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The Making of Hittite Imperial Landscapes: Territoriality and Balance of Power in South-Central Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age 赫梯帝国景观的形成:青铜时代晚期安纳托利亚中南部的领土和权力平衡

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2018-02-23 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2017-0004

Alvise Matessi

引用次数: 10

Rebellion, Sargon II’s “Punishment” and the Death of Aššur-nādin-šumi in the Inscriptions of Sennacherib 西拿基立铭文中的叛乱、萨尔贡二世的“惩罚”和Aššur-nādin-šumi之死

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2017-06-27 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2016-0015

B. Dewar

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引用次数: 3

Rethinking the Canon of Ancient Near Eastern Art in the Internet Age 网络时代对古代近东艺术经典的再思考

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2017-06-27 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2016-0002

Marian H. Feldman

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引用次数: 4

An “Egyptianising” Underworld Judging an Assyrian Prince? New Perspectives on VAT 10057 一个“埃及化”的黑社会审判亚述王子?增值税10057的新视角

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2017-06-27 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2016-0012

Alex A. Loktionov

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引用次数: 0

Body Language: Tattooing and Branding in Ancient Mesopotamia 身体语言:古代美索不达米亚的纹身和烙印

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2017-06-27 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2015-0004

Mallory Ditchey

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引用次数: 6

Introduction: Scholarship and Inquiry in the Ancient Near East 导言:古代近东的学术与探究

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2016-0007

Seth Richardson

引用次数: 3

Mesopotamian Scholarship: Kassite to Late Babylonian Periods 美索不达米亚学术:喀西特到巴比伦晚期

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2016-0009

A. Lenzi

引用次数: 8

The Scribal Culture of Ugarit 乌加里特的抄写文化

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2016-0011

R. Hawley, D. Pardee, Carole Roche-Hawley

引用次数: 8

Scholarship and Inquiry in Early Mesopotamia 早期美索不达米亚的学术研究

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2016-0008

Paul Delnero

引用次数: 3

Seleucid Babylonian “Official” and “Private” Seals Reconsidered: A Seleucid Archival Tablet in the Collection of the Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina 塞琉古巴比伦的“官方”和“私人”印章重新考虑:在里贾纳麦肯齐艺术画廊收藏的塞琉古档案碑

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2015-0002

R. Wallenfels

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引用次数: 13