparative way, in conjunction with the Torah’s narratives and with other biblical texts, the contributors to this volume (specialists in ancient Egypt, ancient Near Eastern culture and history, and biblical studies) maintain that the reports in the Hebrew Bible should not be cavalierly dismissed for ideological reasons but, rather, should be deemed to contain authentic memories.Table of ContentsPrefaceAbbreviationsPart 1 Egyptology and Linguistic MattersEgyptian Religious Influences on the Early HebrewsJames K. HoffmeierOnomastics of the Exodus Generation in the Book of ExodusRichard S. HessEgyptian Loanwords as Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus and Wilderness TraditionsBenjamin J. NoonanThe Significance of the Horns (קֶרֶן) of Exodus 27:2: The Egyptian (ŧst) and Levantine Four-Horned AltarsDavid FalkPart 2 Exodus in the Pentateuch/TorahThe Practices of the Land of Egypt (Leviticus 18:3): Incest, 'Anat, and Israel in the Egypt of Ramesses the GreatRichard C. SteinerThe Kadesh Inscriptions of Ramesses II and the Exodus Sea Account (Exodus 13:17–15:19)Joshua BermanThe Literary Unity of the Exodus NarrativeGary A. RendsburgMoses, the Tongue-Tied Singer!Alan MillardThe Egyptian Sojourn and Deliverance from Slavery in the Framing and Shaping of the Mosaic LawRichard E. Averbeck"Tell Your Children and Grandchildren!" The Exodus as Cultural MemoryJens Bruun KofoedPart 3 Exodus, the Wilderness Period, and ArchaeologyRecent Developments in Understanding the Origins of the Arameans: Possible Contributions and Implications for Understanding Israelite OriginsK. Lawson Younger Jr.Exodus on the Ground: The Elusive Signature of Nomads in SinaiThomas W. DavisPart 4 Exodus in the Hebrew Prophets"I Am Yahweh Your God from the Land of Egypt": Hosea's Use of the Exodus TraditionsJerry HwangSome Observations on the Exodus and Wilderness Wandering Traditions in the Books of Amos and MicahJ. Andrew DearmanBibliographyIndexesIndex of Modern and Premodern AuthorsIndex of ScriptureIndex of Other Ancient Sources
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Pennsylvania State University Press Babylonia, the Gulf Region, and the Indus:
Book SynopsisDuring the third millennium BC, the huge geographical area stretching between the Mediterranean in the west and the Indus Valley in the east witnessed the rise of a commercial network of unmatched proportions and intensity, within which the Persian Gulf for long periods functioned as a central node. In this book, Laursen and Steinkeller examine the nature of cultural and commercial contacts between Babylonia, the Gulf region, and Indus Civilization. Focusing on the third and early second millennia BC, and using both archaeological data and the evidence of ancient written sources, their study offers an up-to-date synthetic picture of the history of interactions across this vast region. In addition to giving detailed characterizations and evaluations of contacts in various periods, the book also treats a number of important related issues, such as the presence of Amorites in the Gulf (in particular, their role in the rise of the Tilmun center on Bahrain Island); the alleged existence of Meluhhan commercial outposts in Babylonia; and the role that the seaport of Gu’abba played in Babylonia’s interactions with the Gulf region and southeastern Iran.Table of ContentsPreface1. Introduction: Working PremiseConfronting and Combining Archaeology and TextsSome Methodological Considerations2. The Prehistoric Foundation (ca. 6000–2650 BC)3. The Pre-Sargonic Period (ca. 2650–2350 BC)ArchaeologyTexts4. The Sargonic Period (ca. 2350–2200 BC)ArchaeologyTexts5. Makkan and Tilmun between ca. 2200 and ca. 2100 BC6. The Ur III Period (ca. 2100–2000 BC)ArchaeologyTextsThe Role of Amorites in Tilmun and Makkan7. The Post-Ur III Period (2000–1800 BC)ArchaeologyTexts8. The Role of Guʾabba as Babylonia’s Main Seaport and a Major Textile Production Center8.1. Guʾabba, the Seaport8.2. Guʾabba, the Town8.2.1 The Shipyard8.2.2 The Caravanserai8.2.3. The Weaving EstablishmentExcursus: The Textile Industry at Ur9. Contacts between Babylonia and Meluhha in the Late Third Millennium9.1. A Meluhhan Settlement in Southern Babylonia?9.2. Contacts between Babylonia and Meluhha10. ConclusionAppendix 1. The Ur III and Isin Texts Bearing on the Gulf TradeAppendix 2. The Seaworthy Ships of Babylonia, the "Makkan Ships," and the Cylinder Seals of the "Big Ships" Personnel from Failaka and Bahrain1. Big Ships and Big Ship Captains2. Ships of Makkan3. Boat Construction4. The Cylinder Seals Owned by the Personnel of "Big Ships" from Failaka and BahrainAppendix 3. The Babylonian Burial Jar in the Gulf CountriesBibliographic AbbreviationsBibliographyIndex
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Getty Trust Publications Persia - Ancient Iran and the Classical World
Book SynopsisThe founding of the first Persian Empire by the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great in the sixth century BCE established one of the greatest world powers of antiquity. Extending from the borders of Greece to northern India, Persia was seen by the Greeks as a vastly wealthy and powerful rival and often as an existential threat. When the Macedonian king Alexander the Great finally conquered the Achaemenid Empire in 330 BCE, Greek culture spread throughout the Near East, but local dynasties-first the Parthian (247 BCE-224 CE) and then the Sasanian (224-651 CE)-reestablished themselves. The rise of the Roman Empire as a world power quickly brought it, too, into conflict with Persia, despite the common trade that flowed through their territories. Persia addresses the political, intellectual, religious, and artistic relations between Persia, Greece, and Rome from the seventh century BCE to the Arab conquest of 651 CE. Essays by international scholars trace interactions and exchanges of influence. With more than three hundred images, this richly illustrated volume features sculpture, jewelry, silver luxury vessels, coins, gems, and inscriptions that reflect the Persian ideology of empire and its impact throughout Persia's own diverse lands and the Greek and Roman spheres. This volume is published to accompany a major international exhibition presented at the Getty Villa from April 6 to August 8, 2022.Trade Review"This is a spectacular book, offering fascinating insights into three great ancient Persian empires and their interactions with Classical Greece and Rome. Groundbreaking essays by the leading scholars in the field open our eyes to how people lived and interacted, their motivations, and the outcomes of their choices. This catalogue provides detailed discussion of the hundreds of glorious artifacts brought together in the J. Paul Getty Museum's exhibition from museums across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. The exhibition at the Getty Villa is beautifully reflected and augmented by this richly illustrated and documented volume, one that will delight and ignite the curiosity of specialists and the curious public alike. A magnificent book, worthy of the installation that inspired it!"--Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre, College Professor of Distinction, Classics Department, University of Colorado Boulder; "In Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, leading experts offer an up-to-date, highly interesting overview of the great epochs Iran experienced under the Achaemenid, Arsacid, and Sasanian dynasties. These key periods in Iranian history become palpable to a substantial extent in the political and cultural encounter with classical Greece, the Seleucid kingdom, and the Roman Empire. The different perspectives with which the individual authors look at the history and material culture open up many new perspectives, even for the specialist. The catalogue's illustrations make the complexity of the tradition impressively visible." -- Dr. Bruno Jacobs, Professor Emeritus, University of Basel
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Pennsylvania State University Press Honor, Shame, and Guilt: Social-Scientific
Book SynopsisIn this study, Wu explores how the concepts honor, shame, and guilt function in the book of Ezekiel, as well as in the wider contexts of their general use in anthropological or social-scientific approaches to biblical studies. He frames Ezekiel’s key terms for honor (kabod), shame (bosh), and guilt ('awah) within an analysis of a broad perspective on these terms in the body of the Old Testament as a way of forming the “concept spheres” within which the specific instances of each term in Ezekiel sit. Wu gleans insight from the dominant contemporary definitions of honor, shame, and guilt in the fields of psychology and anthropology and their application to biblical studies, and he reflects on how this broader context informs and is informed by his analysis of Ezekiel. The study concludes by drawing together the implications and contribution of the analysis of Ezekiel and applying them to the development of social-scientific models for the future.Trade Review“The book will find a place in libraries that serve students and scholars working on Ezekiel and broader social-scientific approaches to biblical literature.”—Brad E. Kelle Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForewordAbbreviations1. Introduction to the Study of Honor and Shame in the Book of Ezekiel: Emic A2. Anthropological Approaches to Biblical Studies: Imposed Etic3. Shame (and Guilt) in Recent Study: Imposed Etic4. Honor in Ezekiel:Emic B Part 15. Shame in Ezekiel: Emic B Part 26. Guilt in Ezekiel: Emic B Part 37. Conclusion: Derived EticAppendix: Implications of This Study for Models of Atonement TheologyBibliographyIndexesIndex of AuthorsIndex of Scripture
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Pennsylvania State University Press The Imago Dei as Human Identity: A Theological
