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Book SynopsisThis volume is a tribute to the career of Professor Olivier Rouault who has conducted extensive research in the fields of both Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern archaeology. The book is composed of 25 papers written by his colleagues, friends and former students from Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Syria and the United States. The contributions presented here combine archaeological, iconographic and Assyriological studies from the Neolithic to the 1st millennium BC, covering whole of Mesopotamia and regions of Anatolia and the Levant. Nine papers deal with the data of Terqa, Mari and Qasr Shemamok, sites close to Professor Olivier Rouault’s main field of research. He published cuneiform tablets from Mari and Terqa and worked as a director of archaeological missions at Terqa and Qasr Shemamok. The book is divided into six main topics: Palace and Administration, Temples and Cults, Families and Societies, Literatures and Historiography, Representation and Symbolic Aspects, Cultural Markers and Stratigraphy – all the topics that attracted Professor Olivier Rouault during his fruitful career. More intimate texts recounting memories of moments shared with Olivier punctuate the reading of these contributions.
Table of ContentsListe des figures et des tableaux
Introduction
Tabula gratulatoria
1ÈRE PARTIE: PALAIS, TEMPLES ET SOCIÉTÉS
PALAIS ET ADMINISTRATION
Amical souvenir de Terqa - by Agnès Spycket
Remarques iconographiques et épigraphiques concernant des empreintes de sceaux-cylindres inscrits de Mari – Ville II - by Laurent Colonna d’Istria
Nouveaux cas d’ordalie à Mari - by Antoine Cavigneaux
Sal(a)hum and the Urban Landscape in the Old Babylonian Letters - by Shigeo Yamada
Communication administrative par messager dans la documentation de Nuzi - by Philippe Abrahami
TEMPLES ET CULTES
A Small Ninevite 5 Period Shrine from Tell Arbid - by Piotr Bieliński
Fragment de maquette architecturale ou de figurine en terre cuite? - by Jean-Claude Margueron, Béatrice Muller
Une brique inscrite d’Adad-apla-iddina provenant de Larsa Camille Lecompte et Régis Vallet Shalmaneser III and the Harp of Arbail - by John MacGinnis
L’Ezida de Kalhu et son clergé au VIIe siècle av. J.-C. d’après la documentation textuelle - by Pierre Villard
Walking among the Camels with Olivier - by Mark W. Chavalas
FAMILLES ET SOCIÉTÉS
Architecture and Social Continuity at Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad III, Syria - by Peter M. M. G. Akkermans, Merel L. Brüning
De la difficulté à établir les prix des maisons: méthodes, marchés, prix, valeur réelle, valeurs vénales et incohérences variées dans la ville de Larsa paléo-babylonienne - by Laura Battini
Family Members, Neighbors, and a Local Shrine in Terqa, Syria, in the Late Old Babylonian Period - by Amanda H. Podany
Des monuments et des hommes de Tabal - by Clelia Mora
2ÈME PARTIE: LITTÉRATURES, ASPECTS SYMBOLIQUES ET MARQUEURS CULTURELS
À mon professeur - by Juliette Mas
LITTÉRATURES ET HISTORIOGRAPHIE
Telling a Story, Giving the Time in Mesopotamia: A Literary Point of View - by Maria Grazia Masetti-Rouault
The Pseudo-Hieroglyphic Inscriptions from Byblos, Their Elusive Dating, and Their Affinities with the Early Phoenician Inscriptions - by Benjamin Sass
Wit, Banter and Sarcasm in Mari Letters - by Jack M. Sasson
REPRÉSENTATIONS ET ASPECTS SYMBOLIQUES
A Look at a Miniature Universe: ‘Small Performed Deeds’? - by Rita Dolce
On Contrasting Black-and-White Chromatic Decoration: a New Interpretation - by Paola Poli
Tuer un dieu dans la mythologie mésopotamienne - by Virginie Muller
La tombe 755 de Meskalamdu, une tombe royale : mythe ou réalité? - by Catherine Lazzarini
Notes d’Archéologie Levantine LX. A propos d’une tête royale syrienne de Mishirfeh-Qaṭna au Musée du Louvre - by Michel Al-Maqdissi, Eva Ishaq
‘To deal rightly with the pot…’ Quelques observations sur l’ensevelissement des immatures à Terqa (Ashara) aux IIIe et IIe millénaires av. J.-C Constance - by Anne Frank
MARQUEURS CULTURELS ET STRATIGRAPHIE
Fragments of a Hidden History: The Third Millennium BC at Qasr Shemamok - by Elena Rova
La céramique côtelée de Djézireh à la fin du Bronze ancien: un type de décor, un type de pâte, un répertoire morphologique et/ou un marqueur chrono-culturel? - by Juliette Mas
À propos de l’occupation d’époque assyrienne à Mari. Quelques observations préliminaires sur la documentation sigillographique - by Dominique Beyer
Brève contribution à un hommage à Olivier Rouault. Une campagne de prospection géophysique particulière - by Rémy Chapoulie
ANNEXE
Bibliographie d’Olivier Rouault
