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Neolithic Village at Tell el Kowm in the Syrian Desert
Häftad, 1986
499 kr
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This monograph presents plaster, stone, ceramic, flint and bone remains from one of the largest pre-classical Tells in Syria. An appendix details the Neolithic plant remains.
Essays in Ancient Civilization Presented to Helene J. Kantor
Av Albert Leonard, Bruce B Williams
Häftad, 1989
1042 kr
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As a number of Professor Kantor's publications stand as models of their kind, elegant, precise, erudite and stimulating, it is a challenge to contribute to a volume in her honor. There are many who, though never formally taught by her, have been encouraged by the "limitless patience and an …
Subsistence, Trade, and Social Change in Early Bronze Age Palestine
Av Douglas Esse
Häftad, 1991
669 kr
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This volume comprises a study of both the site and the surrounding hinterland of one of the earliest and largest Early Bronze Age (3500-2300 b.c.) cities of the Levant. The site of Beth Yerah, located in the Jordan Valley of Israel on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, was excavated by the Oriental …
Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice
Häftad, 2008
656 kr
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To date, no comprehensive treatment of Egyptian magic has focused on the practice of the magician. Both general studies and textual publications have emphasized instead the religious elements in the contents of recited spells, while the accompanying instructions, with their vignettes and lists of …
Glass from Quseir al-Qadim and the Indian Ocean Trade
Av Carol Meyer
Häftad, 1992
734 kr
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This volume is the final report on the first and second century a.d. and thirteenth and fourteenth century Islamic glass excavated at Quseir al-Qadim on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. The report not only describes the glass finds but also studies their distribution from the Red Sea to Arabia, East …
Extraction & Control
Studies in Honor of Matthew W. Stolper
Av Wouter F. M. Henkelman, Charles E. Jones m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
314 kr
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Matthew Wolfgang Stolper began working for the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary in 1978 and became full professor in the Oriental Institute 1987, focusing on Neo-Babylonian and Middle Elamite. Matt has worked tirelessly to raise the necessary funding, to assemble a team of scholars, to promote the …
Essays for the Library of Seshat
Studies Presented to Janet H. Johnson on the Occasion of Her 70th Birthday
Häftad, 2018
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Janet H. Johnson, Morton D. Hull Distinguished Professor of Egyptology, is internationally known as editor of the Chicago Demotic Dictionary (CDD) project (1976–present), but her publications and interests extend far beyond lexicography. These range from philology and social history to technology …
Ritual Landscape at Persepolis
Häftad, 2017
510 kr
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There are, perhaps, no more contentious issues within the study of Achaemenid Persia than those surrounding its religion(s) and religious iconography. Owing to the role that fire plays in Zoroastrian beliefs in later periods in Iran, almost any discussion of the subject of Achaemenid religion will …
From Sherds to Landscapes
Studies on the Ancient Near East in Honor of McGuire Gibson
Av Mark Altaweel, Carrie Hritz
Häftad, 2021
1583 kr
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This volume honours McGuire Gibson and his years of service to the archaeology of Mesopotamia, Yemen and neighbouring regions. Professor Gibson spent most of his career at the University of Chicago's Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department and the Oriental Institute. Many of his …
'Like 'Ilu Are You Wise'
Studies in Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures in Honor of Dennis G. Pardee
Av H. H. Hardy, Joseph Lam m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
1550 kr
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This volume honors Dennis G. Pardee, Henry Crown Professor of Hebrew Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago and one of the preeminent experts in Northwest Semitic languages and literatures, particularly Ugaritic studies. The thirty-seven …
Gold of Praise
Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honor of Edward F. Wente
Av Emily Teeter, John A. Larson
Häftad, 1999
1201 kr
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This Festschrift in honor of Prof. Edward F. Wente contains contributions by forty-three of his colleagues and friends. Contents: Publications and Communications of Edward F. Wente ( C. E. Jones ); A Monument of Khaemwaset Honoring Imhotep ( J. P. Allen ); Feuds or Vengeance? Rhetoric and Social …
Studies in the Archaeology of Israel and Neighboring Lands in Memory of Douglas L. Esse
Häftad, 2001
499 kr
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The studies in this impressive volume of over 700 pages are presented in memory of Douglas L. Esse, an archaeologist and assistant professor at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago until his untimely death at the age of forty-two on October 13, 1992. The majority of the thirty-four …
Proceedings of the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, July 18-22, 2005.
Häftad, 2008
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Selection of papers presented at the 51st meeting of the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale—International Congress of Assyriology & Near Eastern Archaeology.
