H 245 x W 174 mm
248 pages
Published Dec 2024
ISBN
Paperback: 9781803277974
Digital: 9781803277981
Keywords
Ancient Near East; Animals; Sutton Hoo; Fauna; Mesopotamia
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Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East 8
Edited by Laura Battini
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Ash-sharq is a journal devoted to short articles on the archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East.
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Unpublished examples of lead miniature vessels from Turkey – Ergün Laflı and Maurizio Buora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
'The latest issue of Ash-sharq includes a particularly thought-provoking contribution by Dr St John Simpson, senior curator to the British Museum's Department of the Middle East, which focuses on artefacts from Anglo-Saxon England... Other papers in this eclectic collection comprise a well-illustrated discusssion of 24 previously unpublished lead miniature vessels from various museum collections in Turkey (by Ergun Lafli and Murizio Buora), and transcripts of two lectures in French, one by Rita Dolce, about the 'Victory Panel' from Elba, the other by Laura Battini, exploring the architectural context of the palace of Adad-Nitari I.' – Carly Hilts (2025): Current Archaeology, Issue 418