Time and History in the Ancient Near East

Proceedings of the 56th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale at Barcelona 26-30 July 2010

Lluis Feliu, J. Llop, A. Millet Albà, Joaquin Sanmartín

• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781575062556
• eBook ISBN: 9781575068565
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Ancient History
• Index: History

In July, 2010, the International Association for Assyriology met in Barcelona, Spain, for 5 days to deliver and listen to papers on the theme "Time and History in the Ancient Near East." This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains 70 of the papers read at the 56th annual Rencontre, including the papers from several workshop sessions on "architecture and archaeology," "early Akkadian and its Semitic context," " Hurrian language," "law in the ancient Near East," "Middle Assyrian texts and studies," and a variety of additional papers not directly related to the conference theme. The photo on the back cover shows only a representative portion of the attendees, who were warmly hosted by faculty and students from the University of Barcelona.

Table of contents

• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1: Time before Time: Primeval Narratives in Early Mesopotamian Literature
• Chapter 2: The Extent of Literacy in Syria and Palestine during the Second Millennium b.c.e.
• Chapter 3: Time “Pulled up” in Ashurnasirpal’s Reliefs
• Chapter 4: Akkadian and Aramaic Terms for a‘ Favorable Time’ (ḫidānu, adānu, and ʿiddān): Semitic Precursors of Greek kairos?
• Chapter 5: Masters of Time: Old Babylonian Kings and Calendars
• Chapter 6: Notes on the Neo-Assyrian Siege-Shield and Chariot
• Chapter 7: Changing Space, Time, and Meaning:The Seal of Yaqaru from Ugarit—A Reconversion?
• Chapter 8: Time in Neo-Assyrian Letters
• Chapter 9: The Historical Preamble of the Talmi-Šarruma Treaty (CTH 75) and Some Chronological Problems of the History of Halap
• Chapter 10: Magie et Histoire:les rituels en temps de guerre
• Chapter 11: Time and Again: Marduk’s Travels
• Chapter 12: Time in Death and Afterlife: The Concept of Time and the Belief in Afterlife
• Chapter 13: Concepts and Perception of Time in Mesopotamian Divination
• Chapter 14: Temps, mémoire et évolution des culturesaux époques archaïques: écriture du passé et listes lexicales
• Chapter 15: Time in Ancient Israel: Hebrew ʿôlām, Past and Future
• Chapter 16: “Lange Jahre” und Lebenszeit bei den Hethitern
• Chapter 17: The Heuristic Value of E. de Martino’s Concept of Metahistory and Related Topics in Research into Mesopotamian Cultural History
• Chapter 18: “I Read the Inscriptions from before the Flood . . .”Neo-Sumerian Influences in Ashurbanipal’s Royal Self-Image
• Chapter 19: Mesopotamian Idea of Time Through Modern Eyes (Disruption and Continuity)
• Chapter 20: Temporalité et spatialité dans les ritesde passage de l’Anatolie hittite
• Chapter 21: Reconsidering the Categories of Time in Ancient Iraq
• Chapter 22: “Internal” and “External” Evidence for a Reconstruction of Nuzi Chronology
• Chapter 23: The Other Face of the Moon: Some Hints on the Visual Representation of the Moon on Third-Millennium b.c.e. Mesopotamian Glyptic
• Chapter 24: The Tuleilat al-Ghassul Star Painting: A Hypothesis Regarding a Solar Calendar from the Fourth Millennium b.c.
• Chapter 25: The Monster’s Gaze: Vision as Mediator between Time and Space in the Art of Mesopotamia
• Chapter 26: A Time to Rejoice:The Egalkura Rituals and the Mirth of Iyyar
• Chapter 27: Der Kalendar von Adab im 3. Jahrtausend
• Chapter 28: Divine or Human Creation of Time? The Issue of Time as a Factor Determining the Relationship of Man to God
• Chapter 29: Divine or Human Creation of Time? The Issue of Time as a Factor Determining the Relationship of Man to God
• Chapter 30: Modern Architecture and Archaeology: The Case of the Hypothetical Reconstruction of the Neo-Assyrian Palace at Tell Massaïkh (Syria), 2007–2009
• Chapter 31: Idea and Image: How What We Know Determines What We Want to Know
• Chapter 32: Architecture and Ancient Near East in Drawings, Buildings, and Virtual RealityI ssues in Imagining and Designing Ancient and Modern Space
• Chapter 33: Invented Space: Discovering Near Eastern Architecture through Imaginary Representations and Constructions
• Chapter 34: Fragments d’arts mésopotamiens: aux origines des empires
• Chapter 35: Reception of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture in Europe and North Americain the 20th Century
• Chapter 36: Assyrian Wall Paintings and Modern Reconstructions
• Chapter 37: Form und Datierung früher semitischer Lehnwörter im Sumerischen