Beyond the Ubaid
Transformation and Integration in the Late Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East
Av Robert A Carter, Graham Philip
Häftad, 2010
697 kr
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Originally coined to signify a style of pottery in southern Iraq, and by extension an associated people and a chronological period, the term "Ubaid" is now often used loosely to denote a vast Near Eastern interaction zone, characterized by similarities in material culture, particularly ceramic …
Grammatical Case in the Languages of the Middle East and Beyond
Acts of the International Colloquium Variations, concurrence et evolution des cas dans divers domaines linguistiques, Paris, 2-4 April 2007
Av Michèle Fruyt, Michèle Fruyt m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
342 kr
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The volume contains twenty-eight studies of various aspects of the case systems of Sumerian, Hurrian, Elamite, Eblaite, Ugaritic, Old Aramaic, Biblical Hebrew, Indo-European, the languages of the Bisitun inscription, Hittite, Armenian, Sabellic, Gothic, Latin, Icelandic, Slavic, Russian, Ouralien, …
Perspectives on Ptolemaic Thebes
Av Peter F. Dorman, Betsy M. Bryan
Häftad, 2011
220 kr
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The manuscript consists of seven papers presented at the Theban Workshop, 2006. Within the temporal and spatial boundaries indicated by the title, the subjects of the papers are extremely diverse, ranging from models of culture-history (Manning and Moyer), to studies of specific administrative …
Language and Nature
Papers Presented to John Huehnergard on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday
Av Rebecca Hasselbach, Na'ama Pat-El
Häftad, 2012
417 kr
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This book includes thirty contributions - twenty-nine papers and one artistic contribution - by John's colleagues, former students, and friends, on a variety of topics that represent John's versatility and many interests, including philology, history, natural history, and art. Many of the papers …
Prehistoric Investigations in Iraqi Kurdistan
Av Robert J Braidwood, Bruce Howe
Häftad, 1960
426 kr
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The volume under review deals with the aims, methods, preliminary results and problems of three campaigns in Iraqi Kurdistan (1948, 1950-51, 1954-55). It does not offer a final excavation or exploration report, since some of the materials have not yet been studied in detail; but it contains a …
Comparative Archaeology of Early Mesopotamia
Häftad, 1977
258 kr
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Although this book is now somewhat out-of-date, it remains a useful synthesis of archaeological material, correlating the evidence from one site with that from another, and the cultures of the North with those of the South. Some evidence of its enduring value can be found in the fact that this is …
Studies in Honor of John A. Wilson
Av E. B. Hauser
Häftad, 1969
193 kr
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This book is made up of twelve articles, sometimes brilliant but always interesting, contributed in honour of the seventieth birthday of John A. Wilson by his students and colleagues of the Oriental Institute. Contents: Zur Übersetzung der Präpositionen und Konjunktionen m und dr. ( R. Anthes ); …
Studies in Honor of George R. Hughes
Häftad, 1976
258 kr
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This volume is a collection of essays presented to George R. Hughes, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the Oriental Institute, on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. The articles deal with the art, history, language, literature, and religion of ancient Egypt, concentrating especially on the …
Hilly Flanks and Beyond
Essays on the Prehistory of Southwestern Asia Presented to Robert J. Braidwood, November 15, 1982
Av Peder Mortensen, Philip Smith m. fl.
Häftad, 1983
809 kr
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When editors of this volume began organizing a Festschrift in honor of Robert Braidwood, they hoped to interest scholars from a variety of different fields with a theme of the food-producing time range (10,000-4,000 B.C.). Many of the contributors have also incorporated in their discussions an …
Nippur Neighborhoods
Häftad, 1987
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This study of two domestic neighbourhoods at Nippur, TA and TB, correlates information from texts found in these houses with architectural modifications to the buildings, and considers the socio-economic circumstances of the occupants. The chapters following Stone's reconstructions of the houses …
Critical Study of the Temple Scroll from Qumran Cave 11
Av M. O. Wise
Häftad, 1990
649 kr
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A study of one of the Qumran texts, examining its characteristics and authorship. The author concludes that the Temple Scroll was an eschatalogical law book, composed around 150 BC by `The Teacher of Righteousness' and not a product of the Qumran community.
Late Period Hieratic Wisdom Text (P. Brooklyn 47.218.135)
Häftad, 1992
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This volume contains an edition of P. Brooklyn 47.218.135, a papyrus dated to the fifth or fourth century b.c. in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. Despite the relatively poor state of preservation, the papyrus contains a wisdom text of considerable interest, as it is one of the few literary …
For His Ka
Essays Offered in Memory of Klaus Baer
Häftad, 1994
1201 kr
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This volume was dedicated to the memory of Klaus Baer, Professor in the Oriental Institute for over twenty years. The contributors are colleagues and/or students of Professor Baer, and their articles reflect Professor Baer's contributions to a variety of fields. Contents: Pronominal Rhematization ( …
Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut
Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop
Av José M. Galán, Betsy M. Bryan m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
510 kr
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This volume publishes the proceedings of the Theban Symposium that took place in May 2010, in Granada, Spain, at the Institute for Arabic Studies of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), on the general theme of "Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut." The volume contains …
Sacred Space and Sacred Function in Ancient Thebes
Av Betsy M. Bryan, Peter F. Dorman
Häftad, 2007
582 kr
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This volume presents a series of papers delivered at a two-day session of the Theban Workshop held at the British Museum in September 2003. Due to its political and religious prominence throughout much of pharaonic history, the region of ancient Thebes offers scholars a wealth of monuments whose …
Pesher Nahum
Av Joel L. Kraemer, M. G. Wechsler
Häftad, 2012
476 kr
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Contained herein are 25 articles (20 in English, 5 in Hebrew) that, like the academic oeuvre of volume's honoree, span a broad array of topics within the fields of Hebraica, Judaica, and Biblica. The specific categories represented and the contributions they contain are: biography (Joel L. Kraemer …
