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Book SynopsisIn the 5 days from July 16 through July 20, 2012, more than three hundred Assyriologists from all over the world gathered in Leiden, the Netherlands, to read more than 130 papers and to contribute to a variety of workshops. Many of the papers were read in the context of several thematic workshops, some of which were related to the main theme of the conference. This volume publishes 21 of the revised essays on the main topic of the Rencontre-Private and State in the Ancient Near East. As is usually the case, the academic sessions were accompanied by many opportunities for social interaction among the participants, and there was time to enjoy the historical and cultural benefits of Leiden. The book is divided into two sections. In the first section are three "Opening Lectures," by Hans Neumann on Mesopotamian society at the turn of the 3rd millennium B.C.; by Adelheid Otto on archaeological perspectives on private and state in the second millennium B.C.; and by Michael Jursa on the state and its subjects during Neo-Babylonian times. In the second section, 18 essays on various aspects of the relationship of private life and activity to the state and government in various periods are presented.
Table of ContentsForewordAbbreviationsProgramPart 1: Opening LecturesDie Gesellschaft Mesopotamiens in der Zeit der Wende vom 3. zum 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr. zwischen Theorie und LebenswirklichkeitHans NeumannPrivate and State in the Second Millennium B.C. from an Archaeological PerspectiveAdelheid OttoThe State and Its Subjects under the Neo-Babylonian EmpireMichael JursaPart 2: PapersMesopotamian Divinatory Inquiry: A Private or a State Matter?Netanel AnorSupervision over Weighing in Early Dynastic and Sargonic MesopotamiaVitali BartashReligious Private Practices from Ur III/Old Babylonian UrL. BattiniNomads and the Middle Assyrian State Administration: A New Interpretation of a Letter from Tell Seh Hamad and Some Related MattersYigal BlochHow to Execute a Person in Private and Preserve One's Face in Public: (ARMT 13, 107, Gen 37:20-24, and Jer 38:6-13)Daniel BodiLe lait, la viande et la gloutonnerie du roi: Rites alimentaires d'installation des achemenides a la lumiere de quelques textes mesopotamiensDaniel BonneterreLes Assyriens a Edeli: Vie privee et activites publiquesFabrice De BackerIntellectual Opposition in Mesopotamia between Private and StateSebastian FinkOn Purity-Private and PublicMartin LangSahhan und luzziJurgen LorenzPrivate Religious Life in Emar and the Hittite EmpirePatrick Maxime MichelInfliger la mort: aspects publics et prives dans la documentation de Mari et les recueils de lois du IIeme millenaire av. J.-C.Virginie MullerWriting for the Palace, Writing for the Citizens: The Organization of the Activities of Nuzi ScribesPaola Negri ScafaSeals with Granulation Caps in the First Half of the Second Millennium B.C.: New DataJulie Patrier and Denis LacambreData Mining Tools and GRID Infrastructure for Text Analysis in Assyriology: An Old Babylonian Case StudyGiovanni Ponti, Daniela Alderuccio, Giorgio Mencuccini, Alessio Rocchi, Silvio Migliori, Giovanni Bracco, Paola Negri ScafaPopular Religion or Popular Participation in Public Rites?JoAnn ScurlockNew Observations on the Locations of Some Central Anatolian Towns during the Bronze AgeOEzlem S. GavazAspekte von Kultinventaren im Licht des unveroeffentlichten Textes Bo 8359Ilknur Tas
