{"product_id":"susa-and-elam-ii-history-language-religion-and-culture-9789004527751","title":"Susa and Elam II: History, Language, Religion and Culture.","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusa and Elam II: History, Language, Religion and Culture presents 16 contributions on various topics, all related to the history of Susa and Elam, both situated in the southwest of modern-day Iran. More specifically, the volume is the proceedings of an international conference held at the Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) from 6 to 9 July 2015. There are four main sections (history, language, religion, and culture) containing articles by Belgian and internationally renowned researchers, as well as some young scholars, specialized in Susian and Elamite studies. The contributions cover various themes such as royal names, diplomatic history, Elamite weights, and socio-environmental history among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  List of Figures  List of Tables  Abbreviations  Part 1 History    1 Tradition und Nationalgefühl in der elamischen Konföderation   Michael Andreas Mäder    2 Agricultural Production of the Girsu-Lagaš Institution at Susa During the Ur III Period   Kazuya Maekawa    3 Neo-Elamite Eastern Territories and Pastoralist People: The Case of Persian Tribes   Kiumars Alizadeh    4 Perilous Journeys for Elamite Messengers and Envoys   Elynn Gorris    Part 2 Language    5 Mesopotamia and the East: The Perspective from the Literary Texts from Fāra and Tell Abū Ṣalābīḫ   Kamran Vincent Zand    6 The Logogram for ‘King’ in Susa and Elam   Gian Pietro Basello    7 Kings (and Others) with Too Many Names: An Elamite Onomastic Imbroglio   Jan Tavernier    Part 3 Religion    8 The Elymaean Temple of Bard-e Neshandeh: A New Interpretation   Davide Salaris    Part 4 Culture    9 The Bow of Elam, the Mainstay of Their Might   Javier Álvarez-Mon    10 The Historical Geography of Western Iran: An Archaeological Perspective on the Location of Kimaš   Steve Renette    11 Royal Imagery of Old Elamite Kings: A Competition for Identity   Holly Pittman    12 On the Way from Susiana to the Deh Lurān Plain: New Evidence of the Elamite Settlements on the Western Bank of the Karkheh River, Southwest Iran   Ali Zalaghi    13 Female, Fish and Frying Pan: An Enigmatic Funerary Unique to Elam   Yasmina Wicks    14 Elam and Persia: Between the Environment and Land Use, Comparable Models?   Nabil Ibnoerrida    15 Note on New Weights from Susa: Further Evidence on Susa-Indus Commercial Transactions and Cultural Relations   Enrico Ascalone    16 Scales and Weights from Susa and Ur: Metrological Interaction Spheres between Southern Mesopotamia and Western Iran during the Middle Bronze Age   Luca Peyronel    Index of Divine Names  Index of Personal Names  Index of Topographical Names  Index of Text Citations","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210856948055,"sku":"9789004527751","price":217.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/susa-and-elam-ii-history-language-religion-and-culture-9789004527751","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}