Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East – Archaeological, Historical and Societal Studies

Ash-sharq is a journal devoted to short articles on the archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East. It is published twice a year. The principal language of the publication is English; there will be some provision for papers in the languages currently spoken in the Middle East (Arabic, Hebrew, Kurde, Persian, Turkish), accompanied by an English abstract of 500 words.

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Back issues of Ash-sharq
All volumes from 2017 are currently available at the following prices for libraries and institutional customers. Discounts available for private customers, please see individual issues for reduced prices. Table of contents for 2017-2019 available here.
Please note: Print volumes supplied as individual issues (two per volume). Online edition presents one PDF file per volume (containing two issues).

Back issues available to purchase in following formats: print / online* / print & online*:

Ash-sharq Volume 1, 2017 No 1-2: £50 / £30 / £55
Ash-sharq Volume 2, 2018 No 1-2: £50 / £30 / £55
Ash-sharq Volume 3, 2019 No 1-2: £60 / £68 / £72
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Information for Contributors

Submissions are welcome from academics and researchers at all levels. The principal language of the publication is English; there will be some provision for papers in the languages currently spoken in the Middle East (Arabic, Hebrew, Kurde, Persian, Turkish), accompanied by an English abstract of 500 words.

Article submissions should be sent to L. Battini: laura.battini@college-de-france.fr

Editor in Chief
Laura Battini (Paris, UMR 7192-Collège de France, France)

Editorial Advisory Board
Silvana Di Paolo (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy)
Yagmur Heffron
Barbara Helwing
Elif Koparal
Marta Luciani (University of Vienna, Austria)
Maria-Grazia Masetti-Rouault (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, France)

Valérie Matoïan (UMR 7192-Collège de Francee)
Béatrice Muller (National Centre for Scientific Research, France)
Tallay Ornan (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Adelheid Otto (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
Jack M. Sasson (Vanderbilt University, USA)
St John Simpson (The British Museum, UK)
Karen Sonik (Auburn University, USA)
Pierre Villard
Nele Ziegler (National Centre for Scientific Research, France)

NEW: Ash-Sharq - Bulletin of the Ancient Near East Vol 4 2020 Archaeological, Historical and Societal Studies edited by Laura Battini (editor-in-chief). Paperback; 175x254mm; 324 pages; illustrated throughout. Papers in English and Arabic. 4 2020. Available both in printed and e-versions. Printed ISBN 9781789697803. £30.00 (No VAT). Institutional Price £60.00 (No VAT). Epublication ISBN 9781789697810. £10.00 (Exc. VAT) Institutional Price £68.00 (Exc. UK VAT)

Please note the 2020 volume has been released in one extended issue, rather than in two separate parts.

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Ash-Sharq - Bulletin of the Ancient Near East Vol 3 No 1-2 2019 Archaeological, Historical and Societal Studies edited by Laura Battini (editor-in-chief). Paperback; 175x245mm; ii+120 pages; illustrated throughout (28 pages in colour). 3 2019. Available both in printed and e-versions. Printed ISBN 9781789692006. £30.00 (No VAT). Institutional Price £60.00 (No VAT). Epublication ISBN 9781789692013. £10.00 (Exc. VAT) Institutional Price £68.00 (Exc. UK VAT)

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Ash-sharq: Subscription Portal for Online Access Archaeological, Historical and Societal Studies edited by Laura Battini (editor-in-chief). ISBN 2513-8529-PORTAL.

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Ash-sharq is a journal devoted to short articles on the archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East. It is published twice a year. The editorial board is headed by Laura Battini (Paris, UMR 7192-Collège de France, France). ). Further details and information on the editorial and advisory board is available here.

Access journal issues and articles via the links below. Please be sure to log in first via your institution's unique URL. If you experience difficulties logging in please consult your librarian or contact Archaeopress directly via the following email: info@archaeopress.com

Ash-sharq Volumes:

Ash-sharq Volume 1, 2017 No 1-2
Ash-sharq Volume 2, 2018 No 1-2
Ash-sharq Volume 3, 2019 No 1-2
Ash-sharq Volume 4, 2020

Ash-Sharq - Bulletin of the Ancient Near East Vol 2 No 1-2 2018 Archaeological, Historical and Societal Studies edited by Laura Battini (editor-in-chief). 2 2018. Available both in printed and e-versions. Printed ISBN 2513-8529-2-2018. £30.00 (No VAT). Institutional Price £50.00 (No VAT). Epublication ISBN 2514-1732-2-2018. £10.00 (Exc. VAT) Institutional Price £30.00 (Exc. UK VAT)

Ash-Sharq - Bulletin of the Ancient Near East Vol 1 No 1-2 2017 Archaeological, Historical and Societal Studies edited by Laura Battini (editor-in-chief). iv+321 pages. Papers in English with two papers in Arabic (with English abstracts) and two papers in Turkish (with English Abstracts).. 1 2017. Available both in printed and e-versions. Printed ISBN 2513-8529-1-1-2017. £30.00 (No VAT). Institutional Price £50.00 (No VAT). Epublication ISBN 2514-1732-1-1-2017. £10.00 (Exc. VAT) Institutional Price £30.00 (Exc. UK VAT)

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