Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue – Volume 2: Sessions 3, 7 and 8 from the Conference Broadening Horizons 6 Held at the Freie Universität Berlin, 24–28 June 2019

Since 2007, the conferences organized under the title ‘Broadening Horizons’ have provided a regular venue for postgraduates and early career scholars in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Three volumes present the proceedings of the 6th Broadening Horizons Conference, which took place at the Freie Universität Berlin from 24–28 June, 2019. The general theme, ‘Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue’, is aimed at encouraging communication and the development of multidisciplinary approaches to the study of material cultures and textual sources. The second volume compiles papers presented in three enlightening sessions: Session 3 – Visual and Textual Forms of Communication; Session 7 – The Future of the Past. Archaeologists and Historians in Cultural Heritage Studies; and Session 8 – Produce, Consume, Repeat. History and Archaeology of Ancient Near Eastern Economies. Within this volume, the 20 papers traverse diverse topics spanning multiple periods, from the 5th millennium BCE to the Roman Empire, and encompass a wide array of geographical regions within the Near East.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Introduction – Nathalie Kallas   Session 3 — Visual and Textual Forms of Communication Meaning and Meaningfulness in the Visual Arts: The Akkadian Legacy in the Ur III Period – Marian H. Feldman Sexuation of animals’ bodies in the bullae from Qasr-I Abu Nasr – Delphine Poinsot Generations of Writing: The Secondary Inscriptions of Darius’ tacara at Persepolis – Olivia Ramble A few insights into the variety of interactions between texts and diagrams in Old Babylonian mathematics – Adeline Reynaud Chariots, Thrones, and Emblems. Visual/Material Bonds in Old Babylonian Legal Practice – Elisa Roßberger When Horses and Onagers Collide: The Use of Constraining Force in the Neo-Assyrian Reliefs – Margaux Spruyt Up/down, close/far, front/back: the conceptualization of the dynamics of power in Hittite texts – Marta Pallavidini Apotropaic representations on Late Bronze Age ring seals – Benedetta Bellucci Seal-Impressed Vessels at Hama, Syria (c. 2500-2000 BC) – Agnese Vacca, Valentina Tumolo, Georges Mouamar and Stephen Lumsden Potmarks on the Lebanese coast: A medium of communication in the Early Bronze Age – Metoda Peršin Personal Religion in the Ramesside Period from the Deir el-Medina Votive Stelae: A Case for the Study of Iconography – Iria Souto Castro Texts, scenes and rituals to preserve the memory of the deceased in private tombs at the end of the 18th Dynasty in Thebes – María Silvana Catania The transmission of priestly science in ancient Egyptian temples of the Graeco-Roman period: The case study of the sacred trees* – Federica Pancin   Session 7 –The Future of the Past. Archaeologists and Historians in Cultural Heritage Studies Codifying culture: The making of Phoenician style – Lamia Sassine Come, Tell Me Where You Live! Perceptions of Local Antiquity and Cultural Awareness in the Region of Koya – Cinzia Pappi   Session 8 – Produce, Consume, Repeat. History and Archaeology of Ancient Near Eastern Economies Making new sense of ancient economies. Markets, networks, and social orders in the pre-Islamic Near East – Eivind Heldaas Seland Deciphering the Skills of the Prehistoric Painting Technique: Case Study of the Painted Pottery of the 5th Millennium BCE from Tall-e Bakun A (Fars province, Iran) – Takehiro Miki Persian Female Weavers in the Persepolis Economy – Yazdan Safaee Shops in Ancient Berytus: New Data from Old Excavations – Hassan El-Hajj Viticulture in the Roman Colony of Berytus: Economic Considerations – Naseem Raad

About the Author :
Nathalie Kallas (PhD Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 2018) is a postdoctoral researcher and current research fellow at the Institute for Near Eastern Archaeology at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. She is the field director of the Tell Ushayer excavations in Jordan. She held several positions at the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin and has collaborated on numerous excavation projects.