Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 56th World Congress for Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology, Barcelona 2010 xi
4. Program xv
5. Opening Lectures
6. Time before Time: Primeval Narratives in Early Mesopotamian Literature 3
7. The Extent of Literacy in Syria and Palestine during the Second Millennium B.C.E. 19
8. Time and History in the Ancient Near East
9. Time “Pulled up” in Ashurnasirpal’s Reliefs 35
10. Akkadian and Aramaic Terms for a ‘Favorable Time’ (ḫidānu, adānu, and ʿiddān): Semitic Precursors of Greek kairos? 47
11. Masters of Time: Old Babylonian Kings and Calendars 57
12. Notes on the Neo-Assyrian Siege-Shield and Chariot 69
13. Changing Space, Time, and Meaning: The Seal of Yaqaru from Ugarit—A Reconversion? 79
14. Time in Neo-Assyrian Letters 91
15. The Historical Preamble of the Talmi-Šarruma Treaty (CTH 75) and Some Chronological Problems of the History of Halap 101
16. Magie et Histoire: les rituels en temps de guerre 107
17. Time and Again: Marduk’s Travels 113
18. Time in Death and Afterlife: The Concept of Time and the Belief in Afterlife 117
19. Concepts and Perception of Time in Mesopotamian Divination 127
20. Temps, mémoire et évolution des cultures aux époques archaïques: écriture du passé et listes lexicales 143
21. Time in Ancient Israel: Hebrew ʿôlām, Past and Future 159
22. “Lange Jahre” und Lebenszeit bei den Hethitern 169
23. The Heuristic Value of E. de Martino’s Concept of Metahistory and Related Topics in Research into Mesopotamian Cultural History 181
24. “I Read the Inscriptions from before the Flood . . .” Neo-Sumerian Influences in Ashurbanipal’s Royal Self-Image 199
25. Mesopotamian Idea of Time Through Modern Eyes (Disruption and Continuity) 211
26. Temporalité et spatialité dans les rites de passage de l’Anatolie hittite 229
27. Reconsidering the Categories of Time in Ancient Iraq 245
28. “Internal” and “External” Evidence for a Reconstruction of Nuzi Chronology 253
29. The Other Face of the Moon: Some Hints on the Visual Representation of the Moon on Third-Millennium b.c.e. Mesopotamian Glyptic 265
30. The Tuleilat al-Ghassul Star Painting: A Hypothesis Regarding a Solar Calendar from the Fourth Millennium b.c. 273
31. The Monster’s Gaze: Vision as Mediator between Time and Space in the Art of Mesopotamia 285
32. A Time to Rejoice: The Egalkura Rituals and the Mirth of Iyyar 301
33. Der Kalendar von Adab im 3. Jahrtausend 325
34. Divine or Human Creation of Time? The Issue of Time as a Factor Determining the Relationship of Man to God 341
35. Workshops
36. Architecture and Archaeology
37. Modern Architecture and Archaeology: The Case of the Hypothetical Reconstruction of the Neo-Assyrian Palace at Tell Massaïkh (Syria), 2007–2009 357
38. Idea and Image: How What We Know Determines What We Want to Know 369
39. Architecture and Ancient Near East in Drawings, Buildings, and Virtual Reality: Issues in Imagining and Designing Ancient and Modern Space 379
40. Invented Space: Discovering Near Eastern Architecture through Imaginary Representations and Constructions 391
41. Fragments d’arts mésopotamiens: aux origines des empires 405
42. Reception of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture in Europe and North America in the 20th Century 413
43. Assyrian Wall Paintings and Modern Reconstructions 423
44. Early Akkadian and Its Semitic Context
45. Form und Datierung früher semitischer Lehnwörter im Sumerischen 441
46. Stativität und Perfektivität in den Ost- und Westsemitischen Sprachen 455
47. Hurrian Language
48. A Hurro-Akkadian Expression for Changing One’s Testimony Attested in Nuzi Trial Records 471
49. Hurrian Personal Names in the Kingdom of Ḫatti 481
50. Gedanken zu den Textstellen I:90 und III:30 in dem Mittanni-Brief 487
51. Law in the Ancient Near East
52. Historical Context and Social Theories: Its Influence on the Study of Mesopotamian Juridical Phenomena 495
53. The Importance of Time in Old Babylonian Juridical Texts 503
54. Middle Assyrian Texts and Studies
55. Sag mir quando, sag mir wann... 509
56. Contractual Formalism and Zukunftsbewältigung in Middle Assyrian Agricultural Accounting 525
57. The Eponym Bēr-nādin-apli and the Documents Referring to the Expeditions to the City of Tille in the Reign of Tukultī-Ninurta I (1233–1197 B.C.E.) 549
58. Die tägliche Speisung des Assur (gināʾu) und deren politische Bedeutung 561
59. Imperial Culture: Some Reflections on Middle Assyrian Settlements 575
60. Varia
61. Tugdamme and the Cimmerians: A Test of Piety in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions 587
62. The Changing Approaches to History in the Neo-Assyrian Palace Reliefs 595
63. Genres Meet: Assurbanipal’s Prayer in the Inscription L⁴ and the Bilingual Communal Lamentations 611
64. L’incorruptible et l’éphémère: le miel et la glace, composants sacrés des boissons royales 625
65. Three Kings of the Orient in Archaic Ur 635
66. Ilum-išar et Apil-kīn: deux nouvelles inscriptions de Mari 645
67. A Few Thoughts about Late Chalcolithic Architecture and the Uruk Expansion in the Middle Euphrates Area 657
68. Further Considerations on the Ankara Silver Bowl 665
69. The Evolution of the Side Court House in Late MB Central and Southwestern Anatolia 681
70. The Role of the Saĝĝa in Ur III Based on the Puzriš-Dagān Texts 689
71. Life Extension: Secondary Burial and the Making and Unmaking of Self in EB IA 705
72. The Offering for the Ritual of King Seleucus III and His Offspring 739
73. Some New Light on Pre-Sargonic Umma 745
74. Settlement Patterns and Interactions in the West Bank Highlands in the Iron Age I Period: A New Approach 751
75. Computational and Spatial Approaches to the Commercial Landscapes and Political Geography of the Old Assyrian Colony Period 767
76. Eunuchs in Hatti and Assyria: A Reassessment 785
77. Eridu Texts 799
78. Les particularités d’emploi des signes cunéiformes à différentes périodes de la langue hittite 803
79. Recent Researches in the Erbil Region: 2010 Excavations in Kilik Mishik (Iraqi Kurdistan) 809
80. Wer war Großkönig I(a)+ra/i-TONITRUS der KARAHÖYÜK-Inschrift? 823
81. Identification of an Unfinished Statue Found in a Quarry at Karakiz, Yozgat, Turkey 833