CURRICULUM VITAE

DAVID I. OWEN

OFFICE

Department of Near Eastern Studies
414 White Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853-2502
Telephone: 1-607-255-6275/7452
Facsimile: 1-607-255-6450
E-mail:DIO1@CORNELL.EDU

EDUCATION

1963-6; 1969   Brandeis University: Ph.D., Mediterranean Studies, June 1969
Major Fields: Assyriology and Near Eastern History

1966-68   Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, Fulbright-Hayes Scholar

1962-63   Brandeis University: M.A., Mediterranean Studies, June 1963
Major Fields: Akkadian and Egyptian Languages and Literatures

1958-62   Boston University: A.B., Classical Civilization, June 1962
Minor Field: Biblical Studies

POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS: ACADEMIC

1998- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York:
Bernard and Jane Schapiro Professor of Ancient Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

1983-1998   Cornell University, Ithaca, New York:
Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology
Department of Near Eastern Studies

1977-83    Cornell University, Ithaca, New York:
Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology
Department of Near Eastern Studies

1974-77   Cornell University, Ithaca, New York:
Assistant Professor of Ancient Jewish History,
Department of Semitic Languages and Literatures

1973-   Institute of Nautical Archaeology, College Station, Texas:
Adjunct Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies

1971-74   The Dropsie University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Assistant Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies

1970-71   The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Research Associate in Assyriology
Department of Oriental Studies

1969-71   The University Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Assistant Curator, Underwater Archaeology Section

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK

1987   Director and Epigraphist, Cornell Summer Field Excavation Program in Israel, The Land of Geshur Project: The Excavation of Tel Hadar

1978-85   Director and Epigraphist, Cornell Summer Field Program in Israel, Israeli-American Expedition to Tel Aphek-Antipatris, Israel

1977   Visiting Epigraphist, Tel Aviv University Excavations at Tel Aphek-Antipatris, Israel

1970-71   Director, The University Museum Excavation of a Fifth Century B.C. Shipwreck in the Straits of Messina, Porticello, Italy

1968-69   Assistant Director, The University Museum Excavation of a Fourth Century B.C. Shipwreck at Kyrenia, Cyprus

1967   Member of the Ankara Museum Excavation of the Old Hittite Town of Inandik Tepe, Turkey

1967   Technical Advisor, The University Museum Excavation of a Roman Shipwreck at Yassi Ada, Turkey

1965   Director, Harbor Survey, Argolid Exploration Project, Porto Cheli, Greece

1965   Student Assistant, The University Museum Excavation at Gordion, Turkey

1964   Assistant Director, The University Museum Excavation of a Byzantine Shipwreck at Yassi Ada, Turkey

1961-63   Student Assistant, The University Museum Excavation of a Byzantine Shipwreck at Yassi Ada, Turkey

PUBLICATIONS

I. BOOKS AUTHORED (Published and Forthcoming)

1. 1970   "The Loan Documents from Nuzu." 1969 Ph.D. Dissertation Brandeis University (Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, No. 7012,031). Pp. ix + 193.

2. 1975   The John Frederick Lewis Collection Texts from the Third Millennium in the Free Library of Philadelphia (Materiali per il Vocabolario Neosumerico, Vol. 3). Rome: Unione Accademica Nazionale - Multigrafica Editrice. Pp. 33 + cvi plates (copies) + 19 plates (photos).

3. 1982   Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum: Catalogue and Texts. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. Pp. xiii + 83 + 213 plates (copies) + x plates (photos).

4. 1982   Selected Ur III Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum (Materiali per il Vocabolario Neosumerico, Vol. 11). Rome: Unione Accademica Nazionale - Multigrafica Editrice. Pp. 44 + 54 plates (copies).

5. 1991   Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections (Materiali per il Vocabolario Neosumerico, Vol. 15). Rome: Unione Accademica Nazionale - Multigrafica Editrice. Pp. xi + 168 + 63 plates (copies) + xxvi plates (photos).

6. 2003 The Nesbit Tablets. Bethesda: CDL Press. In preparation.

II. EDITED AND COLLABORATIVE WORKS (Published and Forthcoming)

1. 1981   Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians in Honor of Ernest R. Lacheman on his Seventy-First Birthday, April 29, 1981 (with M.A. Morrison). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. Pp. xxi + 496.

2. 1984   The John Frederick Lewis Collection, Vol. 2 (Materiali per il vocabolario neosumerico, Vol. 13) (with M. Sigrist and G.D. Young). Roma: Unione Academica Nazionale - Multigrafica Editrice. Pp. 35 + 155 plates (copies).