Book SynopsisTheologians and Old Testament scholars have been at odds with respect to the best interpretation of the imago Dei. Theologians have preferred substantialistic (e.g., image as soul or mind) or relational interpretations (e.g., image as relational personhood) and Old Testament scholars have preferred functional interpretations (e.g., image as kingly dominion). The disagreements revolve around a number of exegetical questions. How do we best read Genesis 1 in its literary, historical, and cultural contexts? How should it be read theologically? How should we read Genesis 1 as a canonical text? This book charts a path through these disagreements by offering a dogmatically coherent and exegetically sound canonical interpretation of the image of God. Peterson argues that the fundamental claim of Genesis 1:26–28 is that humanity is created to image God actively in the world. “Made in the image of God” is an identity claim. As such, it tells us about humanity’s relationship with God and the rest of creation, what humanity does in the world, and what humanity is to become. Understanding the imago Dei as human identity has the further advantage of illuminating humanity’s ontology.Canonically, knowledge of the contours and purpose of human existence develops alongside God’s self-revelation. Tracing this development, Peterson demonstrates the coherence of the OT and NT texts that refer to the image of God. In the NT, Jesus Christ is understood as the realization of God’s image in the world and therefore the fulfillment of the description of humanity’s identity in Genesis 1. In addition to its specific focus on resolving interdisciplinary tensions for Christian interpretation of the imago Dei, the argument of the book has important implications for ethics, the doctrine of sin, and the doctrine of revelation.Trade Review“The book provides a helpful survey of classical and contemporary views of the imago Dei and a biblical view that includes material from both Testaments. Peterson promotes a canonical and systematic view of the imago Dei that draws insights from all of these understandings [and] provides a more flexible and potentially expanding view of human nature.”—Stephen Reed Review of Biblical Literature“This work happily succeeds in showing the human (person’s) identity with its internal dynamism of both being and becoming the image of God.”—TeresianumTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Seeking a Theology of the Imago Dei1. The Contours of Recent Interpretations1.1 D. J. A. Clines1.2 Gerald Bray1.3 Colin Gunton1.4 Francis Watson1.5 J. Richard Middleton1.6 Ian McFarland2. The Conceptual Context for the Argument3. Major Conceptual Interests4. Theological Interpretation of Scripture5. Outline of the Argument2. Image as Substance, Function, or Relationship?1. God and Creation2. Divine Essence and Human Substance: Maintaining the Distinction3. Creation and Function: Imago Dei as Human Action?4. Analogia Relationis: Intra-Trinitarian Relations and Human Relations5. Looking Ahead3. Image as Identity1. Scripture, Divine Identity, and Human Identity2. Genesis 1:26-30 in Its Literary and Theological Contexts3. Imago Dei and Personhood4. Divine Revelation and Canonical Interpretation of the Imago Dei1. Revelation and the Image of God2. Imago Dei and Imitatio Dei3. Conclusions5. The Canonical Unfolding of the Imago Dei1. New Testament Texts2. Imago Dei and Sin3. Old Testament Texts4. Conclusions6. The Identity Interpretation and the Christian Tradition1. Irenaeus of Lyons2. Athanasius of Alexandria3. Augustine of Hippo4. Martin Luther5. ConclusionsA Brief ConclusionWorks CitedScripture IndexAuthor and Subject Index
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Pennsylvania State University Press Ramat Raḥel IV: The Renewed Excavations by the
Book SynopsisThis is the first of a three-volume final report on the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Renewed Excavations at Ramat Raḥel, 2005–2010. It presents the stratigraphy and architecture of the excavation areas, including portions of the palatial compound, the subterranean columbarium complex, and the Late Roman cemetery; site formation of the tell; twentieth-century fortifications at the site; and the ancient garden and its water installations. Trade Review“The editors are to be commended for having published the stratigraphy and architecture of Ramat Raḥel, a hill site located at the outskirts of Jerusalem. The extensive list of loci at the end of this volume is exemplary for the admirable work the team has deployed to understand the complex history of building and rebuilding.”—Lucas Petit Bibliotheca OrientalisTable of ContentsPublications by the Ramat Raḥel ExpeditionPREFACEOded Lipschits, Manfred Oeming and Yuval GadotPART I: INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 STRATEGIC LOCATION AND NATURAL SURROUNDINGSOded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot and Manfred OemingCHAPTER 2 THE ANCIENT NAME OF THE SITEOded Lipschits and Nadav Na’amanCHAPTER 3 HISTORY OF RESEARCHOded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot and Manfred OemingCHAPTER 4 THE RENEWED EXCAVATIONS OF THE TEL AVIV–HEIDELBERG EXPEDITIONYuval Gadot, Liora Freud, Manfred Oeming and Oded LipschitsPART II: AREA REPORTSCHAPTER 5 AREAS A1, B1 AND B3 WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE CEMETERYKeren RasCHAPTER 6 AREA B2Boaz GrossCHAPTER 7 AREA C1Nitsan Shalom and Boaz GrossCHAPTER 8 AREA C2Assaf KleimanCHAPTER 9 AREA D1Efrat Bocher and Lisa YehudaCHAPTER 10 AREA D2Shatil EmmanuilovCHAPTER 11 AREA D3: COURTYARD 380, THE INNER GATE AND BUILDING 468Ido KochCHAPTER 12 AREA D4Omer SergiCHAPTER 13 AREA D6Ido Koch and Nirit KedemCHAPTER 14 SURVEY AND EXCAVATIONS OF SUBTERRANEAN FEATURES BETWEEN AREAS D6 AND C1Uri Davidovich and Roi PoratCHAPTER 15 AREA UG7: THE SOUTHERN COLUMBARIUMUri DavidovichCHAPTER 16 AREA T: SURVEY AND EXCAVATIONS ON THE WESTERN SLOPEUri Davidovich and Naomi PoratPART III: SYNTHESISCHAPTER 17 SITE FORMATION AT RAMAT RAḤEL: THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY AND CHANGES MADE DURING ITS HISTORYNirit Kedem, Yuval Gadot and Oded LipschitsCHAPTER 18 THE ANCIENT GARDEN AND ITS WATER INSTALLATIONSBoaz Gross, Yuval Gadot and Oded LipschitsCHAPTER 19 TWENTIETH CENTURY FORTIFICATIONSEfrat BocherCHAPTER 20 DECONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION: REEVALUATING THE FIVE EXPEDITIONS TO RAMAT RAḤELOded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot and Manfred OemingLIST OF LOCI
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Pennsylvania State University Press From the Mari Archives
Book SynopsisFor over 40 years, Jack M. Sasson has been studying and commenting on the cuneiform archives from Mari on the Euphrates River, especially those from the age of Hammurabi of Babylon. Among Mari’s wealth of documents, some of the most interesting are letters from and to kings, their advisers and functionaries, their wives and daughters, their scribes and messengers, and a variety of military personnel. The letters are revealing and often poignant. Sasson selects more than 700 letters as well as several excerpts from administrative documents, translating them and providing them with illuminating comments. In distilling a lifetime of study and interpretation, Sasson hopes to welcome readers into a fuller appreciation of a remarkable period in Mesopotamian civilization.Sasson’s presentation is organized around major institutions in an ancient culture: (1) Kingship, treating accumulation of wealth, control of vassals, dynastic marriages, treaty-obligations, as well as illustrating the hazards and vexation of ruling a large territory; (2) Administration, from palaces that teem with bureaucrats, musicians, and cooks, to the management of provinces and vassal kingdoms; (3) Warfare, military establishment and martial practices; (4) Society, including organs of justice (and shortcuts to it), crime, punishment, and civil transactions; (5) Religion, including notices on diverse pantheons, rituals, priesthood, cultic paraphernalia, vows, ordeals, and channels to the gods (divination, dreams, and prophecy); and (6) Culture, including ethnic distinctions, class structure, and moments in the life cycle (birth, childhood, family life, health matters, death, and commemoration).Sasson’s presentation of the material brings to life a world entombed for four millennia, concretizes the realities of ancient life, and gives it a human perspective that is at once instructive and entertaining.The book is accompanied by extensive concordances and indexes (including to biblical passages) that will be useful to those who wish to study the letters more intensively.Trade Review“Jack Sasson has made this volume a significant resource for scholars of the ancient Near East, the Bible, and religion, especially those interested in ancient and polytheistic religions.”—Tammi J. Schneider Reading Religion“Jack Sasson has done a great service to Mari scholarship and academia in general with this book that will hopefully inspire more attention to the world of Mari’s two most well known kings, Yasmah-Addu and Zimri-Lim.”—Rients de Boer Bibliotheca OrientalisTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction0.1. Amorite Mari0.2. Languages0.3. Archives0.4. Evaluation of the Archives0.5. References0.6. Biblical ComparisonChapter 1. Kingship1.1. Becoming a King1.2. The King’s Charisma1.3. The Wealth of Kings1.4. Acts and Behavior1.5. Vassals1.6. Diplomacy and Treaty-making1.7. Dynastic Marriages1.8. The Marriage of Mari PrincessesChapter 2. Administration2.0. Ruling Mari2.1. Provincial Officers2.2. Palace Officers2.3. Notables (wedûtum)Chapter 3. Warfare3.0. Military Mari3.1. War Mentality3.2. Casus belli3.3. Armies3.4. Combat3.5. Siege Tactics3.6. AftermathChapter 4. Society4.1. Organs of Justice4.4. Asylum Seekers4.5. Detention4.6. Punishment4.7. Legal DocumentsChapter 5 Religion5.1.”Pantheon”5.2. Devotion5.3. Rituals5.4. Paraphernalia5.5. Caring for the Gods5.6. Divine Power5.7. Communicating the Will of God5.8. OrdealsChapter 6. Culture6.1. Population6.2. The City Mari6.3. Court Life6.4. Life Cycle I: Childhood6.5. Life Cycle II: Adulthood6.6. Life Cycle III: Health6.7. Life Cycle IV: Death and burialChapter 7. ReflectionsWorks ConsultedAbbreviationsBibliographyConcordances and IndexesA. Concordances1. By Paragraph to Translations2. By Publication NumbersB. Correspondents1. From–To2. To–FromC. Subject IndexD. Biblical Citations
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Andromache, Hecuba, Trojan Women
Book SynopsisDiane Arnson Svarlien's translation of Euripides' Andromache, Hecuba, and Trojan Women exhibits the same scholarly and poetic standards that have won praise for her Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus. Ruth Scodel's Introduction examines the cultural and political context in which Euripides wrote, and provides analysis of the themes, structure, and characters of the plays included. Her notes offer expert guidance to readers encountering these works for the first time.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Translator's Preface; Map; Andromache; Hecuba; Trojan Women; Endnotes & Comments on the Text; Suggestions for Further Reading.
