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A Unique Shrine From the Late Iron Age in Jordan
Les Carnets de l’ACoSt, 2015 In October and November of 2014 an archaeological team lead by Lucas Petit of the University of Leiden and Zeidan Kafafi of Yarmouk University uncovered a 2,700-year-old shrine at Tell Damiyah in Jordan.
Jaimee Uhlenbrock
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Marketless trading in Hammurabi’s time: A re-appraisal [PDF]
, 2013 In this article I revisit Karl Polanyi’s writings on ancient Mesopotamia. I begin by situating them in the context of his general approach to trade, markets and money in the ancient world. Next, I reconstruct his major theses on Mesopotamia, drawing upon
Dale, G
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International Migration, Volume 63, Issue 3, June 2025.Abstract COVID‐19 resulted in global restrictions on migration, with pronounced consequences in Australia, where the resettlement of refugees was significantly curtailed from March 2020. This research, comprising a third phase in an ongoing study on refugee settlement and integration, seeks to understand the broader implications of these restrictions ...
Tadgh McMahon +4 more
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Deuteronomy 28 and Tell Tayinat
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2013 The discovery of Esarhaddon s Succession Treaty (EST) at Tell Tayinat confirms the Assyrian application of this text on western vassals and suggests that the oath tablet was given to Manasseh of Judah in 672 BC, the year in which the king of Assyria had ...
Hans U. Steymans
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Pleiades in ancient Mesopotamia [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper I will analyse the different features of the Pleiades in the astronomical, astrological, and calendrical interpretation as well as their mythical and cultural background in ancient Mesopotamia.
VERDERAME, Lorenzo
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CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF A VASSAL: THE CASE OF LACHISH AND JERUSALEM
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 139-158, May 2025.Summary This study analyzes the complex interplay of material culture, elite consumption and imperial power dynamics as they relate to the roles of Lachish and Jerusalem in the Iron IIA and to the formation of the Kingdom of Judah. Based on an analysis of luxury goods and social practices, it explores established interpretations of the geopolitical ...
Reli Avisar
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The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11 [PDF]
, 2017 This paper demonstrates that the bird and the mountains phrase in Ps 11:1 compares well with a common metaphor relating to siege warfare and military conquest found in Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions and considers the resulting ...
Quine, Cat
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Material Profiling of Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals by Raman Spectroscopy
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 228-242, March 2025.Mesopotamian cylinder seals (fourth ‐ first millennium bce) from the collection of Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg were non‐destructively studied by Raman spectroscopy were non‐destructively studied by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectral analysis identified the mineral constituents and quantitatively determined the chemical compositions of the
Stylianos Aspiotis +5 more
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Wisdom from the Late Bronze Age, by Y. Cohen [author] [PDF]
, 2013 This volume presents the original texts and annotated translations of a collection of Mesopotamian wisdom compositions and related texts of the Late Bronze Age (ca.
Cohen, Yoram
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A FAIENCE HEAD OF A BEARDED MALE FROM TEL ABEL BETH MAACAH: ICONOGRAPHY, TECHNOLOGY AND CONTEXT
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 373-398, November 2024.Summary A faience head depicting a bearded male was unearthed in a ninth‐century BC context at Tel Abel Beth Maacah, located on the modern Israel‐Lebanese border. During the Iron Age, the site was at the interface between the kingdoms of Israel and Aram‐Damascus and the Phoenician city‐states of Tyre and Sidon.
N. Yahalom‐Mack +5 more
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