{"product_id":"time-and-history-in-the-ancient-near-east-proceedings-of-the-56th-rencontre-assyriologique-internationale-at-barcelona-26-30-july-2010-9781575062556","title":"Time and History in the Ancient Near East:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn July, 2010, the International Association for Assyriology met in Barcelona, Spain, for 5 days to deliver and listen to papers on the theme “Time and History in the Ancient Near East.” This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains 70 of the papers read at the 56th annual Rencontre, including the papers from several workshop sessions on “architecture and archaeology,” “early Akkadian and its Semitic context,” “ Hurrian language,” “law in the ancient Near East,” “Middle Assyrian texts and studies,” and a variety of additional papers not directly related to the conference theme. The photo on the back cover shows only a representative portion of the attendees, who were warmly hosted by faculty and students from the University of Barcelona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e56th World Congress for Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology, Barcelona 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddress (July 26, 2010) Prof. Joaquín Sanmartín, Chairman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProgram\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpening Lectures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime before Time: Primeval Narratives in Early Mesopotamian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e Gonzalo Rubio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Extent of Literacy in Syria and Palestine during the Second Millennium b.c.e.\u003c\/i\u003e Wilfred H. van Soldt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTime and History in the Ancient Near East\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime “Pulled up” in Ashurnasirpal’s Reliefs\u003c\/i\u003e Laura Battini\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAkkadian and Aramaic Terms for a ‘Favorable Time’ (?idanu, adanu, and ?iddan): Semitic Precursors of Greek kairos?\u003c\/i\u003e Daniel Bodi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasters of Time: Old Babylonian Kings and Calendars\u003c\/i\u003e Dominique Charpin and Nele Ziegler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on the Neo-Assyrian Siege-Shield and Chariot\u003c\/i\u003e Fabrice De Backer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChanging Space, Time, and Meaning: The Seal of Yaqaru from Ugarit— A Reconversion?\u003c\/i\u003e Silvana Di Paolo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime in Neo-Assyrian Letters\u003c\/i\u003e Frederick Mario Fales\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Historical Preamble of the Talmi-Šarruma Treaty (CTH 75) and Some Chronological Problems of the History of Halap\u003c\/i\u003e Daria Gromova\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagie et Histoire: les rituels en temps de guerre\u003c\/i\u003e Cynthia Jean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime and Again: Marduk’s Travels\u003c\/i\u003e Erika D. Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime in Death and Afterlife: The Concept of Time and the Belief in Afterlife\u003c\/i\u003e Dina Katz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConcepts and Perception of Time in Mesopotamian Divination\u003c\/i\u003e Ulla Susanne Koch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTemps, mémoire et évolution des cultures aux époques archaïques: écriture du passé et listes lexicales\u003c\/i\u003e Camille Lecompte\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime in Ancient Israel: Hebrew \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eʿ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eôlam, Past and Future\u003c\/i\u003e Baruch A. Levine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Lange Jahre” und Lebenszeit bei den Hethitern\u003c\/i\u003e Jürgen Lorenz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heuristic Value of E. de Martino’s Concept of Metahistory and Related Topics in Research into Mesopotamian Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e Alessandro Di Ludovico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I Read the Inscriptions from before the Flood...” Neo-Sumerian Influences in Ashurbanipal’s Royal Self-Image\u003c\/i\u003e Natalie Naomi May\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMesopotamian Idea of Time through Modern Eyes (Disruption and Continuity)\u003c\/i\u003e Àngel Menargues Rajadell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTemporalité et spatialité dans les rites de passage de l’Anatolie hittite\u003c\/i\u003e Alice Mouton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReconsidering the Categories of Time in Ancient Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e Susana B. Murphy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Internal” and “External” Evidence for a Reconstruction of Nuzi Chronology\u003c\/i\u003e P. Negri Scafa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Other Face of the Moon: Some Hints on the Visual Representation of the Moon on Third-Millennium b.c.e. Mesopotamian Glyptic\u003c\/i\u003e Sara Pizzimenti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tuleilat al-Ghassul Star Painting: A Hypothesis Regarding a Solar Calendar from the Fourth Millennium b.c. \u003c\/i\u003eAndrea Polcaro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Monster’s Gaze: Vision as Mediator between Time and Space in the Art of Mesopotamia\u003c\/i\u003e K. Sonik\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Time to Rejoice: The Egalkura Rituals and the Mirth of Iyyar\u003c\/i\u003e Henry Stadhouders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDer Kalendar von Adab im 3. Jahrtausend\u003c\/i\u003e M. Such-Gutiérrez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDivine or Human Creation of Time? The Issue of Time as a Factor Determining the Relationship of Man to God\u003c\/i\u003e Krzysztof Ulanowski\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorkshops: Architecture and Archaeology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Architecture and Archaeology: The Case of the Hypothetical Reconstruction of the Neo-Assyrian Palace at Tell Massaïkh (Syria), 2007–2009\u003c\/i\u003e Jordi Abadal, Pedro Azara, David Capellas, Albert Imperial, and Miguel Orellana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdea and Image: How What We Know Determines What We Want to Know\u003c\/i\u003e Fernando Escribano Martín\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchitecture and Ancient Near East in Drawings, Buildings, and Virtual Reality: Issues in Imagining and Designing Ancient and Modern Space\u003c\/i\u003e Maria Gabriella