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Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago - Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization

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	Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 65 Perspectives on Ptolemaic Thebes: Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop Dorman, Peter F. The manuscript consists of seven papers presented at the Theban Workshop, 2006. Within the temporal and spatial boundaries indicated by the title, the subjects of the papers are extremely diverse, ranging from models of culture-history (Manning and Moyer), to studies of specific administrative offices (Arlt), a single statue type (Albersmeier), inscriptions in a single temple (DiCerbo/Jasnow, and McClain), and inscriptions of a single king ... Paperback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Price GB £19.00
	Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 64 Grammatical Case in the Languages of the Middle East and Europe: Acts of the International Colloquium Variations, Concurrence et Evolution des cas dans Divers Domaines Linguistiques, Paris, 2-4 April 2007 edited by Michèle Fruyt, Michel Mazoyer, and Dennis Pardee The volume contains twenty-eight studies of various aspects of the case systems of Sumerian, Hurrian, Elamite, Eblaite, Ugaritic, Old Aramaic, Biblical Hebrew, Indo-European, the languages of the Bisitun inscription, Hittite, Armenian, Sabellic, Gothic, Latin, Icelandic, Slavic, Russian, Ouralien, Tokharian and Etruscan. The volume concludes with a paper on future directions. 420p (Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2011) Paperback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Price GB £30.00
	Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 63 Beyond the Ubaid: Transformation and Integration in the Late Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East edited by Robert A. Carter and Graham Philip Originally coined to signify a style of pottery in southern Iraq, and by extension an associated people and a chronological period, the term "Ubaid" is now often used loosely to denote a vast Near Eastern interaction zone, characterized by similarities in material culture, particularly ceramic styles, which existed during the sixth and fifth millennia B.C. This zone extended over 2,000 km from the shores of the Mediterranean to the Straits of ... Paperback. Price GB £31.00
	Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 62 Proceedings of the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, July 18-22, 2005 edited by Robert D. Biggs, Jennie Myers, and Martha T. Roth (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 62, OIP 2008) Paperback. Price GB £50.00
	Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 61 Sacred Space and Sacred Function in Ancient Thebes: Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop edited by Peter F Dorman and Betsy M Bryan This volume presents a series of papers delivered at a two-day session of the Theban Workshop held at the British Museum in September 2003. Due to its political and religious prominence throughout much of pharaonic history, the region of ancient Thebes offers scholars a wealth of monuments whose physical remains and extant iconography may be combined with textual sources and archaeological finds in ways that elucidate the function of sacred space ... Paperback. Price GB £24.99
	Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 60 Studies in Semitic and Afroasiatic Linguistics Presented to Gene B. Gragg edited by Cynthia L Miller Professor Gene B Gragg's unbounded intellectual curiosity and rigorous linguistic method have served as a bridge between the often disparate fields of Semitic philology and linguistics, between the various sub-disciplines that study the ancient Near East, between the study of ancient languages by means of scribal corpora and modern languages by means of language helpers, and between users and developers of computer programs for linguistic and ... Paperback. Price GB £40.00
	Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 59 The studies in this impressive volume of over 700 pages are presented in memory of Douglas L. Esse, an archaeologist and assistant professor at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago until his untimely death at the age of forty-two on October 13, 1992. The majority of the thirty-four chapters in this volume are concerned with the study of the Early Bronze Age, and some chapters deal with periods and issues that pre-date and post-date ... Paperback. Price GB £72.00
	Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 58 Gold of Praise: Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honor of Edward F. Wente edited by Emily Teeter and John A Larson This Festschrift in honor of Prof. Edward F. Wente contains contributions by forty-three of his colleagues and friends. Contents: Publications and Communications of Edward F. Wente (C. E. Jones); A Monument of Khaemwaset Honoring Imhotep (J. ... Paperback. Price GB £75.00
	Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 54 The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice by Robert K Ritner To date, no comprehensive treatment of Egyptian magic has focused on the practice of the magician. Both general studies and textual publications have emphasized instead the religious elements in the contents of recited spells, while the accompanying instructions, with their vignettes and lists of materials, instruments, and ritual actions, remained uninvestigated. This study represents the first critical examination of such "magical techniques," ... Paperback. Price GB £45.00
	Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 53 Glass from Quseir al-Qadim and the Indian Ocean Trade by Carol Meyer This volume is the final report on the first and second century a.d. and thirteenth and fourteenth century Islamic glass excavated at Quseir al-Qadim on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. The report not only describes the glass finds but also studies their ... Paperback. Price GB £34.50

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