Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East No 8 1-2, 2024

Contents

Vol 8 No 1, 2024

Sutton Hoo, St. Sergius and the Sasanians: Anglo-Saxon finds re-interpreted from an eastern perspective – St John Simpson

Têtes coupées : une primauté éblaïte ? Considérations et autres remarques sur la frise à incrustations d’Ebla – Rita Dolce

Quelques notes sur l’architecture mésopotamienne des IIe et Ier millénaires av. J.-C. : l’ensemble de réception des palais – Laura Battini

Unpublished examples of lead miniature vessels from Turkey – Ergün Laflı and Maurizio Buora

Vol 8 No 2, 2024

Introduction to Animal Symbolism and Representations in Western Asia – Laura Battini

Faunal deposits and displays in the early Neolithic, new evidence from Ganj Dareh, central Zagros – Pernille Bangsgaard, Lisa Yeomans, Hojjat Darabi and Tobias Richter

The bear in ancient Mesopotamia – Lorenzo Verderame

The Presence and Roles of Cats, Monkeys, and Donkeys at Deir el-Medina, Egypt: A Comparison of Representational and Textual Evidence – Krystal V.L. Pierce

Animal Depictions in Philistia and Judah during the Iron Age – David Ben-Shlomo

The Arc of the Horn Part II: Sacral powers of the ibex on the seals of Persepolis – Margaret Cool Root

About the Author

Laura Battini is an archaeologist specialised in the Ancient Near East. She is currently a researcher at the French National Centre of Scientific Research (Laboratory PROCLAC, UMR 7192, directed by Thomas Römer). Laura created a new journal for the Ancient Near East (Ash sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East, Archaeopress), and is the editor of the archaeological series Archaeopress Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology.