Sargonic and pre-sargonic cuneiform texts in the yale babylonian collection

This volume publishes hand copies of 292 cuneiform texts in the Yale Babylonian Collection dating to the Sargonic and Pre-Sargonic periods. It continues publication of the Pre-Ur III texts begun by George Hackman and Ferris Stephens in the series Babylonian lnscriptions in the Collection of J. B....

Farnah

Over thirty specialists in Indo-European linguistics have contributed this elegant volume in honour of Professor Sasha Lubotsky of Leiden University. Farnah contains contributions from well-known scholars across the world covering topics in Tocharian, Germanic, Slavic, Indo-Iranian, and Anatolian...

Reading visual investigations

This volume focuses on a new discipline—visual investigations—in which architecture intersects with advocacy, journalism, and law in the pursuit of justice and accountability. It illustrates this with intriguing case studies from around the world, highlighting the role of architecture as a key ar...

I rotonda ths thessalonikis kai ta psifidota ths (greek language text)

The mosaics in the Rotunda in Thessaloniki are the most significant decorations that remain from the early Byzantine period. It includes a timeline and a list of recent publications. 45 colour photographs, many specially taken for this publication, document the spectacular qualities of these magn...

The origins & afterlives of kush

The Kingdom of Kush has played an important and controversial role in the development of Black studies, the discourse of Afrocentrism, and in considering asymmetries in the racial discourse surrounding Egypt in particular and Africa more generally.

Theban desert road survey ii

The second monograph devoted to the work of the Theban Desert Road Survey presents the major rock inscriptions of the northwestern Theban Desert and the western hinterlands of Qamûla. The material includes six larger sites and several smaller collections and individual inscriptions and images.

Lydian painted pottery abroad

The first in-depth study of Lydian material culture at Gordion, focusing on painted pottery. Examining ceramics through stylistic, archaeological, and textual evidence, it offers insights into Lydian cultural interfaces at Gordion, emphasizing their impact on Anatolian culture. Illustrated throug...

Archaeology of martin`s hundred

"The Archaeology of Martin's Hundred" explores a 20,000-acre tract in Tidewater, Virginia, settled in 1618. This volume uncovers its complex history and artifacts through archaeological explorations, answering questions about its origins and daily life in colonial Virginia. Copublished with the C...

The oriental institute 2004-2005 annual report

The Oriental Institute Annual Reports contain yearly summaries of the activities of the Institutes faculty, staff, and research projects, as well as descriptions of special events and other Institute functions.

The south american camelids

Bonavia's landmark study of the South American camelids. This first English edition includes an updated analysis and comprehensive bibliography. The Ayacucho's Project's faunal analysts, Elizabeth S. Wing and Kent V. Flannery, have added appendices on the Ayacucho results to this English edition.

The imperial pfalz of gelnhausen

The second volume of the series kulturschätze kompakt is dedicated to the ruins of the medieval imperial palace of Gelnhausen and its architectural features. Find out what significance this palace of the Staufer Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa once had.

The pyramid of senwosret i

In 1984 the Department of Egyptian Art at the Metropoliutan Museum of Art decided to reopen its work at the site which it had chosen as its first focus, the ancient site of Lisht near modern-day Cairo. This book presents the information gained by the original Expedition, seen through the eyes of ...

Hebrew union college annual volume 27

Transport stirrup jars of the bronze age aegean and east mediterranean

The transport stirrup jar was a vessel type used extensively in the Late Bronze Age III Aegean world, used both to transport and to store liquid commodities in bulk. This study concentrates on the origins and distribution of the jars and thus tracing exchange routes, placing the jars within their...

Samothrace

The island of Samothrace in the north Aegean was home to one of the most famous panhellenic sanctuaries in the ancient world, the Sanctuary of the Great Gods. This official guide to the site was revised and updated by its longtime excavation director, and is copiously illustrated and includes fou...

Technology, guilds, and early english drama

This book is designed to open up a broader scope of study which calls attention to both social organization and material culture as integrally related to the civic drama of England in cities such as Coventry, York and Chester.

Hebrew union college annual volume 59

In the hills of tuscany

Explores two decades of excavation at the Etruscan site of Murlo. Authored by the excavator, the book looks into the site's functions, offering insights into the mysteries of the Etruscans. Annotated bibliography included. A valuable resource for scholars and enthusiasts.

Studies in imagery volume ii

Volume 1 of "Studies in Imagery, Text, and Images" presents 25 studies spanning Classical Art, Symbolic Languages, Saints and Devils, and Comets, Dreams, and Stars. Volume 2, "The World Discovered," explores intercultural interactions, cartography, depictions of foreign cultures, and imagery of b...

Gordion special studies, volume i

These nonverbal marks do not form identifiable words but provide clues to the literacy and daily life at Gordion from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Period. The corpus is presented by type with description, interpretation, and functions of the various categories.

Hittite dictionary of the oriental institute of the university of chicago volume p, fascicle 2 (para- to pattar)

The Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CHD) is a comprehensive, bilingual Hittite-English dictionary. The CHD reflects and illustrates the ideas and material world of Hittite society through its lexicon, and is the only such project in the English-speaking ...

Before farming

Islamic legal principles and intellectual property rights in the gulf states

This book focuses on the relationship between Islamic law and intellectual property law and proposes groundbreaking alternatives to better support the growth of intellectual property in line with the Islamic moral economy.

Studies in imagery i

Volume 1 contains 25 studies, covering classical art, symbolic languages, saints, devils, comets, dreams, and stars from antiquity to the 19th century. Volume 2 looks into interactions between European and non-European cultures, cartography, and the imagery of black Africans from the Middle Ages ...

Chinese society in the age of confucius (1000-250 bc)

The treatment of social stratification, clan and lineage organisation, as well as gender and ethnic differences will be of interest to those involved in the general or comparative analysis of grand themes in the Social Sciences.