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July 2023

Vol. 11, No. 7
Figure 1: Tablet III of the Epic of Atrahasis (the Great Flood). Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE). BM80385. ©The Trustees of the British Museum.

Heartbreak and the History of Distress in Ancient Mesopotamia

July 27, 2023
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The stacking of Elamite heads. From the Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, room 33, BM no 124801. Redrawn by Joanne Porck.

The Remarkable Rise of Assyria: A Reassessment

July 20, 2023
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A Letter from the Editor

July 13, 2023
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Single leaf from the Arabic version of Dioscorides’ De materia medica, copied in 621 AH / 1224 CE in Baghdad and removed from the original manuscript – Aya Sofya 3703 – probably in the late 19th or early 20th century. Around 30 illustrations were removed from this manuscript that are now in public and private collections. Walters Art Museum.

Digitizing Manuscripts from Southwest Asia: Access, Ethics, and Sustainability

July 6, 2023
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