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A SEVENTH-CENTURY BCE CYLINDER SEAL FROM JERUSALEM DEPICTING WORSHIP OF THE MOON GOD’S CULT EMBLEM
, 2023 Extensive discussion of a 7th-century cylinder seal found in the Garden Tomb compound, part of Jerusalem's northern necropolis during the Iron Age, focusing on the archaeological context, the seal's iconography related to the Moon god of Harran, and its relevance for the history of religion in the southern Levant during the time of king Manasseh of ...
Uehlinger, Christoph +2 more
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Rivista di Storia dell'Università di Torino, 2018 The University of Turin embossed emblem even now in use had been rediscovered in 1925. Its origin dates back to 1615 in a wax seal kept in the State Archive of Turin. Since then it has been drawn in different style on official records, diplomas, stamps and academic bulletins.
Luisa Gentile +3 more
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THE EVOLUTION OF SEAL AND EMBLEM SYSTEM IN ISLAMIC ADMINSTRATIONS [PDF]
تاریخ اسلام, 2005 Instruments and necessary methods for correspondence and the use of special emblems to confirm and ratify the authenticity of documents issued by rulers has been a major element of administrative procedures in various periods of history. For the same reason, since the advent of Islam such methods and systems came to be a centerpiece of attention as ...
Seyyed Mahdi Javadi
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Cărţi din biblioteca familiei Cantacuzino în fondurile muzeului tulcean [PDF]
Peuce, 2014 The aim of this article is to introduce in the scientific circuit two volumes of rare foreign books, printed in the 17th and 18th centuries, identified in the collections of ”Gavrilă Simion” Eco-Museum Research Institute of Tulcea, which belonged to the ...
Lăcrămioara MANEA
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Angewandte Chemie, Volume 138, Issue 25, 15 June 2026.Radical‐intensified selective etching (RISE) delivers monolayer MXenes with >80% yield in just 3 h etching process. Controlled ·OH dosage enables one‐step access to holey MXenes with abundant nanopores or defect‐lean flakes. This mild, safe strategy couple ultrafast kinetics with structural tunability, advancing precision design of MXene architectures.
Chenxu Liu +8 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
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Tokenism in Context: Unpacking Token Women Directors in the Corporate Boardroom
Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tokenism in the corporate boardroom is a contemporary human resource management (HRM) issue for academics, practitioners and policy makers. This essay critiques the existing understanding of the concepts of tokens and tokenism in mainstream management and corporate governance scholarship within the particular context of women on corporate ...
Tanusree Jain +2 more
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Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi +3 more
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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