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Strangers "par excellence". Arabs in the Neo-Assyrian Royal Inscriptions

open access: yesThe Biblical Annals
The basic questions posed in the article were: what characteristics caused Arabs to be per­ceived by the elites of the Neo-Assyrian Empire as strangers, and whether such classification resulted in their treatment differently from other peoples?
Maciej Münnich
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Die one weier om te verdwyn

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2000
The old refuses to disappear This article deals with some aspects of presentday Pentateuchal research. It is stated that although the basic elements of nineteenth century Pentateuch criticism still prevail, the study of the Pentateuch has also changed in
J.H. le Roux
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Achaemenid court eunuchs in their Near Eastern context: images in the longue durée

open access: yesAnais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material, 2023
This study aims to compare some images of beardless attendants in monumental reliefs from the Achaemenid (c. 550-330 BCE) and Neo-Assyrian (c. 911-612 BCE) empires, which we consider relevant sources for the study of court eunuchs and cultural ...
Matheus Treuk Medeiros de Araujo
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Tablet Containers in Old Assyrian Texts and Archaeological Examples From Kültepe

open access: yesAnkara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017
In the period between 1974-1719 B.C., also known as the Period of Assyrian Trading Colonies, the Assyrian traders were involved in intensive trading activities in Anatolian cities with permission of local administrators and support of the Assyrian State.
Remzi KUZUOĞLU
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On the word timmu in Ashurbanipal’s account of the sacking of Thebes by his army

open access: yesOrientalia Suecana
The Akkadian (but originally Sumerian) word timmu features prominently in the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal’s (668–631) account of his army’s sacking of the south-Egyptian city of Thebes. Two tall, heavy, and adorned timmu are said to have been seized from
Mattias Karlsson
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Bathing Rooms in First-Millennium Assyria

open access: yesKaskal
This article presents a review of the archaeological evidence relating to those spaces identified as bathrooms in the main Neo-Assyrian palaces. An examination of the primary elements – fixed features, interior decoration, position within the palace ...
Portuese, Ludovico
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A Study on D/HUR.SAGAškašipa

open access: yesTurcology Research
The subject of this study is Aškašipa, a god mentioned in Akkadian and Hittite cuneiform texts dating to the second millennium BC. Aškašipa is morphologically a combination of the word aška- (/door) and the suffix -šipa/-zipa (/spirit).
Ali Özcan
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Les inégalités sociales en Mésopotamie : quelques précautions de vocabulaire

open access: yesDroit et Cultures, 2015
The Babylonian and Assyrian law collections have long been our only sources of information about the various Mesopotamian social groups. Several provisions from the Code of Hammurabi, the Laws of Eshnunna (18th century BCE) and the Middle Assyrian laws ...
Sophie Démare-Lafont
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Gold Cult Supplies of The Assyrian Merchants Recorded in Kültepe Tablets

open access: yesAnkara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017
Asyyrian Trade Colonies Era is a very important period in terms of social and political history of Ancient Anatolia. Kültepe-Kaniş is a centre which introduces this period the best the contex of the both philological data and archeological findings. As a
Nurgül YILDIRIM
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