In this work, I deal with certain problems of translation that belong to cuneiform texts in general and more specifically to mathematical cuneiform texts. I analyse these problems from three points of view. Initially, I ...

In the summer of 484 BCE Babylonia revolted against Xerxes, king of Persia. In recent years, a debate has crystallized around the nature of Xerxes’ response to this challenge. This volume continues and expands this debate. ...

The story of the primeval cataclysmic flood which wiped out all life on earth, save for one family, is found in different ancient Mesopotamian texts whence it reached the Biblical and Classical literary traditions. The ...

This study is devoted to the Neo-Assyrian royal household as it emerges from the available cuneiform sources. It addresses the functions as well as the conditions of life and work of the royal household personnel. It ...

This book contains the proceedings of the 61e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, which was held in Geneva and Bern in Switzerland from 22nd until 26th June 2015. The overarching conference theme “Text and Image” ...

Abstract: She loves studying cuneiform inscriptions from Mesopotamia, especially administrative, historical, and temple ritual texts from the Neo-Babylonian period now stored in European museums and libraries. But she also ...