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Getty Trust Publications Herculaneum and the House of the Bicentenary:
Book SynopsisThis volume vividly recounts, for general readers, the Roman town of Herculaneum, destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE and uniquely preserved for nearly two thousand years. Initial chapters offer an engaging historical overview of the town during antiquity, including the riveting story of its rediscovery in the eighteenth century, excavation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and broad cultural significance in modern times. Subsequent chapters offer an interpretive tour of the ancient town, then focus on one of Herculaneum’s grandest and most beautifully decorated private residences, known as the House of the Bicentenary. Located on the town’s main street, it has a range of features—original rooms, magnificent wall paintings and mosaics, and remarkable documents—that illuminate daily life in the ancient world. Final chapters bring the story up to date, including recent discoveries about the site and its famous papyrus manuscripts, as well as ongoing conservation initiatives.
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Casemate Publishers Vikings at War
Book SynopsisVikings at War is a sumptuous depiction of how the Vikings waged war: their weapons technology, offensive and defensive warfare, military traditions and tactics, their fortifications, ships and command structure. It also portrays the Viking raids and conquest campaigns that brought the Vikings to virtually every corner of Europe and even to America. Between the 9th and 11the century, Viking ships landed on almost every shore in the Western world. Viking ravages united the Spanish kingdoms and stopped Charlemagne and the Franks' advance in Europe. Wherever Viking ships roamed, enormous suffering followed in their wake, but the encounter between cultures changed both European and Nordic societies.Employing unorthodox and unpredictable strategies, which were hard for more organized forces to respond to, the most crucial element of the Vikings' success was their basic strategy of evading the enemy by arriving by sea, then attacking quickly and with great force before withdrawing quickly. The warrior class dominated in a militarized society. Honor was everything, and breaking promises and ruining one’s posthumous reputation was considered worse than death itself. If a man offended another man’s honor, the only way out was blood revenge.Vikings at War provides a vivid account of the Viking art of war, weapons and the history of their conquests with over 380 colour illustrations including beautiful reconstruction drawings, maps, cross-section drawings of ships, line-drawings of fortifications, battle plan reconstructions and photos of surviving artefacts including weapons and jewellery.Table of ContentsForeword Beaduheard Meets His Fate 1. THE VIKINGS Who were the Vikings? Viking society The Viking warriors’ religion 2. THE ART OF WAR Viking troops Viking military techniques 3. VIKING FORTIFICATIONS Viking fortifications 4. VIKING SHIPS The Viking ship 5. VIKING WEAPONS The Vikings and their weapons 6. VIKING INVASIONS The world of the Vikings The Islands in the West Ireland England The Frankish Empire and France The Iberian peninsula The lands in the East Byzantium Greenland and America notes bibliography indices list of maps image credits
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Casemate Publishers Romans at War: The Roman Military in the Republic
Book SynopsisIn Romans at War ground-breaking research is presented in an accessible, entertaining, and sumptuously illustrated format, including:• A new consideration of the nature of late Roman military leaders; the author argues they were effectively independent warlords.• Cutting edge research regarding the Severan campaigns to conquer Scotland in the early 3rd century AD.• A new analysis of the nature of late Roman troops, both mounted and foot.The Roman military machine was the pre-eminent in the ancient world, projecting power across the known world over a vast chronology, and an increasing huge and diverse geography. One of the most powerful instruments of war in the history of conflict, it proved uniquely adept at learning from setbacks, always coming back the stronger for it. In so doing it displayed two of the most important traits associated with the world of Rome. Firstly grit, that key ability to remain steadfast and to overcome adversity, even in the most challenging of circumstances, as faced for example by the Republic in the Second Punic War against Hannibal. Secondly, the ability to copy the successful technical and tactical innovations of their enemies, enabling the Roman military to always stay one step ahead of its opponents on campaign and in battle.In this grand tour covering every aspect of the Roman military, leading expert Dr Simon Elliott first provides a detailed background to the Roman Republic and Empire to provide context for all that follows. He then looks specifically at the Roman military in its three key chronological phases: the Republic, the Principate Empire and the Dominate Empire. Next he forensically examines specific examples of the Roman military on campaign and in battle, and of its engineering prowess. Finally, he examines the many enemies faced by the Roman Republic and Empire. This all provides a firm structure to enable the reader to come to grips with this incredible military machine, one whose exploits still resonate in the world to this very day.Trade ReviewThis book is an excellent starting point for someone who wants to learn about the Roman system of war. It is also a handy reference guide for those of us who have already delved deeply into the field. […] It is a pretty amazing feat. * A Wargamers Needful Things *Ground-breaking insights into the Roman military presented a sumptuously illustrated package – this will make a glorious gift for Roman history aficionados. * Love Reading *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Timeline of the Roman Empire Glossary Chapter 1. Republic and Empire Chapter 2. The Republican Military Chapter 3. The Principate Military Chapter 4. The Dominate Military Chapter 5. On Campaign and in Battle Chapter 6. Non-Conflict Roles of the Roman Military Chapter 7. Allies and Enemies Chapter 8. Conclusion Select Bibliography Index
£25.46
Casemate Publishers Old Testament Warriors: The Clash of Cultures in
Book SynopsisThe period covered by the Old Testament - beginning in approximately 3000 BC - was one of great technological development and innovation in warfare, as competing cultures clashed in the ancient Middle East. The Sumerians were the first to introduce the use of bronze into warfare, and were centuries ahead of the Egyptians in the use of the wheel. The Assyrians developed chariot warfare and set the standard for a new equine-based military culture. The Babylonians had an army whose people were granted land in return for army service. This authoritative history gives an overview of warfare and fighting in the age of the Old Testament, from the Akkadians, Early and Middle Kingdom Egypt and their enemies, Mycenean and Minoan Greece and Crete, Assyrians and New Kingdom Egyptians, the Hittites, the Sea Peoples who gave rise to the Philistines, the Hebrew kingdom, the Babylonian kingdom, the Medes and later Persian Empires, through to early Classical Greece. Author Simon Elliott explores how archaeology can shed light on events in the Bible including the famous tumbling walls of Jericho, the career of David the boy warrior who faced the Philistines, and Gideon, who was able to defeat an army that vastly outnumbered his own.Trade Review...this is an eye-opening, absorbing book written by an author who knows and loves his subject and who has the means and skill to communicate his knowledge crisply, clearly and with great verve. * Love Reading 26/07/2021 *...a solid survey of this period. […] Elliott’s writing is clear, as we have come to expect, and his text is supported by photographs of wargames figures, some general landscapes, and archaeological artefacts. * Wargames Illustrated *Table of ContentsSumerians and Akkadians; Early and Middle Kingdom Egypt and their enemies; Mycenean and Minoan Greece and Crete; Assyrians and New Kingdom Egyptians; the Hittites; the Sea Peoples who gave rise to the Philistines; the Hebrew kingdom; the Babylonian kingdom; the Medes and later Persian Empires; Dark Age and early Classical Greece.
