In 1st Dynasty Egypt (ca. 3000 BCE), mudbrick architecture may have been influenced by existing Mesopotamian practices such as the complex niching of monumental façades. From the 1st to 3rd Dynasties, the niches of some mudbrick mastabas at Saqqara were painted with brightly-coloured geometric designs in a clear imitation of woven reed matting.…[Read more]

In spite of renewed scholarly interest in the religion of Judeans living on the island of Elephantine during the Persian period, only one recent study has addressed the religious significance of the fired clay female figurines discovered there. The present article seeks to place these objects back on the research agenda. After summarizing the…[Read more]

In spite of renewed scholarly interest in the religion of Judeans living on the island of Elephantine during the Persian period, only one recent study has addressed the religious significance of the fired clay female figurines discovered there. The present article seeks to place these objects back on the research agenda. After summarizing the…[Read more]

D. Kruisheer, ‘A Bibliographical Clavis to the Works of Jacob of Edessa (revised and expanded)’, in B. ter Haar Romeny (ed.), Jacob of Edessa and the Syriac Culture of His Day (Monographs of the Peshitta Institute Leiden 18; Leiden: Brill, 2008), 265–293.

D. Kruisheer, ‘Ephrem, Jacob of Edessa, and the Monk Severus. An Analysis of Ms. Vat. Syr. 103, ff. 1–72’, in R. Lavenant (ed.), Symposium Syriacum VII (Orientalia Christiana Analecta 256; Rome: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 1998), 599–605.

D. Kruisheer, ‘Reconstructing Jacob of Edessa’s Scholia’, in J. Frishman and L. Van Rompay (eds.), The Book of Genesis in Jewish and Oriental Christian Interpretation. A Collection of Essays (Traditio Exegetica Graeca 5; Leuven: Peeters, 1997), 187–196.

This thesis follows my earlier work on Aurignacian rock art by drawing a clear line between cave painting in the south of France and the holiest Hebrew script Ktav Ivrit or STA”M. This is an in depth study detailing relationships between Language, Mysticism and Kabbalah, as well as Religious Dogma that answers the question, “Why do all religions…[Read more]

This is a series of brief paradigms that suggest ways of manipulating abstraction, such as Art Language Religion and Politics, for use with a Carlos Ginzburg Evidentiary Paradigm, or other multivariate analysis. The tables in this appendix accompany the Index of Deities and Demons and How the Aleph-Bet Got Its Shape.

This thesis describes the evolution of the alphabet from Upper Paleolithic to present. We draw a direct line from Aurignacian rock art to Hebrew STA”M script and from Auriginal Paganism to Kabbalah using a Ginzburg Evidentiary Paradigm. Provides strategies for quantifying concepts, belief, and abstraction such as Art, Language, Religion, and…[Read more]

Buccellati, F. 2019. “Perception in Palatial Architecture: The Case of the AP Palace at Urkesh.” In Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Palaces, edited by M. Bietak, P. Matthiae, and S. Prell, 2:31–40. CAENL 8. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Buccellati, F. 2012. “Wie wird ein Palast gebaut und warum?” In Werte im Widerstreit. Von Bräuten, Muscheln, Geld und Kupfer. Ausstellungskatalog Wiesbaden, edited by P. Breunig and C. Trümpler, 31–34. Frankfurt a. M.

Buccellati, F. 2015. “What Might a Field Archaeologist Want from an Architectural 3D Model?” In How Do We Want the Past to Be? On Methods and Instruments of Visualizing Ancient Reality, edited by M.G. Micale and D. Nadali, 157–69. Piscataway: Gorgias.

Buccellati, F. 2014. “Understanding Households – a Few Thoughts.” In House and Household Economies in 3rd Millennium B.C.E. Syro-Mesopotamia, edited by F. Buccellati, T. Helms, and A. Tamm, 35–42. BAR International 2682. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Buccellati, F., and E. Kansa. 2016. “The Value of Energetic Analysis in Architecture as an Example for Data Sharing.” Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 3: 91–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2016.07.001.

Buccellati, F., N. Dell’Unto, and M. Forte. 2005. “The Tell Mozan/Urkesh Archaeological Project: An Integrated Approach of Spatial Technologies.” In The Reconstruction of Archaeological Landscapes through Digital Technologies: Proceedings of the 2nd Italy-United States Workshop, Rome, Italy, November 3-5, 2003, Berkeley, USA, May 2005, edite…[Read more]

Buccellati, F. 2010. “The Monumental Temple Terrace at Urkesh and its Setting.” In Kulturlandschaft Syrien: Zentrum und Peripherie Festschrift für Jan-Waalke Meyer, edited by J. Becker, R. Hempelmann, and E. Rehm, 71–86. AOAT 371. Münster: Ugarit.

Buccellati, F., T. Helms, and A. Tamm, eds. 2014. House and Household Economies in 3rd Millennium B.C.E. Syro-Mesopotamia. BAR International 2682. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Buccellati, F. 2001. “Digital Photography and Architectural Modeling as Elements of Conservation.” In Gli Opifici Di Urkesh, edited by S. Bonetti, 83–88. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 27. Malibu: Undena.

Buccellati, F. 2014. “Diachronic Developments at the Central Monumental Complex of Ancient Urkesh (Tell Mozan).” In Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: 10 April-4 May, 2012 University of Warsaw, 1:313–22. Wiesbaden: Harassowitz.

Buccellati, F. 2016. “3D Models as Vehicles for Archaeological Research: Stratigraphy, Emplacement and Construction.” Studia Eblaitica 2: 15–22.