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Opening the Tablet Box
Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Benjamin R. Foster
Series: - Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume: 42
This volume is a scholarly tribute to Benjamin R. Foster, Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and Curator of the Babylonian Collection at Yale University, from some of his students, colleagues, and companions, in appreciation of his outstanding achievements and in thanks for his friendship. Reflecting on the remarkable breadth of the honoreeâs research interests, the twenty-six original papers in this Festschrift cover a wide range of topics in ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian literature, economic and social history, as well as art and archaeology.
Sarah C. Melville, Ph.D.(1994) Yale University, is Associate Professor of History at Clarkson University. She has published on Neo-Assyrian military history, imperial expansion and collapse, and royal women, including The Role of Naqia/Zakutu in Sargonid Politics (1999).
Alice L. Slotsky, Ph.D. (1992) Yale University, is a Research Affiliate in Assyriology at Yale. Her studies of Late Babylonian prices include The Bourse of Babylon (1997) and Tallies and Trends (2009). She now devotes her research to Babylonian cuisine.
Alice L. Slotsky, Ph.D. (1992) Yale University, is a Research Affiliate in Assyriology at Yale. Her studies of Late Babylonian prices include The Bourse of Babylon (1997) and Tallies and Trends (2009). She now devotes her research to Babylonian cuisine.
Contents
Bibliography of the works of Benjamin R. Foster
Archi, A. âThe God Hay(y)a (Ea/Enki) at Eblaâ
Caubet, A. âOr, Pierres Precieuses et Artificesâ
Charpin, D. âUn Nouveau âProtocole de Sermentâ de Mariâ
Czechowicz, N. and Dandamayev, M. âA Late Achaemenid Document from Tapshuhuâ
Dalley, S. âOld Babylonian Prophecies at Uruk and Kishâ
Darnell, J. âA Midsummer Nightâs Succubus â the Herdsmanâs Encounters in P. Berlin 3024, the Pleasures of Fishing and Fowling, the Songs of the Drinking Place, and the Ancient Egyptian Love Poetryâ
Foster, K. P. âWell-tempered Words: Ceramic Metaphors in Mesopotamian Literatureâ
Frahm, E. âThe Latest Sumerian Proverbsâ
Garfinkle, S. âMerchants and State Formation in Early Mesopotamiaâ
George, A. âThe Assyrian Elegy: form and meaningâ
Glassner, J.-J. âLâordre de Lecture des Presages sur le Foie de Lâanimal Sacrifieâ
Leichty, E. âDream Onâ
Liverani, M. ââUntruthful Stelesâ: Propaganda and Reliability in Ancient Mesopotamiaâ
Manassa, C. âDefining Historical Fiction in New Kingdom Egyptâ
Matthiae, P. âThe Seal of Ushra-Samu, Official of Ebla, and Ishkharaâs Iconographyâ
Payne, E. âA New Addition to the Musical Corpusâ
Pearce, L. âSealed Identitiesâ
Richardson, S. âA Light in the Gagûm Window: The Sippar Cloister in the Late Old Babylonian Periodâ
Rochberg, F. âSheep and Cattle, Cows and Calves: the Sumero-Akkadian Astral Gods as Livestockâ
Sasson, J. M. âCoherence and Fragments: Reflections on the SKL and The Book of Judgesâ
Schwartz, G. Early Non-cuneiform Writing? Third-millennium BC Clay Cylinders from Umm el-Marraâ
Sigrist, M. â Myth, Magic, and Ritualâ
Van De Mieroop, M. âA Study in contrast: Sargon of Assyria and Rusa of Urartuâ
Visicato, G. âThe Career of Ur-Bagara as a Chronological Indicatior of the Documents of Girsu from Å arkaliÅ¡arri to Gudeaâ
Westenholz, A. âWhatâs New in Town?â
Westenholz, J. âDrink to Me Only With Thine Eyesâ
Bibliography of the works of Benjamin R. Foster
Archi, A. âThe God Hay(y)a (Ea/Enki) at Eblaâ
Caubet, A. âOr, Pierres Precieuses et Artificesâ
Charpin, D. âUn Nouveau âProtocole de Sermentâ de Mariâ
Czechowicz, N. and Dandamayev, M. âA Late Achaemenid Document from Tapshuhuâ
Dalley, S. âOld Babylonian Prophecies at Uruk and Kishâ
Darnell, J. âA Midsummer Nightâs Succubus â the Herdsmanâs Encounters in P. Berlin 3024, the Pleasures of Fishing and Fowling, the Songs of the Drinking Place, and the Ancient Egyptian Love Poetryâ
Foster, K. P. âWell-tempered Words: Ceramic Metaphors in Mesopotamian Literatureâ
Frahm, E. âThe Latest Sumerian Proverbsâ
Garfinkle, S. âMerchants and State Formation in Early Mesopotamiaâ
George, A. âThe Assyrian Elegy: form and meaningâ
Glassner, J.-J. âLâordre de Lecture des Presages sur le Foie de Lâanimal Sacrifieâ
Leichty, E. âDream Onâ
Liverani, M. ââUntruthful Stelesâ: Propaganda and Reliability in Ancient Mesopotamiaâ
Manassa, C. âDefining Historical Fiction in New Kingdom Egyptâ
Matthiae, P. âThe Seal of Ushra-Samu, Official of Ebla, and Ishkharaâs Iconographyâ
Payne, E. âA New Addition to the Musical Corpusâ
Pearce, L. âSealed Identitiesâ
Richardson, S. âA Light in the Gagûm Window: The Sippar Cloister in the Late Old Babylonian Periodâ
Rochberg, F. âSheep and Cattle, Cows and Calves: the Sumero-Akkadian Astral Gods as Livestockâ
Sasson, J. M. âCoherence and Fragments: Reflections on the SKL and The Book of Judgesâ
Schwartz, G. Early Non-cuneiform Writing? Third-millennium BC Clay Cylinders from Umm el-Marraâ
Sigrist, M. â Myth, Magic, and Ritualâ
Van De Mieroop, M. âA Study in contrast: Sargon of Assyria and Rusa of Urartuâ
Visicato, G. âThe Career of Ur-Bagara as a Chronological Indicatior of the Documents of Girsu from Å arkaliÅ¡arri to Gudeaâ
Westenholz, A. âWhatâs New in Town?â
Westenholz, J. âDrink to Me Only With Thine Eyesâ
All those interested in the history, literature, art, and archaeology of the ancient Near East.