£18.00
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures From Sherds to Landscapes: Studies on the Ancient
Book SynopsisThis volume honours McGuire Gibson and his years of service to the archaeology of Mesopotamia, Yemen and neighbouring regions. Professor Gibson spent most of his career at the University of Chicago's Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department and the Oriental Institute. Many of his students, colleagues and friends have contributed to this volume, reflecting Gibson's diverse interests. The volume presents new research in areas such as landscape archaeology, urbanism, the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, history of Mesopotamia, the archaeology of Iran and Yemen, prehistory, material culture and wider archaeological topics.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Editor's Note Introduction. Richard L. Zettler, Robert D. Biggs, Mark Altaweel, Carrie Hritz, Augusta McMahon, and James A. Armstrong Selected Publications by McGuire Gibson As I Seem to Remember. Carlotta Maher 1. The Impact of the Rise of the State in Southwestern Iran on the Region's Periphery and Buffer Zones. Abbas Alizadeh 2. Spatial Interaction Modeling and Nippur's Urban Significance in the Early Dynastic Period. Mark Altaweel 3. Assyrians in Nippur. James A. Armstrong 4. The John Mix Cuneiform Tablet and a Related sa2-du11 ku5-ra2 Dossier from Puzris-Dagan. Robert D. Biggs 5. On Some Ur III Scribal Exercises. Miguel Civil 6. A Reconsideration of the So-Called Single-Shrine Temple at Tell Asmar. Jean M. Evans 7. The Umma-Lagash Border Conflict: A View from Above Carrie Hritz 8. Celebrating the Centenary of Incantation Bowls at Nippur. Erica C.D. Hunter 9. Tracing Prehistory in Highland Yemen: Contributions of the Dhamar Survey Project in Light of New Discoveries in Arabia. Lamya Khalidi and Krista Lewis 10. Pieces of String: Cordage in Late Chalcolithic Northern Mesopotamia. Augusta McMahon 11. A Reappraisal of Building Circulation within the E-Hursag At Ur. John C. Sanders 12. Kish and the Spatial Organization of Cities in Third-Millennium BC Southern Iraq. Jason Ur 13. The Origins of Levee and Levee-Based Irrigation in the Nippur Area-Southern Mesopotamia. T. J. Wilkinson and Jaafar Jotheri 14. A Question of Heirlooms. Karen L. Wilson 15. Two Tombs or Three? PG 789 and PG 800 Again! Paul C. Zimmerman and Richard L. Zettler 16. The Final Report on the Excavations at Tell Al-Agar: The First Season, 2011. Murtadha Hashim Jafar, Hussein Ali Hamza, Burhan Abd Alredha Radhi, and Suham Juwad Kadhum Al-Qaisi 17. Conclusion. Mark Altaweel and Carrie Hritz
£76.00
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Archive of Thotsutmis, Son of Panouphis: Early
Book SynopsisThe Archive of Thotsutmis, Son of Panouphis presents for the first time one of the largest collections of Demotic ostraca to have been discovered intact by archaeologists in the twentieth century. They were excavated at the site of Deir el-Bahari, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. Rarely have such deposits been found in situ. Excavated by Ambrose Lansing on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1915-16, the integrity and context of this find are critical to the proper understanding of the texts it contained. Through the publication and analysis of this archive of Demotic and Greek texts recorded on ostraca, the authors reconstruct the microhistory of Thotsutmis, son of Panouphis, and his family, who worked in Egypt on the west bank of Thebes as priests in the mortuary industry during the early Ptolemaic Period in the third century BC. The forty-two ostraca published in this volume provide a rare opportunity to explore the intersections between an intact ancient archive of private administrative documents and the larger social and legal contexts into which they fit. What the reconstructed microhistory reveals is an ancient family striving to make it among the wealthy and connected social network of Theban choachytes and pastophoroi, while they simultaneously navigated the bureaucratic maze of taxes, fees, receipts and legal procedures of the Ptolemaic state.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations List of Papyrological Symbols List of Figures List of Plates List of Tables Acknowledgments Preface on Translations Bibliography 1. Introduction 2. Identification, Discovery, and History of the Archive 3. A Family Archive from Western Thebes in the Third Century BC 4. The Life and Times of Thotsutmis, Son of Panouphis, and His Family 5. Catalog of the Ostraca from the Archive of Thotsutmis, Son of Panouphis 6. Appendices Indices Plates
£76.95
Inner Traditions Bear and Company Origins of the Sphinx: Celestial Guardian of
Book SynopsisIn this provocative collaboration from two Egyptology outsiders, Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D., and Robert Bauval combine their decades of research to show how the Sphinx is thousands of years older than the conventional Egyptological timeline and was built by a long forgotten pre-Pharaonic civilization. They examine the known history of the Sphinx, contrasting what Egyptologists claim with prominent historical accounts and new research, including updates to Schoch’s geological water weathering research and reanalysis of seismic studies. Building on Bauval’s Orion Correlation Theory, they investigate the archaeoastronomical alignments of the monuments of the Giza Plateau and reveal how the pyramids and Sphinx were built to align with the constellations of Orion and Leo. Analyzing the evidence for a significantly older construction phase at Giza and the restoration and recarving of the Sphinx during the Old Kingdom era, they assert that the Sphinx was first built by an advanced pre-Pharaonic civilization that existed circa 12,000 years ago on the Giza Plateau, contemporaneous with the sophisticated Göbekli Tepe complex.Trade Review“For a quarter-century, Schoch’s analysis of weathering at Giza and Bauval’s archaeoastronomic discoveries have challenged the consensus on prehistory, not merely of Egypt but of the world. This book expertly summarizes their case and its triumphant vindication in the 12,000-year-old sanctuary of Göbekli Tepe. The question is no longer whether they are right but where archaeology should go from here.” * Joscelyn Godwin, author ofAtlantis and the Cycles of Time *"Schoch and Bauval present a well-written, well-argued and well-illustrated (including 16 colour plates) thesis which deserves serious consideration." * Fortean Times *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Robert M. Schoch ONE The Great Paradox Robert Bauval TWO The Sands of Time Robert M. Schoch THREE Khafre: To Be or Not To Be?Robert Bauval FOUR A Case of Mistaken Identity? Robert Bauval FIVE Horus Who Dwells in the Horizon Robert Bauval SIX The Place Where the Gods Are Born Robert Bauval SEVEN The Writing on the Wall Robert M. Schoch Epilogue Robert M. SchochAppendix 1 The “Paradigm Police” and the Upside-Down Worldview of an Authoritative “Expert” Robert Bauval Appendix 2 The Orion Correlation Theory: Can It Be Falsified? Robert Bauval Appendix 3 The Ancient Egyptians and the Zodiacal Constellation of Leo Robert BauvalAppendix 4 The Sacred Mounds of the Memphite Region Robert BauvalAppendix 5 Text of the Dream Stela Translation by J. H. Breasted, 1906 Appendix 6 Redating the Great Sphinx of Giza: The Original 1992 Paper Robert M. Schoch Appendix 7 Geological Evidence Pertaining to the Age of the Great Sphinx, Including Replies to the CriticsRobert M. Schoch Appendix 8 Was the Great Sphinx Surrounded by a Moat? Was the Sphinx Originally Anubis? Robert M. Schoch Appendix 9 Controversies concerning the End of the Last Ice Age Robert M. Schoch Bibliography About the Authors Index
£18.04
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Histories
Book SynopsisThis volume includes a wealth of helpful footnotes; more than a dozen maps and illustrations; a chronology of the Archaic Age; a glossary of main characters, places, and terms; suggested further reading; and an index of proper nouns.Trade ReviewThis edition reproduces the fluent pace and readability of Herodotus' world-encompassing work. Mensch has produced a close translation of Herodotus' Greek that is also an engrossing read in English. As an old-time Herodotean, I found myself drawn into Herodotus' universe of history and story all over again. Combined with Romm's elegant introduction, which conveys the lure of Herodotus' work, the lucid maps and tables, and the pertinent, uncluttered notes, this is an edition to read for pleasure and for education. I recommend it to future students of Herodotus and their instructors, and to any reader who wants to discover and rediscover Herodotus in a vibrant new translation. -—Emily Greenwood, Yale UniversityUnadorned, readable, reliable. . . . If you want your Herodotus straight, but with no forfeiture of readability, I suggest Mensch. -—Simon Hornblower, in The Wall Street Journal
£15.29
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Ion, Helen, Orestes
Book SynopsisAn acclaimed translator of Euripidean tragedy in its earlier and more familiar modes, Diane Arnson Svarlien now turns to three plays that showcase the special qualities of Euripides’ late dramatic art. Like her earlier volumes, Ion, Helen, Orestes offers modern, accurate, accessible, and stageworthy versions that preserve the metrical and musical form of the originals. Matthew Wright’s Introduction and notes offer illuminating guidance to first-time readers of Euripides, while pointing up the appeal of this distinctive grouping of plays.Trade Review"Diane Arnson Svarlien's lively and accessible translations give an excellent sense of Euripides' poetic resources, from his artful blend of conversational idiom and high style, to his powerful displays of rhetoric and emotion, to the expressive rhythms and images of his songs. They are sure to delight readers and listeners alike. Moreover, they have been shaped by judicious use of the best and latest scholarship. The plays in this volume will surprise readers used to tragedy on the Aristotelian pattern and stimulate reflection about what tragedy is and what it is for." —John Gibert, Department of Classics, University of Colorado, Boulder
£13.29
Metropolitan Museum of Art The Pyramid Complex of Amenemhat I at Lisht: The
Book SynopsisLisht, twenty miles south of Cairo, has been the site of excavations since its discovery in 1906, and since that time scholars at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art have published a series of volumes about this Middle Kingdom site. This new book in the series “Egyptian Expedition Publications of The Metropolitan Museum of Art” focuses on the architecture of the pyramid complex of King Amenemhat I, which was built on a foundation using Old Kingdom blocks. The publication brings together new information obtained from numerous expeditions and many years of research and analysis. It includes photographs from the original finding in the early 20th century as well as new, unpublished drawings of wall reliefs and inscriptions. Documenting an area of excavation in Egypt that has suffered recent damage and continues to be threatened, this book provides indispensable insight to students and scholars of Egyptian archaeology and architecture. This sumptuously produced large-format volume contains 99 plates, 41 of them in colour.