3. 1984   The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 104 (with E. Bender, P.W. Kroll and J.A. Wakin). Pp. 608.

4. 1985   G. Reisner, Tempelurkunden aus Tello - Glossario (Studi per il vocabolario sumerico, Vol. I/3) (with G. Pettinato, H. Waetzoldt and J.-P. Grégoire). Rome: UniversitÀ di Roma <<La Sapienza.>> Pp. v + 437.

5. 1985   The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 105 (with E. Bender, P.W. Kroll and Jeanette A. Wakin). Pp. 832.

6. 1986   The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 106 (with E. Bender, P.W. Kroll and Jeanette A. Wakin). Pp. 924.

7. 1987   Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 2: General Studies and Excavations at Nuzi 9/1. (with M.A. Morrison). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. Pp. x + 723.

8. 1987   The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 107 (with E. Bender, P.W. Kroll and J.A. Wakin). Pp. 866.

9. 1988   The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 108 (with E. Bender, P. W. Kroll, J.A. Wakin and S. Kaufman). Pp. 685.

10. 1989   Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 3: The Joint Expedition with the Iraq Museum at Nuzi, Vol. VII (with M.A. Morrison and M.P. Maidman). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. Pp. xii + 307.

11. 1991   Adoption in Old Babylonian Nippur and the Archive of Mannum-me Šu-lissur (with E. Stone and an appendix by J. Mitchell) (Mesopotamian Civilizations, Vol. 3). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. Pp. x + 150 + 63 plates (photos).

12. 1993   Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 4: The Eastern Archives and Excavations at Nuzi 9/2 (with M.A. Morrison). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. Pp. xii + 420.

13. 1993   Isaac Rabinowitz, A Witness Forever: Ancient Israel's Perception of Literature and the Resultant Hebrew Bible (Occasional Publications of the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Program of Jewish Studies, Cornell University, Vol. 1) (with R. Brann). Bethesda: CDL Press. Pp. xvii + 148.

14. 1994   Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 6: Two Hundred Nuzi Texts from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Part 1 by M.P. Maidman. Bethesda: CDL Press. Pp. viii + 443.

15. 1995   Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 5: General Studies and Excavations at Nuzi 9/3. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. Pp. ix + 357.

16. 1995   Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 7: Edith Porada Memorial Volume (with Gernot Wilhelm). Bethesda: CDL Press. Pp. x + 159.

17. 1995   Kitty Zilversmit, edited by D.I. Owen, Yours Always, A Holocaust Love Story (Occasional Publications of the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Program of Jewish Studies, Cornell University, Vol. 2). Bethesda: CDL Press [1996]. Pp. xv + 295.

18. 1996   Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 8: Richard F.S. Starr Memorial Volume (with G. Wilhelm). Bethesda: CDL Press. Pp. ix + 474.

19. 1998   Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 9: General Studies and Excavations at Nuzi 10/2 (with G. Wilhelm). Bethesda: CDL Press. Pp. x + 397.

20. 1999   Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 10: Nuzi at Seventy-Five (with G. Wilhelm). Bethesda: CDL Press. Pp. viii + 459.

21. 2001 Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 11: The Pula-hali Family Archives, by Brigitte Lion and Diana Stein (edited with G. Wilhelm). Bethesda: CDL Press. Pp. viii + 376.

22. 2002 Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 12: General Studies and Excavations at Nuzi 10/3 (with G. Wilhelm). Bethesda: CDL Press. Pp. viii + 330.

23. 2002 Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 13: The Emar Personal Names, by Regine Pruszinsky (edited with G. Wilhelm). Bethesda: CDL Press. Pp. ca. 400, in preparation.

24. 2003 Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 14: General Studies and Excavations at Nuzi 10/4 (with G. Wilhelm). Bethesda: CDL Press. Pp. ca. 400, in preparation.

25. 2003 The Cornell University Cuneiform Texts (with Marcel Sigrist). Bethesda: CDL Press. Pp. in preparation.

III. ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS

1. 1994   Selected Ur III Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum (Materiali per il Vocabolario Neosumerico, Vol. 11). Rome: Unione Accademica Nazionale - Multigrafica Editrice, 1982.Transliterations via http://oasis.leidenuniv.nl/ub/sta/sta.htm.

