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Numbers on the Visigothic Slates: A Cognitive Approach. [PDF]

Top Cogn Sci
Abstract Numerical notation found on multiple slates from Early Medieval Visigothic Iberia remains undeciphered. Previous studies have proposed that they simply represent Roman numerals. However, the comparative study of the numbers on the written and numerical slates suggests that they do not in fact represent the same graphic code.
Fernández Cadenas N.
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What can Nabataean Aramaic tell us about Pre‐Islamic Arabic?

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 158-172, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Nabataean Aramaic contains a large number of loanwords from Arabic. Together with other evidence, this has been taken as an indication that the Nabataeans used Aramaic as a written language only, while a Pre‐Islamic variety of Arabic was their spoken language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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SPECULATIVE UNDERGROUNDS: Oil's Absent Presence, Neo‐imperial Nationalisms, and Earth Politics in Turkey

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 411-437, August 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT The fraught tectonic history of Anatolia has given oil in Turkey an absent presence. In this article, I examine how oil's absent presence produces a series of speculations in Turkish public life regarding oil's alleged abundance and its obstructed production. In particular, I trace widespread speculations that claim that the Treaty of Lausanne,
ZEYNEP OGUZ
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COMPOSITE HUMAN‐ANIMAL FIGURES IN EARLY URBAN NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA: SHAMANS OR IMAGES OF RESISTANCE?

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 230-251, August 2022., 2022
Summary Urban growth in northern Mesopotamia in the early fourth millennium BC was accompanied by an increase in clay container sealings, reflecting the intensified movement and management of resources and manufactured items. The diverse imagery impressed into these sealings includes a human‐ibex grasping a pair of snakes, a bird‐human, and other ...
Augusta McMahon
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Climate change and early urbanism in Southwest Asia: A review

WIREs Climate Change, Volume 13, Issue 1, January/February 2022., 2022
Some of the earliest cities in the world occupied the dryland environments of Southwest Asia. We review the role of climate fluctuations in the emergence, collapse, and resilience of these cities, and argue for greater focus on the differential persistence of urban sites through time. Abstract During the Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age (c.
Dan Lawrence, Graham Philip, Michelle W. de Gruchy   +2 more
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Die one weier om te verdwyn

Verbum 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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From Clay Tablets to Cure: Inside an Early Medical Education Establishment in the Ancient City of Aššur [PDF]

Kirkuk Journal of Medical Sciences
Clay tablets and cuneiform manuscripts offer a rare window into medical education and training in the Neo-Assyrian period (c. 725–614 BCE). This article reviews recently published in-depth scholarship that reconstructs the life and work of Kiṣir-Aššur—a ...
Ghanim Alsheikh, Omar Mustafa
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Märkusi Kesk-Assüüria impeeriumi propagandast: vallutussõdade peegeldus Tukultī-Ninurta I kuninglikus titulatuuris [PDF]

Mäetagused
As we can see, Tukultī-Ninurta’s ambitious imperialist policies and expansionism were expressed in his propaganda and ideological-political manifestation and programme, one part of which can be considered the official titles and epithets of the Assyrian ...
Vladimir Sazonov
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Les communautés grecques en Babylonie (viie – iiie s. av. J.-C.)

Pallas, 2012
Aux époques néo-assyrienne (728-626 av. J.-C.) et néo-babylonienne (626-539 av. J.-C.), la présence de communautés grecques en Babylonie semble avoir été principalement le résultat de déportations.
Julien Monerie
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Assyrian Chronology and Ideology of Kingship: The Impact on Biblical Historiography and Religion

Religions
Studies since 2005 have raised doubts about the Assyrian King List’s (AKL) intention and ability to measure absolute time. If telescoping of time occurred, it would be difficult to detect during periods when royal annals were scant.
Philip Derstine
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