£77.90
Metropolitan Museum of Art Inscriptions from Lisht: Texts from Burial
Book SynopsisThis volume incorporates all of the inscribed material associated with more than one hundred burial chambers and graves found at Lisht North and Lisht South, two sites excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1907 until 1934 and from 1984 to 1991. The inscribed objects found in or close to the burial chambers of Middle Kingdom officials and others provide an important addition to our appreciation of ancient Egyptian funerary culture. These include the coffins and sarcophagi as well as canopic chests and jars, mummy masks, ivory wands, miniature coffins, and shawabtis. Two kings, members of the royal family and many elite persons, as well as a community of middle-class people, found their resting place in and around the royal pyramids at Lisht, which served as the principal cemetery for Egypt's capital during the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030-1650 B.C.). The material published here represents a sequence of seven chronological phases at Lisht that range from the reigns of the kings Amenemhat I and Senwosret I through the late Dynasty XIII and the Second Intermediate Period. The inscribed texts presented here are transliterated and translated, and are accompanied by extensive drawings that meticulously detail these texts, as well as annotations to some previously published material. The lavishly illustrated volume includes heretofore unpublished photographs from the Department of Egyptian Art's archives. Each object has been assigned a code referring to the primary individual associated with it, and its description includes transliterations of the deceased's name(s) and title(s). Because the location of an inscription on a coffin or sarcophagus is usually significant and because some of these include multiple texts, the author has designed a system of references that reflects the location on the object. Further, the catalogue of objects draws on Museum archives and also provides information concerning the findspot and current location of the object as well as relevant archival material and bibliography.
£77.90
Metropolitan Museum of Art The Pyramid Complex of Amenemhat I at Lisht: The
Book SynopsisThis informative publication is a continuation of the series documenting The Metropolitan Museum of Arts excavations at the Middle Kingdom Egyptian site at Lisht. This volume covers the relief decoration from three different locations or structures. These reliefs furnish a welcome addition to the little-known relief decoration of pyramid temples of the Middle Kingdom. Presenting previously unpublished materials and including informative, high quality photographs of the relief blocks, this essential resource preserves the decoration at this endangered historic site and makes substantial contributions to the study of Middle Kingdom Egypt. This sunptuously produced large-format volume includes 154 plates, some in colour.
£96.90
Nova Science Publishers Inc Ancients to 500 BC
Book SynopsisThis book traces ancient peoples of the world from their beginnings to the year 500 BC.
£55.99
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Two Novels from Ancient Greece: Chariton's
Book SynopsisHere in one convenient volume are the two earliest examples of the ancient Greek novel.Trade ReviewSince these texts first found their way into the mainstream of Classics instruction twenty years ago, the need for new translations has become obvious, not only because of the textual and theoretical advances made in the interim, but because of demand for examining them in broader contexts. For both surveys of Greek and Roman literature and courses on the history of prose fiction, that demand has now been elegantly met. Trzaskoma's translation, based on greatly improved Greek texts, shows a sophisticated appreciation of the range in vocabulary and tone within Chariton, and similarities and differences in style between Chariton and Xenophon become easily apparent. Chariton may be a naïve romance by some classifications, but the text's intertextual dimensions, described in a helpful introduction that avoids prescribing how to interpret these texts, are now made much clearer. The copious annotations not only provide topical references but also mark the wide range of literary allusions and parallels. From every angle these texts have received a detailed rethinking. The Chariton and Xenophon I thought I knew have become much richer and more compelling texts. Any student of the ancient novel, and any teacher wanting to create more students of the ancient novel, needs to read this book. --Joel C. Relihan, Professor of Classics, Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.)I enjoyed this edition very much--the translations are readable while maintaining a strong sense of the originals. The introduction materials are informative and accessible making this text suitable for undergraduate teaching. I also appreciate the formatting—with cultural information and allusions to other authors in footnote and more technical information on the manuscript in endnote. A helpful bibliography is also included. --Kristen Day, Augustana CollegeAccurate and fresh translations of the two earliest Greek novels. . . . A keen textual critic himself, Trzaskoma has published a number of contributions on the novels, offering improvements to the text and identifying additional allusions to classical authors. He includes endnotes to both translations detailing his own conjectures and differences with Reardon and Sullivan, all of which bespeaks a complete reexamination of the texts in preparation for his translations. Although . . . designed for undergraduate courses where these novels will be read by Greekless students, every effort has been made to provide as much information about difficulties in the texts as possible, so these translations will be useful to those interested in the Greek text as well. An unpretentious introduction that will be very appropriate and useful to students reading ancient novels for the first time covers judiciously the major issues relevant to getting started with these stories. . . . It is valuable to read [these two novels] together, and this new text will make that easy and inexpensive to do. --Stephen A. Nimis, Miami University, in The Bryn Mawr Classical Review
£37.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Electra, Phoenician Women, Bacchae, and Iphigenia
Book SynopsisThe four late plays of Euripides collected here, in beautifully crafted translations by Cecelia Eaton Luschnig and Paul Woodruff, offer a faithful and dynamic representation of the playwright’s mature vision.Trade ReviewExcellent! Fine translations, useful introductory material, and invaluable notes. --John F. Makowski, Loyola University, Chicago
£33.14
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Electra, Phoenician Women, Bacchae, and Iphigenia
Book SynopsisThe four late plays of Euripides collected here, in beautifully crafted translations by Cecelia Eaton Luschnig and Paul Woodruff, offer a faithful and dynamic representation of the playwright’s mature vision.Trade ReviewExcellent! Fine translations, useful introductory material, and invaluable notes. --John F. Makowski, Loyola University, ChicagoTable of Contents`
£13.29
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Andromache, Hecuba, Trojan Women
Book SynopsisDiane Arnson Svarlien's translation of Euripides' Andromache, Hecuba, and Trojan Women exhibits the same scholarly and poetic standards that have won praise for her Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus. Ruth Scodel's Introduction examines the cultural and political context in which Euripides wrote, and provides analysis of the themes, structure, and characters of the plays included. Her notes offer expert guidance to readers encountering these works for the first time.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Translator's Preface; Map; Andromache; Hecuba; Trojan Women; Endnotes & Comments on the Text; Suggestions for Further Reading.
£33.14
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Lives that Made Greek History
Book SynopsisAlthough Plutarch did not intend his Lives as a historical record, they sometimes furnish the best account we have of events in classical Greece. In many instances they are the only account available to those exploring ancient history through primary sources.In this compilation from Plutarch's Greek Lives, James Romm gathers the material of greatest historical significance from fifteen biographies, ranging from Theseus in earliest times to Phocion in the late fourth century BCE. While preserving the outlines of Plutarch's character portraits, Romm focuses on the central stories of classical Greece: the rivalry between Athens, Sparta, and Thebes, the rise of Macedon, andthe conflicts between these European states and the Achaemenid Persian empire. Bridging Plutarch’s gaps with concise summaries, Romm creates a coherent narrative of the classical Greek world.This edition features the elegant new translation of Pamela Mensch. Footnotes provide the historical context often omitted by Plutarch and plentiful and detailed cross-references. Also included are a bibliography, maps, a chronological chart, a glossary, and an index.
£13.49
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Lives that Made Greek History
Book SynopsisAlthough Plutarch did not intend his Lives as a historical record, they sometimes furnish the best account we have of events in classical Greece. In many instances they are the only account available to those exploring ancient history through primary sources.In this compilation from Plutarch's Greek Lives, James Romm gathers the material of greatest historical significance from fifteen biographies, ranging from Theseus in earliest times to Phocion in the late fourth century BCE. While preserving the outlines of Plutarch's character portraits, Romm focuses on the central stories of classical Greece: the rivalry between Athens, Sparta, and Thebes, the rise of Macedon, andthe conflicts between these European states and the Achaemenid Persian empire. Bridging Plutarch’s gaps with concise summaries, Romm creates a coherent narrative of the classical Greek world.This edition features the elegant new translation of Pamela Mensch. Footnotes provide the historical context often omitted by Plutarch and plentiful and detailed cross-references. Also included are a bibliography, maps, a chronological chart, a glossary, and an index.
£34.84
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Orestes Plays
Book SynopsisFeaturing Cecelia Eaton Luschnig's annotated verse translations of Euripides' Electra, Iphigenia among the Tauri, and Orestes, this volume offers an ideal avenue for exploring the playwright's innovative treatment of both traditional and non-traditional stories concerning a central, fascinating member of the famous House of Atreus.