Micale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvented Space: Discovering Near Eastern Architecture through Imaginary Representations and Constructions\u003c\/i\u003e Davide Nadali\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFragments d’arts mésopotamiens: aux origines des empires\u003c\/i\u003e Maria Grazia Masetti-Rouault\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReception of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture in Europe and North America in the 20th Century\u003c\/i\u003e Brigitte Pedde\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssyrian Wall Paintings and Modern Reconstructions\u003c\/i\u003e Paola Poli\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorkshop: Early Akkadian and Its Semitic Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForm und Datierung früher semitischer Lehnwörter im Sumerischen\u003c\/i\u003e J. Keetman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStativität und Perfektivität in den Ost- und Westsemitischen Sprachen\u003c\/i\u003e Eulàlia Vernet i Pons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorkshop: Hurrian Language\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Hurro-Akkadian Expression for Changing One’s Testimony Attested in Nuzi Trial Records\u003c\/i\u003e Jeanette C. Fincke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHurrian Personal Names in the Kingdom of Ḫatti\u003c\/i\u003e Stefano de Martino\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGedanken zu den Textstellen I:90 und III:30 in dem Mittanni-Brief?\u003c\/i\u003e J. Oliva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorkshop: Law in the Ancient Near East\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistorical Context and Social Theories: Its Influence on the Study of Mesopotamian Juridical Phenomena\u003c\/i\u003e Eleonora Ravenna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Time in Old Babylonian Juridical Texts\u003c\/i\u003e Cristina Simonetti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorkshop: Middle Assyrian Texts and Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSag mir quando, sag mir wann...\u003c\/i\u003e Stefan Jakob\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContractual Formalism and Zukunftsbewältigung in Middle Assyrian Agricultural Accounting\u003c\/i\u003e J. Cale Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Eponym Ber-nadin-apli and the Documents Referring to the Expeditions to the City of Tille in the Reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I (1233–1197 b.c.e.)\u003c\/i\u003e Jaume Llop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDie tägliche Speisung des Assur (gina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eʾ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eu) und deren politische Bedeutung\u003c\/i\u003e Stefan M. Maul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImperial Culture: Some Reflections on Middle Assyrian Settlements\u003c\/i\u003e Aline Tenu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVaria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTugdamme and the Cimmerians: A Test of Piety in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions\u003c\/i\u003e Selim F. Adali\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Changing Approaches to History in the Neo-Assyrian Palace Reliefs\u003c\/i\u003e Mehmet-Ali Ataç\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenres Meet: Assurbanipal’s Prayer in the Inscription L4 and the Bilingual Communal Lamentations\u003c\/i\u003e Amitai Baruchi-Unna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eL’incorruptible et l’éphémère: le miel et la glace, composants sacrés des boissons royales\u003c\/i\u003e Daniel Bonneterre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Kings of the Orient in Archaic Ur\u003c\/i\u003e Petr Charvát\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIlum-išar et Apil-kin: deux nouvelles inscriptions de Mari\u003c\/i\u003e Laurent Colonna d’Istria and Anne-Caroline Rendu Loisel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Few Thoughts about Late Chalcolithic Architecture and the Uruk Expansion in the Middle Euphrates Area\u003c\/i\u003e Jesús Gil Fuensanta and Juan Manuel Gonzalez Salazar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFurther Considerations on the Ankara Silver Bowl\u003c\/i\u003e Federico Giusfredi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of the Side Court House in Late MB Central and Southwestern Anatolia\u003c\/i\u003e Fabrizio Giovannetti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Role of the Sagga in Ur III Based on the Puzriš-Dagan Texts\u003c\/i\u003e Jorge Hernández\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Extension: Secondary Burial and the Making and Unmaking of Self in EB IA\u003c\/i\u003e Rick Hauser\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Offering for the Ritual of King Seleucus III and His Offspring\u003c\/i\u003e Yasuyuki Mitsuma\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome New Light on Pre-Sargonic Umma\u003c\/i\u003e Salvatore F. Monaco\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSettlement Patterns and Interactions in the West Bank Highlands in the Iron Age I Period: A New Approach\u003c\/i\u003e Alessio Palmisano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eComputational and Spatial Approaches to the Commercial Landscapes and Political Geography of the Old Assyrian Colony Period\u003c\/i\u003e Alessio Palmisano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEunuchs in Hatti and Assyria: A Reassessment\u003c\/i\u003e Ilan Peled\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEridu Texts\u003c\/i\u003e Giovanni Pettinato†\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLes particularités d’emploi des signes cunéiformes à différentes périodes de la langue hittite\u003c\/i\u003e Olga Popova\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecent Researches in the Erbil Region: 2010 Excavations in Kilik Mishik (Iraqi Kurdistan)\u003c\/i\u003e Olivier Rouault\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWer war Großkönig I(a)+ra\/i-TONITRUS der KARAHÖYÜK-Inschrift? \u003c\/i\u003eZsolt Simon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdentification of an Unfinished Statue Found in a Quarry at Karakiz, Yozgat, Turkey\u003c\/i\u003e Dr. Ilknur Tas, Ömer Yilmaz, and Özlem Sir Gavaz\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50083762078039,"sku":"9781575062556","price":113.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781575062556.jpg?v=1740724699","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/time-and-history-in-the-ancient-near-east-proceedings-of-the-56th-rencontre-assyriologique-internationale-at-barcelona-26-30-july-2010-9781575062556","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}