2. 1994   The John Frederick Lewis Collection, Vol. 2 (Materiali per il vocabolario neosumerico, Vol. 13) (with Marcel Sigrist and Gordon D. Young). Roma: Unione Academica Nazionale - Multigrafica Editrice, 1984. Transliterations via http://oasis.leidenuniv.nl/ub/sta/sta.htm.

3. 1994   Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections (Materiali per il Vocabolario Neosumerico, Vol. 15). Rome: Unione Accademica Nazionale - Multigrafica Editrice, 1991.Transliterations via http:// oasis.leidenuniv.nl/ub/sta/sta.htm.

IV. ARTICLES AND NOTES IN ASSYRIOLOGY

1. 1970   "Cuneiform Texts in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston" (with G.D. Young). Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 23 (3), 68-75.

2. 1970   "Ur III Texts in the Zion Research Library, Boston" (with G.D. Young). Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 23 (4), 95-115.

3. 1971    "Incomplete Year Formulae of Iddin-Dagan Again." Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 24 (4), 17-19.

4. 1971    "Ur III Letter-Orders from Nippur in the University Museum." Orientalia New Series, Vol. 40 (4), 386-400 + 2 plates.

5. 1972   "A Unique Ur III Letter-Order in the University of North Carolina." Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 24 (4), 133-134.

6. 1972   "Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections, I." Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 24 (4), 137-173.

7. 1972   "Texts and Fragments 69-71." Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 24 (4), 174.

8. 1973   "Miscellanea Neo-Sumerica I-III." In H.A. Hoffner (ed.), Orient and Occident Essays Presented to Cyrus H. Gordon on the Occasion of his Sixty-fifth Birthday. (Alter Orient und Altes Testament, Band 22), Neukirchen-Vluyn: Verlag Butzon & Bercker Kevelaer, 131-137.

9. 1974   "Texts and Fragments 83-84." Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 26 (1), 63-65.

10. 1975   "Excerpts from an Unknown Hymn to Rim-Sin of Larsa." In B.L. Eichler, et al. (eds.), Kramer Anniversary Volume: Cuneiform Studies in Honor of Samuel Noah Kramer (Alter Orient und Altes Testament, Band 25), Neukirchen-Vluyn: Verlag Butzon & Bercker Kevelaer, 351-355.

11. 1975   "Cuneiform Texts in the Collection of Professor Norman Totten, Part I." Mesopotamia, Vol.  8-9, 145-166.

12. 1975   "The Ugaritic Text from Sarepta." In J.B. Pritchard, Sarepta: a Preliminary Report on the Iron Age. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 102-104.

13. 1977   "Cuneiform Texts in the Collection of Professor Norman Totten, Part II." Mesopotamia, Vol.  10-11, 5-29.

14. 1977   "Death for Default." In M. deJ. Ellis (ed.), Essays on the Ancient Near East in Memory of J.J. Finkelstein. (Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 19), Hamden: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 159-162.

15. 1979   "A Thirteen Month Summary Account from Ur." In M.A. Powell and R.H. Sack (eds.),  Studies in Honor of Tom B. Jones (Alter Orient und Altes Testament, Band 201), Neukirchen-Vluyn: Verlag Butzon & Bercker Kevelaer, 57-69.

16. 1980   "A Sumerian Letter from an Angry Housewife?" In G. Rendsburg, et al. (eds.), The Bible World: Studies in Honor of Cyrus H. Gordon. New York: Ktav, 189-202.

17. 1980   "Widows' Rights in Ur III Sumer." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, Vol. 70 (2), 170-184.

18. 1981   "An Akkadian Letter from Ugarit at Tel Aphek." Tel Aviv, Vol. 8 (1), 1-17.

19. 1981   " Ugarit, Canaan and Egypt) Some New Epigraphic Evidence from Tel Aphek in Israel." In G.D. Young (ed.), Ugarit in Retrospect. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 49-53.

20. 1981   "Of Birds, Eggs and Turtles." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, Vol. 71 (1), 29-47.

21. 1981   "Tax Payments to Some City Elders in the Northeast." Acta Sumerologica, Vol. 3, 62-68.

22. 1981   "Text Fragments from Arrapha in the Kelsey Museum of Art and Archaeology, the University of Michigan." Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 1, 455-468.

23. 1981   "Texts from Arrapha and from Nuzi in the Yale Babylonian Collection" (with E.R. Lacheman). Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 1, 377-432.

24. 1981   "Addendum to A. Fadhil, Ein frühes Tuppi Marūti aus Tell Al-Fahar/Kurruanni." Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 1, 373-375.