£13.29
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World: An
Book SynopsisBy offering fluent, accurate translations of extracts and fragments from a wide assortment of ancient texts, this volume allows a comprehensive overview of ancient Greek and Roman concepts of otherness, as well as Greek and Roman views of non-Greeks and non-Romans. A general introduction, thorough annotation, maps, a select bibliography, and an index are also included.Trade ReviewThis collection of translated excerpts from Greek and Latin authors, from the 8th c. BCE to the 3rd c. CE, brings together a wide range of texts, chosen from historians, epic poets, geographers, medical writers, satirists and others, marvelously illustrating the curiosity of Greeks and Romans about 'race' and 'ethnicity,' self and other. Since for ancient Greeks and Romans one essential element of identity and difference was customs, we learn a lot from these texts about sex and marriage, funerals, and warfare in the Mediterranean and surrounding lands. But the ancient authors also featured banalities such as clothing, horse bits, cooking, and even trash talking. The translations are fresh, accurate, and accessible. . . . In a brisk and smart Introduction [the editors] point out the absence of fixed words for race and ethnicity in classical antiquity even as they provide some good references for exploring the complexity of these modern concepts. --Mary T. Boatwright, Duke UniversityWill allow students to understand for themselves how ancient Greeks and Romans conceived of foreign populations and how they thought about issues of racial, ethnic, and cultural difference. --Jonathan Hall, University of ChicagoVery rich. . . . Following an introduction to classical environmental, genetic, and cultural theories of difference, the sources range over the many peoples of the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, from Egypt to Europe. The reach of this text—and its emphasis on the Greek and Roman views of the 'other'—will make it particularly useful for courses on ethnicity taught in Ancient Mediterranean Studies programs. --Molly Myerowitz Levine, Howard University
£46.74
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Orestes Plays
Book SynopsisFeaturing Cecelia Eaton Luschnig's annotated verse translations of Euripides' Electra, Iphigenia among the Tauri, and Orestes, this volume offers an ideal avenue for exploring the playwright's innovative treatment of both traditional and non-traditional stories concerning a central, fascinating member of the famous House of Atreus.
£34.84
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World: An
Book SynopsisBy offering fluent, accurate translations of extracts and fragments from a wide assortment of ancient texts, this volume allows a comprehensive overview of ancient Greek and Roman concepts of otherness, as well as Greek and Roman views of non-Greeks and non-Romans. A general introduction, thorough annotation, maps, a select bibliography, and an index are also included.Trade ReviewThis collection of translated excerpts from Greek and Latin authors, from the 8th c. BCE to the 3rd c. CE, brings together a wide range of texts, chosen from historians, epic poets, geographers, medical writers, satirists and others, marvelously illustrating the curiosity of Greeks and Romans about 'race' and 'ethnicity,' self and other. Since for ancient Greeks and Romans one essential element of identity and difference was customs, we learn a lot from these texts about sex and marriage, funerals, and warfare in the Mediterranean and surrounding lands. But the ancient authors also featured banalities such as clothing, horse bits, cooking, and even trash talking. The translations are fresh, accurate, and accessible. . . . In a brisk and smart Introduction [the editors] point out the absence of fixed words for race and ethnicity in classical antiquity even as they provide some good references for exploring the complexity of these modern concepts. --Mary T. Boatwright, Duke UniversityWill allow students to understand for themselves how ancient Greeks and Romans conceived of foreign populations and how they thought about issues of racial, ethnic, and cultural difference. --Jonathan Hall, University of ChicagoVery rich. . . . Following an introduction to classical environmental, genetic, and cultural theories of difference, the sources range over the many peoples of the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, from Egypt to Europe. The reach of this text—and its emphasis on the Greek and Roman views of the 'other'—will make it particularly useful for courses on ethnicity taught in Ancient Mediterranean Studies programs. --Molly Myerowitz Levine, Howard University
£19.79
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Barda Balka
Book SynopsisThe Paleolithic site of Barda Balka ("standing stone," "stone to lean upon" in local Kurdish) is situated about 3 kilometers northeast of Chemchemal in Kirkuk Province, Iraq. Until recent years, the site was marked by a natural monolith of limestone conglomerate 3.5 meters high on a rather barren slope partly littered with Acheulean-type bifaces, pebble tools, cores, and flake artifacts. The site was discovered in 1949 by members of the Directorate General of Antiquities of Iraq while on archaeological reconnaissance in the district. In 1951, during a field season of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago under the direction of Robert J. Braidwood (which not only conducted the excavations at nearby Jarmo and Karim Shahir but also carried out wider geological and prehistoric reconnaissance in the extended Chemchemal Valley area), Barda Balka was visited and further studied by Herbert E. Wright Jr. of the University of Minnesota Department of Geology and Bruce Howe, then of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University. Wright and Howe returned shortly thereafter to conduct a four-day sounding campaign of trenching and localized geological investigations. This volume is Howe's final report of these investigations at Barda Balka.
£15.41
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Highlights of the Collections of the Oriental
Book SynopsisThis guide to over 100 highlights of the collections of the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago presents objects from ancient Mesopotamia, Syria-Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt, Persia, Nubia, and objects from the Islamic collection. It features all new photography, provenance information, and a brief description of each object, as well as a history of the collections and a concordance.
£13.00
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures The Oriental Institute 2006-2007 Annual Report
Book SynopsisThe Oriental Institute Annual Reports contain yearly summaries of the activities of the Institutes faculty, staff, and research projects, as well as descriptions of special events and other Institute functions.
£22.00
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Extraction & Control: Studies in Honor of Matthew
Book SynopsisMatthew Wolfgang Stolper began working for the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary in 1978 and became full professor in the Oriental Institute 1987, focusing on Neo-Babylonian and Middle Elamite. Matt has worked tirelessly to raise the necessary funding, to assemble a team of scholars, to promote the importance of the Persepolis Fortification Archive to academic and popular audiences, and most significantly, to concisely, passionately, and convincingly place the Persepolis Archives in their Achaemenid, ancient Near Eastern, and modern geo-political contexts. The twenty-six papers from Stolper's colleagues, friends, and students show the breadth of his interests.
£17.50
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration I:
Book SynopsisThe monograph offers a large number of unpublished text fragments in photo and transliteration and gives succinct philological notes to these fragments. The fragments are part of a large collection that had been found during the early German campaigns at the Hittite capital Hattusa before the Second World War. The fragments were taken to the Staatliche Museen in Berlin (which fell to Eastern Germany after the war) and were finally returned by the German Democratic Republic to Turkey (the Museum of Ancient Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara) in the year 1987. They were then divided among a team of eminent Turkish Hittitologists under the supervision of Sedat Alp, but most of the pieces remained unpublished. Following a decision of the Turkish Ministry of Culture in 2010, a new team was formed, partly consisting of members of the former team, but also supplemented by several Turkish Hittitologists of the younger generation. The author of the present monograph is one of these new team members. Oguz Soysal is an experienced Hittitologist and the author of a number of important publications, which received much attention in the field. In more than one case he has already dealt with unpublished fragments, and on these occasions he has shown himself to be a skilled editor of new texts. As a collaborator of the Hittite Dictionary of the University of Chicago, Soysal was able to draw upon the rich lexical files of this project in order to assign fragments to a text or even join them together with other fragments. Soysal provides photographs and transliterations of each piece. This is a very felicitous decision. Photos offer the users of his book all the information needed on the sign forms of the fragments, and the transliterations show how Soysal has interpreted those signs. Wherever necessary, Soysal gives philological notes to explain certain forms or to present relevant text variants. Each fragment, if possible, is accompanied by information on its assignment to a Hittite text or text genre, the date of the composition, the fragment's measurements, and previous bibliography. After the presentation of the fragments highly useful indexes on onomastics and lexicographical matters close the book.Table of ContentsForeword Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration (Bo 9536 - Bo 9756) Index of Proper Names Select Lexical Entries Lexical Citations Citations from Other Bogazkoy Texts Concordance of the CTH-Numbers according to "CHDS 2" and "Konkordanz"
