Proceedings of the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, July 18–22, 2005

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Dedication.
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Lexicography, Philology, and Textual Studies

1. Archivage et classification: Un récapitulatif de créances à Mari sous Zimri-Lim. Dominique Charpin
2. Identifying Sumerian Compound Nouns. Graham Cunningham
3. Babylon as a Name for Other Cities Including Nineveh. Stephanie Dalley
4. Reflections on the Past and the Future of the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie (R1A). Gabriella Frantz-Szabó
5. Reconsidering ŠU.IL₂.LA₍₂₎ as a Classifier of the āšipu in Light of the Iconography of Reciprocal Hand-lifting Gestures. Christopher Frechette, S.J.
6. The Akkadian Word for “Third Gender”: The kalû (gala) Once Again. Uri Gabbay
7. On the Alphabetic Scribal Curriculum at Ugarit. Robert Hawley
8. Corpus-driven Models of Lexicography and Mesopotamian Cultural Heritage Preservation at the CDLI. J. Cale Johnson
9. Storage and Organization of Hittite Grammatical Knowledge. Carol F. Justus
10. Sumerian Enclitic -àm and Akkadian Enclitic -ma: From Copula to Focus Marker. Fumi Karahashi
11. The Classification of Incantations. W. G. Lambert
12. Texts and Labels: A Case Study from Neo-Sumerian Umma. Romina Laurito, Alessandra Mezzasalma, and Lorenzo Verderame
13. The Cad and Biblical Hebrew Lexicography: The Role of Akkadian Cognates. Baruch A. Levine
14. The Scribes of Nuzi: Date Formulae and Their Use in the Nuzi Corpus. Paola Negri Scafa
15. Classifying Assurbanipal’s Inscriptions: Prisms C, Kh (= CND), and G. Jamie Novotny
16. Les listes et les tables métrologiques, entre mathématiques et lexicographie. Christine Proust
17. Classification de l’utilisation du cunéiforme mésopotamien dans les textes ougaritiques. Carole Roche
18. On Some Terms for Leatherworking in Ancient Mesopotamia. JoAnn Scurlock
19. Computer Algorithm to Detect Similar Administrative Documents from the Ur III Archives. Marek Stępień and Jerzy Tyszkiewicz
20. KADP 36: Inventory, Plant List, or Lexical Exercise. Jan Tavernier
21. Lexicographical Study of the Already-Ancient in Antiquity. Jon Taylor
22. A Classified Past: Classification of Knowledge in the Hittite Empire. Theo van den Hout
23. The Measure of Man: The Lexical Series Ugu-mu. Joan Goodnick Westenholz and Marcel Sigrist

Iconography and Art History

24. King of Sumer and Akkad, King of Ur: Figural Types, Astral Symbols, and Royal Titles in the Neo-Sumerian Period. Mehmet-Ali Ataç
25. The Knowledge of Tradition: A Textual and Iconographic Interpretation. Anna Maria Gloria Capomacchia and Marta Rivaroli
26. Reconstructing Lexicography in Glyptic Art: Structural Relations between the Akkadian Age and the Ur III Period. Alessandro di Ludovico and Marco Ramazzotti
27. Knowing the Foreign: Power, Exotica, and Frescoes in the Middle Bronze Age Levant. Marian H. Feldman
28. Austin’s Asiatic Antiquities: The First Cuneiform Inscriptions Published in America. Steven W. Holloway
29. Bovine Stone Vessels of the Late Uruk Period. Trudy S. Kawami
30. The Akkadian “Bello Stile.” Davide Nadali and Lorenzo Verderame
31. The Classification of Methods of Pictorial Narrative in Assurbanipal’s Reliefs. Chikako E. Watanabe
32. Sennacherib’s Expert Knowledge: Skill and Mastery as Components of Royal Display. Irene J. Winter

Archaeology And Stratigraphy

33. The Occupation Levels of Tell Tweini and Their Historical Implications. M. al-Maqdissi, M. Badawy, J. Bretschneider, H. Hameeuw, G. Jans, K. Vansteenhuyse, G. Voet, and K. Van Lerberghe
34. Pottery from the Archaic Ishtar Temples in Assur. Claudia Beuger
35. Mesopotamian Altar Deposits. Judy Bjorkman
36. Classification of Knowledge, an Archaeological Approach: The Case of Nuzi. Simona Bracci
37. The Oriental Institute and Its Role in Mesopotamian Archaeology. McGuire Gibson
38. Bronze Reliefs from Khorsabad. Eleanor Guralnick
39. “Layer By Layer…” Of Digging and Drawing: The Genealogy of an Idea. Maria Gabriella Micale and Davide Nadali
40. Classifying Women: The “Harem” and What It Does and Doesn’t Tell Us about Women. Elna K. Solvang
41. Persepolis-Pasargadae Field Investigations. Mohammad Hassan Talebian

Afterword

42. De Brevitate Vitae Tupšarrūti: Carmen Amoebaeum vel Zamār Miḫrī. Walter Farber