25. 1981   "Observations on the Ebla Bird Lists and the Ur III Summary Account, FLP 145." In G. Pettinato (ed.), Testi Lessicali Monoligui della Bibliotheca L. 2769 (Materiali Epigrafici di Ebla, Vol. 3), Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli, 277-278.

26. 1982   "A SA.GAZ Tablet from Ur in the John Frederick Lewis Collection." Oriens Antiquus, Vol.  21 (4), 73-80 + 1 plate.

27. 1983   "Texts and Fragments" (with J.H. Jasanoff). Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 35 (3-4), 194- 196.

28. 1983   "Eine neubabylonische Gartenkaufurkunden mit Flüchen aus dem Akzessionsjahr Asaraddons" (with K. Watanabe). Oriens Antiquus, Vol. 22 (1-2), 37-48 + 1 plate.

29. 1983   "Copies 476-489." In M. Sigrist, Textes Économiques Neo-Sumeriens de l'Université de Syracuse. Mémoire 6 29. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations, Plates 88-91.

30. 1986   "A Computerized Sumerian Dictionary of the Third Millennium." Proceedings of the 1986 IBM Academic Information Systems University AEP Conference: "Tools for Learning." Sheraton Harbor Island East, San Diego, April 5-8, 1986. Milford, CT: IBM Academic Information Systems, II-2-10.1.

31. 1987   "Nuzi Notes 1: The First Nuzi Symposium and Workshop" (with Martha A. Morrison). Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 2, 341-344.

32. 1987   "Nuzi Notes 4: A tidennutu Fragment." Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 2, 349-350.

33. 1987   "Nuzi Notes 5: A New Reference to irana." Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 2, 350-351.

34. 1987   "Nuzi Notes 6: A Typical Loan Fragment." Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 2, 351.

35. 1987   "Nuzi Notes 7: A tuppi zitti Fragment." Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 2, 351-352.

36. 1987   "Excavations at Nuzi 9/l" (with E.R. Lacheman and M.A. Morrison). Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 2, 355-702.

37. 1987   "MeGum, the First Ur III Ensi of Ebla" (with R. Veenker). In Luigi Cagni (ed.), Ebla 1975-1985: Diecianni di studi linguistici e filologici. Atti del convegno internazionale (Napoli, 9-11 ottobre 1985), Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli, 263-291 + 2 plates.

38. 1987   "An Akkadian Letter from Ugarit at Tel Aphek." in D.I. Owen, W.W. Hallo, I. Singer, P. Beck and M. Kochavi, Aphek Antipatris 1978-1985: The Letter from Ugarit, Philological, Historical and Archaeological Considerations. Tel Aviv University: Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology Reprint Series No. 7: Tel Aviv, 1-17. [Reprint of E.18]

39. 1987   "Ugarit: International Trade in the Bronze Age." in J.B. Pritchard (ed.), The Times Atlas of the Bible / The Harper Atlas of the Bible. London and New York, 44-45.

40. 1988   "Random Notes on a Recent Ur III Volume." Review article on Philip J. Watson (ed.) Neo-Sumerian Texts from Drehem (Catalogue of Cuneiform Tablets in the Birmingham City Museum, Vol. 1). Warminster, 1986. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 108 (1), 111-122.

41. 1988   "A Unique Late Sargonic River Ordeal in the John Frederick Lewis Collection." In Erle Leichty, M. deJ. Ellis and Pamela Gerardi (eds.), A Scientific Humanist: Studies in Memory of Abraham Sachs. Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund, 9, Philadelphia: The University Museum, 305-311.

42. 1990   "CBS 8279 (copy)." In S. Greengus, "Bridewealth in Sumerian Sources." Hebrew Union College Annual, Vol. 61, 45.

43. 1991   "Ugarit C A Center of Trade and Influence." in J.B. Pritchard (ed.), The Times Concise Atlas of the Bible / The Harper Concise Atlas of the Bible. London and New York, 3-4. [Reprinted and revised version of IV.39]

44. 1991   "The "First" Equestrian: An Ur III Glyptic Scene." Acta Sumerologica, Vol. 13, 259-273.

45. 1992   "Exit Gura'a from Ebla!" Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, Vol. 6 (1), 2-3, no. 3.

46. 1992   "Ad NABU 92/84." Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, Vol. 6 (4), 88, no. 120.

47. 1992   "An Ur III "Marriage Document." Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, Vol. 6 (4), 88-89, no. 121.

