The Festschrift features 16 contributions that reflect the philological and archaeological research interests of the Assyriologist Ariel M. Bagg: from Sumerian lexemes for ships and Middle Assyrian onomastics to pride and prejudice in the Amarna Letters and cuneiform tablets in Jordanian collections. Studies explore the role of rivers in Mesopotamia, their crossing, and their representation in the sky. Another focus is on the western regions of the Ancient Near East, including the kingdoms of Mari and Qatna, Ugarit, and Phoenicia.

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Ariel M. Bagg – Publications

Juan Antonio Belmonte Marín: Crossing the Euphrates: Fords, Ferries and Bridges

Eva Andrea Braun-Holzinger: Fremdendarstellungen in Assyrien im späten 2. und frühen 1. Jt.: Tradition, Anschauung, Imagination?

Grégory Chambon: Comptabilité et gestion du sésame pour le palais de Mari à l’époque paléobabylonienne

Betina Faist: Zwangsarbeit in Assyrien: Das bīt nupāre in mittelassyrischer Zeit

Paolo Filigheddu: Some Toponyms Attested on Phoenician Documents of the Mediterranean Eastern Area

Jeanette C. Fincke: The Two Rivers Euphrates and Tigris in the Sky

Graciela Gestoso Singer: Pride and Prejudice in the Amarna Letters from Assyria

Josué J. Justel: Inquiry about Lady Pizune: A Concubine, a Security, a Fiancée?

Jaume Llop-Raduà: The Personal Names of the PaRRuS (Babylonian PuRRuS)-Pattern in the Middle Assyrian Documentation

Adelina Millet Albà: Fleuves et points d’eau dans la toponymie de Mari

Francisco J. Núñez: Some Thoughts on Material Culture and History

Juan Oliva: The Kings of Qatna Reassessed

Hélène Sader: A Short Note: The Ancient Name of Tell el-Burak Revisited

Leonhard Sassmannshausen: Zwei mesopotamische Tontafeln in Jordanien

Josef Tropper / Juan-Pablo Vita: Kreditzinsen, kostbare Stoffe und ein Schiff nach Karkemisch: Neue Überlegungen zu RIH 83/22 = KTU 4.779

Lorenzo Verderame: Nautica Sumerica: An Unpublished Ur III Document and the Problem of Reconstructing Ancient Watercrafts