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Heads and Beds: On the Origin of the Akkadian Term for Eunuch or Courtier 头与床:论阿卡德语中太监或朝臣一词的起源
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2022-02-09 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2022-0001
M. Frazer
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引用次数: 0
Slavery in Achaemenid-Period Babylonia: The Social World of Rībat, Son of Bēl-erība 阿契美尼德时期巴比伦的奴隶制:r.r.bat的社会世界，Bēl-erība之子
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2022-01-03 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2020-0025
Rhyne King, R. Pirngruber
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引用次数: 1
Stellar Scientists: The Egyptian Temple Astrologers 恒星科学家:埃及神庙占星家
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2020-0017
Andrea L. Winkler
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引用次数: 3
Frontmatter
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2021-frontmatter1-2
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引用次数: 0
The Political History of Megiddo in the Early Iron Age and the Ambiguities of Evidence 铁器时代早期米吉多的政治史和证据的模糊性
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2021-05-27 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2020-0020
Zach Thomas
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引用次数: 1
Scholars, Priests, and Temples: Babylonian and Egyptian Science in Context. Introduction 学者、祭司和庙宇:背景下的巴比伦和埃及科学。介绍
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2021-04-26 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2021-0003
M. Ossendrijver
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引用次数: 1
The Religious Sciences in Ancient Egypt 古埃及的宗教科学
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2021-04-22 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2020-0013
Alexandra von Lieven
{"title":"The Religious Sciences in Ancient Egypt","authors":"Alexandra von Lieven","doi":"10.1515/janeh-2020-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2020-0013","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Within the Ancient Egyptian temple, science was an important occupation for certain specialized priests. Two fields particularly well documented are astronomy and astrology on the one hand, and medicine on the other. For the medical practitioners, namely the Sakhmet priest and the Leader of Serqet, there are even special manuals for their use attested. The paper presents some of the evidence and discusses it within its cultural context.","PeriodicalId":174647,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History","volume":"129 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113998956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Writing History Under Empire: The Babylonian Chronicle Reconsidered 在帝国统治下书写历史:重新考虑巴比伦编年史
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2021-04-14 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2020-0015
C. Waerzeggers
{"title":"Writing History Under Empire: The Babylonian Chronicle Reconsidered","authors":"C. Waerzeggers","doi":"10.1515/janeh-2020-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2020-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article proposes to read the Babylonian Chronicle as historical literature. It argues that the text was composed in response to Babylonia’s integration in the Persian Empire. The text presents itself as a self-conscious departure from the chronographic tradition by tracing the roots of Babylon’s fate to the mid-eighth century, when a triangle of power is said to have emerged between Assyria, Babylonia and Elam—a configuration that reduced the Babylonian monarch to inaction and incompetence from the very start.","PeriodicalId":174647,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History","volume":"24 25","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113955502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
Priestly Scholars in Late Egypt: The Theoretical Side 晚期埃及的祭司学者:理论方面
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2021-04-09 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2020-0014
J. Quack
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引用次数: 2
Berossus and the Creation Story Berossus和创世故事
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2021-04-08 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2020-0012
Paul Beaulieu
{"title":"Berossus and the Creation Story","authors":"Paul Beaulieu","doi":"10.1515/janeh-2020-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2020-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article investigates the fragments of the Babyloniaca of Berossus on creation. The following aspects are considered: the narrative structure of the book and how the account of creation is introduced, with broader implications for the cultural claims of Berossus and his peers; the relation between Berossus and previous Mesopotamian traditions, mainly the Babylonian Epic of Creation (Enuma elish), as well as possible evidence of Greek influence; and finally the view of human nature which is implicit in his account of the creation of humankind, notably the elimination of female agency and how his narrative relates to theories of human generation and the body that were current among the Babylonians, the Greeks, and the Egyptians.","PeriodicalId":174647,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126406207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
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