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures In Remembrance of Me: Feasting with the Dead in
Book SynopsisThis Oriental Institute Museum exhibit catalog looks at how the living commemorated and cared for deceased ancestors in the ancient Middle East. The focus of the exhibit is the memorial monument (stele) of an official named Katumuwa (ca. 735 BC), discovered in 2008 by University of Chicago archaeologists at the site of Zincirli, Turkey. Part I of the catalog presents the most comprehensive collection of scholarship yet published on the interpretation of the Katumuwa Stele, an illuminating new document of ancestor cult and beliefs about the soul. In Part II, leading scholars describe the relationship between the living and the dead in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, and the Levant (Syria-Palestine), providing a valuable introduction to the family and mortuary religion of the ancient Middle East. The fifty-seven objects cataloged highlight the role of food and drink offerings and stone effigies in maintaining a place for the dead in family life.Table of ContentsForeword Preface List of Contributors Map of Select Sites 1. Introduction: The Katumuwa Stele and the Commemoration of the Dead in the Ancient Middle East. Virginia R. Herrmann I. THE KATUMUWA STELE FROM ZINCIRLI 2. The City of Katumuwa: The Iron Age Kingdom of Sam'al and the Excavations of Zincirli. J. David Schloen 3. Katumuwa's Banquet Scene. Dominik Bonatz 4. The Katumuwa Inscription. Dennis Pardee 5. The Katumuwa Stele in Archaeological Context. Virginia R. Herrmann 6. The Katumuwa Stele in the Context of Royal Mortuary Cult at Sam'al. Herbert Niehr II. FEASTS FOR THE DEAD IN THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST 7. Religious, Communal, and Political Feasting in the Ancient Middle East. Marian H. Feldman 8. Feasts for the Dead and Ancestor Veneration in Levantine Traditions. Theodore J. Lewis 9. Death Binds: On Some Rites Surrounding Death in Ancient Anatolia. Theo van den Hout 10. Dead that Are Slow to Depart: Evidence for Ancestor Rituals in Mesopotamia. Karel van der Toorn 11. Feasts for the Dead and Ancestor Veneration in Egyptian Tradition. Miriam Muller III. CATALOG The Katumuwa Stele (Nos. 1-12) The Soul in the Stone: Effigies of the Dead (Nos. 13-21) The Banquet in Life and Death (Nos. 22-27) Dishes for the Dead (Nos. 28-49) Fast Food: Magical Methods of Provisioning the Dead (Nos. 50-52) Epilogue: Contemporary Commemorations (Nos. 53-59) Concordance of Museum Registration Numbers Checklist of the Exhibit
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Essays for the Library of Seshat: Studies
Book SynopsisJanet H. Johnson, Morton D. Hull Distinguished Professor of Egyptology, is internationally known as editor of the Chicago Demotic Dictionary (CDD) project (1976–present), but her publications and interests extend far beyond lexicography. These range from philology and social history to technology and archaeology, including gender studies and marriage, bureaucracy and scribal training, Egyptian grammar of all periods, as well as computer applications to Egyptology and archaeological investigations of the late antique port at Quseir on the Red Sea coast and medieval Luxor. This Festschrift, by twenty-eight colleagues, students, and friends, reflects her wide variety of interests, with topics ranging from the Old Kingdom to Late Antiquity.Table of ContentsPublications of Janet H. Johnson. John A. Larson, University of Chicago Introduction. Robert K. Ritner, University of Chicago 1. The ABCs of Painting in the Mid-Eighteenth Dynasty Terminology and Social Meaning Betsy M. Bryan, Johns Hopkins University 2. Yellow Is Not a Metaphor for “All [That]’s ‘Fair’ in Love and War” Lorelei H. Corcoran, University of Memphis 3. The Camel as a Sethian Creature François Gaudard, University of Chicago 4. A Ptolemaic Grain Account Papyrus (P. Vienna D. 13.534) Richard Jasnow, Johns Hopkins University 5. The Syntax and Semantics of the Particle ἰst in the Middle Egyptian Tales Jacqueline Jay, Eastern Kentucky University 6. An Indurated-Limestone Sphinx Fragment of Nefertiti in the Luxor Temple Blockyard W. Raymond Johnson, University of Chicago 7. Were There Legal Form Books, Legal Casebooks, or Case Law in Ancient Egypt? Thomas Logan, Monterey Peninsula College 8. State Making, Military Power, and Bureaucracy: Some Thoughts on New Directions in the Study of the History of Bureaucracy in Egypt Joseph G. Manning, Yale University 9. “Completamente distrutte”: Réévaluation archéologique de Philadelphie du Fayoum, Égypte Gregory Marouard, University of Chicago 10. Fragments of a Late Roman Doorway at Medinet Habu J. Brett McClain, University of Chicago 11. “Nonsense Burners” and Nomads Carol Meyer, University of Chicago 12. The Foundation and Purpose of the Settlement at Lahun during the Middle Kingdom: A New Evaluation Nadine Moeller, University of Chicago 13. A Loan Contract in Chicago from the Archive of the Theban Choachytes (Second Century BCE) Brian P. Muhs, University of Chicago 14. “Greeks” in a Demotic List O. Lips. ÄMUL dem. inv. 1422 Franziska Naether, Universität Leipzig 15. Converters in Old Egyptian Hratch Papazian, University of Cambridge 16. Family of Priests in the Theban Tombs of Ahmose and R‘a (TT 121 and 72) Peter A. Piccione, University of Charleston, S. C. 17. The Origin of Evil in Egyptian Theological Speculation Robert K. Ritner, University of Chicago 18. Fear of Hieroglyphs: Patterns of Suppression and Mutilation in Old Kingdom Period Burial Chambers Ann Macy Roth, New York University 19. An Embalmer’s Bowl with Demotic Inscription (Oriental Institute Museum E9115) Foy Scalf, University of Chicago 20. Stela of Tamiw Naming a King Takelot (Liverpool 24.11.81.7) Cynthia May Sheikholeslami, Cairo, Egypt 21. Pectorals, Seals, and Seal Cases(?) David P. Silverman, Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania 22. Transformation and Justification: A Unique Adaptation of Book of the Dead Spell 125 in P. Louvre E 3452 Mark Smith, University of Oxford 23. Djedhor Son of Usirwer in the Valley of the Kings Steve Vinson, Indiana University Bloomington, Eugene Cruz-Uribe, Indiana University East, and Jacqueline Jay, Eastern Kentucky University 24. The Beginning and End of Coffin Spell 149: A Living Person Approaches the Netherworld Tribunal Edward F. Wente, University of Chicago 25. Revisiting the Egyptian Memnon: Landscape and Memory in Western Thebes Jennifer Westerfeld, University of Louisville 26. A Saite Family Burial Assemblage from Nag el-Hassiya in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology T. G. Wilfong, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan 27. Security Conditions and Methods in the Middle Kingdom Bruce B. Williams, University of Chicago 28. Eine neue demotische Lebenslehre (Pap. Berlin P. 13605) Karl-Theodor Zauzich
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures The Ritual Landscape at Persepolis
Book SynopsisThere are, perhaps, no more contentious issues within the study of Achaemenid Persia than those surrounding its religion(s) and religious iconography. Owing to the role that fire plays in Zoroastrian beliefs in later periods in Iran, almost any discussion of the subject of Achaemenid religion will eventually turn to the identification of sacred fire, fire temples, fire worship, and fire altars in the archaeological, epigraphic, and literary records. The focus of this book is a corpus of glyptic imagery preserved as impressions on two large archives of administrative tablets from Persepolis, the Persepolis Fortification archive (509-493 BC) and the Persepolis Treasury archive (492-457 BC). The glyptic imagery here published concerns representations of what have been traditionally termed "fire altars" and/or "fire temples." Most of this glyptic evidence has never been published; many of the structures and the scenes in which they occur are strikingly original. The goals of this study are to introduce a new corpus of visual imagery concerning religious ritual in the Achaemenid period and to explore the significance of this visual language for our understanding of ritual traditions emerging within the heart of the empire at its most critical formative period, the reign of Darius I. This study seeks also to use the Persepolitan glyptic evidence as a springboard to re-visit the most famous "fire altar" depicted in Achaemenid art, that on the tomb relief of Darius I at Naqs-e Rostam. This study is an initial step in the development of a religious topography for the zone encompassing Persepolis and Naqs-e Rostam, both a topography on the imaginary level (through images) and a topography on the physical level (through the built space). The glyptic images assembled in this study are the most numerous, the most visually complex, and the best dated and contextualized evidence that currently exists for the study of fire in ritual, and religious ritual more broadly, in early Achaemenid Iran.
