Proceedings of the 53rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale

In July 2007, the 53rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (the annual meeting of the International Association of Assyriologists) was held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. In Moscow, several hundred Assyriologists enjoyed the hospitality of the Russian State University for the Humanities. Dozens of papers on the topic “Language in the Ancient Near East,” were delivered at the University. More than 50 of those papers are published in this 2-volume set.The second half of the proceedings, City Administration in the Ancient Near East, is available via the “also of interest” link at the bottom of the page.