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June 3, 2008
That Was Fast
Well, that didn't take long. Volume 98:1, June 2008, of Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie is now available and free online. I haven't had time to read any of the papers but here is the table of contents of the papers with abstracts and links.
Eva Strommenger, "Netzrock und Wolle oder die Macht der Quellen"
Versuche weit ausgreifender, überregionaler Interpretationen zur altorientalischen Gesellschaft und Ökonomie scheitern nicht selten an unzulänglicher Würdigung der verfügbaren Quellen. Dies wird an Beispielen aus Frühsumer und dem Frühdynastikum – insbesondere an der ‚Kultvase‘ aus Uruk – aufgezeigt.
Pascal Attinger, "Racines carrées et racines cubiques"
Dans les textes mathématiques du centre et du sud de la Mésopotamie, si n'est pas une graphie de s a2 «correspondre à», mais signifie «remplir (par sa présence)». i b2-SA2 réfère normalement à la racine carrée (très rarement à la racine cubique), ba -SA2 à la racine carrée ou à la racine cubique et ba-si à la racine cubique. Ce n'est qu'à Suse, Tell Harmal et Tell Dhiba'i que des graphies du type IB.SI/ZI et IB2.SI-e sont attestées.
Andreas Fuchs, "Über den Wert von Befestigungsanlagen"
The siege-techniques of the Neo-Assyrian empire were much less advanced than commonly held. No less than two or three years of incessant efforts were necessary to reduce a large fortress or city. Especially the well fortified centers of the petty kingdoms in Syria and the Levant proved to be virtually impregnable against Assyrian attacks. When they fell at last, it was more for political than military reasons: During the second half of the 8th century most of the Syrian kings became vassals of Assyria. While the kings benefitted greatly from their relationship to the Assyrian overlord, their subjects had to bear all the burdens. Wherever this happened, the resulting alienation of the king from his people destroyed the social cohesion necessary for defence and paved the way for an effortless conquest by the Assyrians.
Heather D. Baker, "Babylon in 484 BC: the Excavated Archival Tablets as a Source for Urban History"
It has recently been shown that the general ‘end of archives’ of Neo-Babylonian economic documents which occurred early in the reign of Xerxes can be directly related to that king's suppression of the revolts which took place in his second year. This article examines newly available information concerning the excavated archival tablets from Babylon in the light of this re-evaluation of the events of 484 BC. It argues that the evidence of the provenanced tablets, as well as other aspects of the archaeological record, confirms that Xerxes' actions had a serious material impact on the traditional members of the Babylon élite, especially the residents of the Merkes district.
Jared L. Miller, "Joins and Duplicates among the Boğazköy Tablets (31–45)"
[First paragraph] This fourth installment of my Joins and Duplicate series1 is again a varied mixture of historical fragments, instructions, law, myth, prayers and rituals, resulting primarily from my work with the remaining unpublished fragments from the Temple I complex for KBo 57 and 58. All fragments with a known findspot stem from the Temple I complex; just Nos. 33 and 44 remain without provenience. Join Nos. 31–32, 38, 40 and 42 provide findspots for tablets or fragments previously without known provenience. Only No. 45 represents a MH script, the remainder are NH fragments, No. 31 likely early NH, No. 34 late NH; Nos. 38 and 41 are not indicative, but would seem to be NH as well. Since the appearance of the Joins and Duplicates series is lagging behind that of the KBo volumes, I have increased the number of entries here from 10 to 15 in an effort to minimize any inopportunity that might occasionally result.
I'll be reading through these papers and I'll let you know if any are of abnormal interest but all do look interesting.
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