Ellie Bennett
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Gina Konstantopoulos deposited Pigs and Plaques: Considering Rm. 714 in Light of Comparative Artistic and Textual Sources on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
Rm. 714, a first millennium B.C.E. tablet in the collections of the British Museum, is remarkable for the fine carving of a striding pig in high relief on its obverse. Purchased by Hormuzd Rassam in Baghdad in 1877, it lacks archaeological context and must be considered in light of other textual and artistic references to pigs, the closest…[Read more]
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Gina Konstantopoulos deposited The Disciplines of Geography: Constructing Space in the Ancient World on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
This article serves as introduction to a special double issue of the journal, comprised of seven articles that center on the theme of space and place in the ancient world. The essays examine the ways in which borders, frontiers, and the lands beyond them were created, defined, and maintained in the ancient world. They consider such themes within…[Read more]
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Gina Konstantopoulos's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
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Jonathan Valk's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years ago
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Jonathan Valk's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months ago
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Dr. Sebastian Hageneuer's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months ago
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Dr. Sebastian Hageneuer's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months ago
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Jonathan Valk's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months ago
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Jonathan Valk deposited The Origins of the Assyrian King List in the group
Assyriologists on Humanities Commons 6 years, 7 months agoThe Assyrian King List (AKL) is central to the reconstruction of Assyrian and broader Near Eastern history and chronology. Because of AKL’s significance, locating its original moment of composition has far-reaching historiographical implications. There is no scholarly consensus on the dating of AKL, but a closer look at the internal evidence of A…[Read more]
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Jonathan Valk deposited The Origins of the Assyrian King List in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 6 years, 7 months agoThe Assyrian King List (AKL) is central to the reconstruction of Assyrian and broader Near Eastern history and chronology. Because of AKL’s significance, locating its original moment of composition has far-reaching historiographical implications. There is no scholarly consensus on the dating of AKL, but a closer look at the internal evidence of A…[Read more]
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Jonathan Valk's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 7 months ago
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Jonathan Valk deposited The Origins of the Assyrian King List on Humanities Commons 6 years, 7 months ago
The Assyrian King List (AKL) is central to the reconstruction of Assyrian and broader Near Eastern history and chronology. Because of AKL’s significance, locating its original moment of composition has far-reaching historiographical implications. There is no scholarly consensus on the dating of AKL, but a closer look at the internal evidence of A…[Read more]
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Jonathan Valk deposited “They Enjoy Syrup and Ghee at Tables of Silver and Gold”: Infant Loss in Ancient Mesopotamia in the group
Assyriologists on Humanities Commons 6 years, 11 months agoThe present study draws on interdisciplinary research to establish an interpretative framework for an analysis of the material and textual evidence concerning infant loss in ancient Mesopotamia (c. 3000-500 BCE). This approach rejects the notion that highinfant mortality rates result in widespread parental indifference to infant loss, arguing…[Read more]
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Jonathan Valk deposited “They Enjoy Syrup and Ghee at Tables of Silver and Gold”: Infant Loss in Ancient Mesopotamia in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 6 years, 11 months agoThe present study draws on interdisciplinary research to establish an interpretative framework for an analysis of the material and textual evidence concerning infant loss in ancient Mesopotamia (c. 3000-500 BCE). This approach rejects the notion that highinfant mortality rates result in widespread parental indifference to infant loss, arguing…[Read more]
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Heather D Baker deposited The meaning of ṭuppi in the group
Assyriologists on Humanities Commons 6 years, 11 months agoThe meaning of the Akkadian term ṭuppi has been hotly debated by Assyriologists for the greater part of a century. The present article argues that ṭuppi, commonly found in temporal expressions, can only refer to a one-year period. This proposal arises out of the observation that, among a substantial corpus of Neo-Babylonian house rental con…[Read more]
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Heather D Baker deposited The meaning of ṭuppi in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 6 years, 11 months agoThe meaning of the Akkadian term ṭuppi has been hotly debated by Assyriologists for the greater part of a century. The present article argues that ṭuppi, commonly found in temporal expressions, can only refer to a one-year period. This proposal arises out of the observation that, among a substantial corpus of Neo-Babylonian house rental con…[Read more]
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Jonathan Valk's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 11 months ago
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The meaning of the Akkadian term ṭuppi has been hotly debated by Assyriologists for the greater part of a century. The present article argues that ṭuppi, commonly found in temporal expressions, can only refer to a one-year period. This proposal arises out of the observation that, among a substantial corpus of Neo-Babylonian house rental con…[Read more]
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Jonathan Valk deposited “They Enjoy Syrup and Ghee at Tables of Silver and Gold”: Infant Loss in Ancient Mesopotamia on Humanities Commons 6 years, 11 months ago
The present study draws on interdisciplinary research to establish an interpretative framework for an analysis of the material and textual evidence concerning infant loss in ancient Mesopotamia (c. 3000-500 BCE). This approach rejects the notion that highinfant mortality rates result in widespread parental indifference to infant loss, arguing…[Read more]
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