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures The Great Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Amun at
Book SynopsisStanding at the heart of Karnak Temple, the Great Hypostyle Hall is a forest of 134 giant sandstone columns enclosed by massive walls. Sety I built the Great Hypostyle Hall ca. 1300 BCE and decorated the northern wing with exquisite bas reliefs. After his death, his successor Ramesses II completed the southern wing mostly in sunk relief. This volume provides full translation, epigraphic analysis, and photographic documentation of the elaborate wall reliefs inside the Hall. This vast trove of ritual art and texts attest to the richness and vitality of Egyptian civilization at the height of its imperial power. The present volume builds upon and serves as a companion to an earlier volume of drawings of the wall scenes made by Harold H. Nelson in the 1950s and edited for publication by William J. Murnane in 1981. Volume 1, Part 2 452pp; Volume 1, Part 3 (figures and plates) 328pp.Table of ContentsTable of Contents, part 2 (translation and commentary) List of Symbols and Abbreviations List of Plans Preface Acknowledgments 1. Constructing and Decorating the Great Hypostyle Hall 2. The Character and Chronology of the Relief Decoration of Sety I and Ramesses II in the Great Hypostyle Hall 3. General Characteristics of Nelson's Drawings 4. Translation and Commentary West Wall, Gateway (Plates 1-4, 41 left, 131-34, 262) West Wall, South Wing (Plates 5-41) South Wall (Plates 42-87) South Wall, West Wing (Plates 42-53) South Wall, Gateway (Plates 54-61, 87) South Wall, East Wing (Plates 62-79, 80-86) East Wall, South Wing (Plates 88-109, 130) West Wall, North Wing (Plates 135-70) North Wall (Plates 171-201) North Wall, West Wing (Plates 171-81) North Wall, East Wing (Plates 188-201) North Wall, Gateway (Plates 182-87) East Wall, North Wing (Plates 202-32) Vestibule of the Third Pylon (Plates 110-30 + 261, 233-57 + 265) Eastern Vestibule, North Wing (Plates 233-57, 265) Eastern Vestibule, South Wing (Plates 110-30, 261) Glossary Appendix A: Color on the Hieroglyphs Appendix B: Cartouches and Horus Names Appendix C: Protection Formulae Table of Contents, part 3 (figures and plates) List of Figures List of Plates Figures 1-373 Plates 1-265
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Excavations in the Plain of Antioch Volume III:
Book SynopsisPart One: Text Part Two: Catalog and Plates This set of two volumes presents the final report of the four archaeological campaigns carried out by the Oriental Institute at the site of Chatal Hoyuk in the Amuq (currently Hatay, Turkey) under the directorship of Ian McEwan and Robert Braidwood, more than eighty years after their field operations. The excavation's documents (daily journals, original drawings, photos, lists of objects, and letters) stored in the Oriental Institute Archives, as well as the approximately 13,000 small finds and pottery sherds from the site currently kept at the Oriental Institute Museum, provided the necessary dataset for the analysis presented here. This dataset allowed the author to reconstruct the life of a village which survived the political turmoil in the period from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Iron Age (16th-6th centuries bc). If Chatal Hoyuk was during the Late Bronze Age a village in the provincial part of a large empire (Hittite), it became a large independent town in a small but powerful new political entity (Walistin) during the Iron Age I and II, before being conquered by the Assyrian Empire. In this extended publication of small finds and pottery, many previously unpublished materials are made available to both general readers and scholars for the first time. The material culture discussed and analyzed here offers the chance to trace changes and continuity in the site's domestic activities, to point out shifts in cultural contacts over a long period of time, and to monitor the construction of a new community identity. 198 plates, 125 figures, 7 tablesTable of ContentsPart 1 (text) List of Tables List of Figures Preface (James F. Osborne) Acknowledgments Bibliography CHAPTER 1. History of the Excavations, Research, and Materials CHAPTER 2. Methods of Reanalysis CHAPTER 3. Area I: Stratigraphy and Related Materials CHAPTER 4. Area II: Stratigraphy and Related Materials CHAPTER 5. Area IVa: Stratigraphy and Related Materials CHAPTER 6. Area V: Stratigraphy and Related Materials CHAPTER 7. Caches and Specific Features in the Trenches CHAPTER 8. The Amuq Phases at Chatal Höyuk: Pottery Classes and Chronology CHAPTER 9. Containers: Functional Classification and Morphology CHAPTER 10. Armors and Weapons CHAPTER 11. Dress and Personal Accessories CHAPTER 12. Furniture and Fittings CHAPTER 13. Toys and Games CHAPTER 14. Tools and Equipment CHAPTER 15. Miscellaneous (Unknown Function) CHAPTER 16. Urban Space and Material Culture as a Mirror for Social and Political Changes Appendix 1. The Cuneiform Tablet (John A. Brinkman) Appendix 2. The Neo-Babylonian Amulet (Eva Götting) Appendix 3. Aegyptiaca from the Mound at Chatal Höyuk (Gunther Hölbl) Appendix 4. Materials from the Oriental Institute Museum Archives Turkçe Özet (translated by Oya Topçuoglu) (translated by Ibrahim Ahmad) Part 2 (catalog & plates) List of Plates Introduction Catalog Plates
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of
Book SynopsisThis is the fourth and final fascicle of the letter S (-sma/i- A. to suu). The CHD is a comprehensive, bilingual Hittite-English dictionary. The CHD is not just a list of words and their meanings, but rather an encyclopedic dictionary that reflects and illustrates the ideas and material world of Hittite society through its lexicon. Published letter by letter, the CHD is a long-term project and the result of a painstaking process of cultural, historical, and lexical investigation for all those interested in Hittite culture and history. The CHD is the only such project in the English speaking world.
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of
Book SynopsisThis volume of the Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CHD) is the complete volume of the letter S (-sa to suu-), including fascicles 1-4. The CHD is a comprehensive, bilingual Hittite-English dictionary. The CHD is not just a list of words and their meanings, but rather an encyclopedic dictionary that reflects and illustrates the ideas and material world of Hittite society through its lexicon. Published letter by letter, the CHD is a long-term project and the result of a painstaking process of cultural, historical, and lexical investigation for all those interested in Hittite culture and history. The CHD is the only such project in the English speaking world.
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration II:
Book SynopsisThese Hittite text fragments are part of a large collection found during the early Turkish-German excavations at the Hittite capital Hattusa before the Second World War. This book offers a large number of unpublished text fragments from the collection, both photographed and in transliteration, also providing philological notes to the fragments. The fragments were originally taken to the Staatliche Museen in Berlin (which fell to East Germany after the war) and were finally returned by the German Democratic Republic to Turkey (the Museum of Ancient Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara) in 1987. They were then divided among a team of eminent Turkish Hittitologists under the supervision of Sedat Alp, but most of the pieces remain unpublished. In 2010 a new team was formed, partly consisting of members of the former team, but also supplemented by several fine younger Turkish Hittitologists. The authors of the present monograph are among these new team members. Oguz Soysal, a Hittitologist, and Basak Yildiz Gulsen, a curator of the Ankara Museum, provide photographs and transliterations of each piece. Wherever necessary, the authors give philological notes to explain certain forms or to present relevant text variants. Each fragment, if possible, is accompanied by information on its assignment to a Hittite text or text genre, the date of the composition, the fragment's measurements, and previous bibliography. 316 illustrations (most in colour)
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Discovering New Pasts: The OI at 100
Book SynopsisIn celebration of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago’s centennial year, over sixty different authors and contributors have come together to provide a personalized history of the OI's work past and present. In these pages we invite you to join us on an adventure. Explore the legacy of James Henry Breasted and the institute he founded. Discover the inner workings of the OI and its museum. Travel across multiple continents to learn about ground-breaking research. Enjoy a unique collection of nearly six hundred images, all in one publication for the first time. Learn the story of the Institute's development—from being one man's dream to becoming one of the world's pre-eminent authorities on over ten thousand years of human civilization.Table of ContentsForeword. John Rowe Introduction. Christopher Woods Note from the Editor. Theo van den Hout Authors & Contributors Map of the Ancient World Timeline of the Ancient Middle East BEGINNINGS 01. Seeking Permanence Seeking Permanence: James Henry Breasted and His Oriental Institute. Jeffrey Abt 02. Architecture of the OI Architecture of the OI. Susan J. van der Meulen THE INSTITUTE 03. Museum Introduction. Jean M. Evans A History of the OI Museum. Emily Teeter The Tablet Collection. Susanne Paulus Keeping the Past Present: A Short History of the OI Museum Archives. Anne Flannery Conservation: One Hundred Years of Change. Laura D'Alessandro Registration. Raymond Tindel & Helen McDonald 04. Education OI Volunteer Program. Terry Friedman, Sue Geshwender & Janet Helman Youth and Family Programs. Calgary Haines-Trautman 05. Research Archives A Kind of Paradise: The Research Archives of the OI. Foy Scalf CAMEL. Anthony Lauricella 06. Publications Makin' Books: OI Publications. Charissa Johnson AREAS OF RESEARCH 07. Egypt Egypt: Where the OI Began. Brian P. Muhs The Epigraphic Survey, 1924-2019. W. Raymond Johnson & J. Brett McClain Chicago House: Technological Innovations in Epigraphic Recording. W. Raymond Johnson & J. Brett McClain The Chicago Demotic Dictionary. Janet H. Johnson & Brian P. Muhs The Coffin Texts Project. Robert K. Ritner The "Ancient Egyptian Paintings" Project. Robert K. Ritner The Mummy Label Database (MLD). François Gaudard, Raquel Martín Hernández & Sofía Torallas Tovar Tell Edfu. Nadine Moeller & Gregory Marouard 08. Mesopotamia Mesopotamian Archaeology at the OI. McGuire Gibson, Karen Wilson & Jean M. Evans Assyriology and the Assyrian Dictionary. Martha T. Roth 09. Iran The Past and Present of the OI's Work in Iran. Abbas Alizadeh & Matthew W. Stolper 10. Afghanistan OI Cultural Heritage Preservation Projects in Afghanistan. Gil Stein 11. Anatolia Hittite and Anatolian Studies at the OI. Richard Beal 12. Levant Northwest Semitics in the OI: Recollections of the Last Half Century. Dennis Pardee The OI'S Expedition to Megiddo, 1925-39. Eric H. Cline 13. Nubia The OI and Nubia. Bruce B. Williams & Lisa Heidorn 14. Islamic OI Projects from the Islamic Period: Texts and Archaeology. Tasha Vorderstrasse APPENDICES Directors of the OI Curators of the Museum Advisory Council and Breasted Medallion Awardees A Few Faces of the OI OI Founding Documents University of Chicago Campus Map
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