>>F.A.M. Wiggermann currently is a research fellow at Freie Universität Berlin (TOPOI Excellence Cluster/BabMed).<<
by David Kertai / Olivier Nieuwenhuyse (eds.):
From the Four Corners of the Earth. Studies in Iconography and Cultures of the Ancient Near East in Honour of F.A.M. Wiggermann = Alter Orient und Altes Testament 441 Münster 2017
324 pages
ISBN: 978-3-86835-216-0
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Sixteen contributions on cultural history, archaeological and textual remains of the Ancient Near East are devoted to the Assyriologist F.A.M. Wiggermann from Amsterdam. Dining and drinking in ritual, ceremonial and everyday contexts are considered. Black dogs and Seven demons are given attention, as well as Babylonian whirlwinds, Assyrian crown princes and the origin of maps.
- Kertai / O. Nieuwenhuyse: Frans Wiggermann: A Life Exploring Assyriology and Archaeology Tz. Abusch: A Paean and Petition to a God of Death: Some Comments on a Šuilla to Nergal D. Collon: Old Babylonian Whirlwinds and Sippar K. Duistermaat: What’s Cooking at the Dunnu? Thoughts on an Exotic, Steatite-tempered Pottery Cauldron in the ‘Kitchen’ of Grand Vizier Ili-pada at Middle Assyrian Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria B.S. Düring: Reconsidering the Origins of Maps in the Near East M. Geller / L. Vacín: Fermenting Vat, Childbirth and Dreckapotheke: A School Incantatory-Medical Tablet St. Jakob: Die Kehrseite des Sieges D. Kertai: The Iconography of the Late Assyrian Crown Prince O. Nieuwenhuyse: Civilized Men Drinking St.V. Panayotov: The Second Seal of Kabti-ilī-Marduk/Suhaya on a New Egibi Land Sale Contract I.S. Plantholt: Black Dogs in Mesopotamia and Beyond D. Shehata: Naturgewalt und (Un)heilsmacht. Strukturelle und inhaltliche Überlegungen zum akkadischen Anzû-Mythos U. Steinert: Cows, Women and Wombs: Interrelations Between Texts and Images From the Ancient Near East M. Stol: Ghosts at the Table L. Verderame: On the Early History of the Seven Demons (Sebettu) W. Waal: Anatolian Hieroglyphs on Hittite Clay Tablets F.C. Woudhuizen: The Earliest Indo-Europeans in Anatolia
–first posted on AGADE June 2, 2017–
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