48. 1992   "Tie Her Up and Throw Her into the River! An Old Babylonian Inchoate Marriage on the Rocks" (with R. Westbrook). Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, Vol. 82 (2), 202-207 + 2 plates.

49. 1993   "Syrians in Sumerian Archival Sources from the Ur III Period." in M. Chavalas and J. Hayes (eds.), New Horizons in the Study of Ancient Syria (Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Vol. 25), Malibu: Undena, 107-175.

50. 1993   "Excavations at Nuzi 9/2" (with E.R. Lacheman and M.A. Morrison). Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 4, 131-398.

51. 1993   "Some New Evidence on Yahmadiu = Ahlamu." in M. Cohen, D.C. Snell, D.B. Weisberg (eds.) The Tablet and the Scroll: Near Eastern Studies in Honor of William W. Hallo, Bethesda: CDL Press, 181-184.

52. 1993   "The Ensis of Gudua." Acta Sumerologica, Vol. 15, 131-152.

53. 1993   "Text Fragments from Taxila (Pakistan)." Acta Sumerologica, Vol. 15, 289-291.

54. 1994   "More Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections." Journal of Cuneiform Studies Vol. 46, 17-27.

55. 1995   "Excavations at Nuzi 9/3" (with E.R. Lacheman). Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 5, 87-357.

56. 1995   "Preface" (with G. Wilhelm). In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm (eds.), Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 7: Edith Porada Memorial Volume. Bethesda: CDL Press, v-viii.

57. 1995   "An Old Assyrian Letter from Nuzi." In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm (eds.), Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 7: Edith Porada Memorial Volume. Bethesda: CDL Press, 65-67.

58. 1995   "Pasūri-Dagan and Ini-Teššup's Mother." in Z. Zevit, M. Sokoloff and S. Gitin (eds.), Solving Riddles and Untying Knots: Biblical, Epigraphic, and Semitic Studies in Honor of Jonas C. Greenfield . Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 553-564.

59. 1995   "Two Sumerian Texts." Acta Sumerologica, Vol. 17, 327-328.

60. 1995   "Amorites and the Location of BÀDki." In K. Van Lerberghe and A. Schoors (eds.), Immigration and Emigration Within the Ancient Near East: Festschrift E. Lipinski, Bruxelles: Peters, 213-219.

61. 1996   "English Glossary." In Thesaurus Inscriptionum Eblaicarum A/1-2 (TIE I/3) (with G. Pettinato and H. Waetzoldt), Roma, 150-171.

62. 1996   "Preface" (with G. Wilhelm). In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm (eds.). Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 8: Richard F.S. Starr Memorial Volume. Bethesda: CDL Press, iii-v.

63. 1996 "Letters from the Field, 1927-1930 by Richard F.S. Starr." In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm (eds.), Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 8: Richard F.S. Starr Memorial Volume. Bethesda: CDL Press, 9-11.

64. 1996   "Preface" to D.C.S. Starr, "North of Baghdad." In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm (eds.), Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 8: Richard F.S. Starr Memorial Volume. Bethesda: CDL Press, 127-129.

65. 1996   "Introduction to EN 10/1" (with G. Wilhelm). In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm (eds.), Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 8: Richard F.S. Starr Memorial Volume. Bethesda: CDL Press, 375-378.

66. 1997   "An Interview with Michael Astour (with G.D. Young)." In G. Young, M. Chavalas, and R. Averbeck (eds.), Crossing Boundaries and Linking Horizons: Studies in Honor of Michael C. Astour on His 80th Birthday, Bethesda: CDL Press, 1-36.

67. 1997   "Ur III Geographical and Prosopographical Notes." In G. Young, M. Chavalas, and R. Averbeck (eds.), Crossing Boundaries and Linking Horizons: Studies in Honor of Michael C. Astour on His 80th Birthday, Bethesda: CDL Press, 367-398.

68. 1997[1998]   "Ur III Tablets in the University of Utah Museum of Natural History" (with Ewa Wasilewska). Acta Sumerologica, Vol. 19, 147-228.

69. 1997[1998]   "Old Akkadian and Old Babylonian Texts in the University of Utah, Museum of Natural History (UMNH)." Acta Sumerologica, Vol. 19, 293-297.

70. 1998   “Preface” (with G. Wilhelm). In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm (eds.), Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 9: General Studies and Excavations at Nuzi 10/2. Bethesda: CDL Press, iii-iv.

 

71. 1998   “More on Ris-ilum.” Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, Vol. 12, p. 132, no. 135.

 

72. 1999   “English Glossary.” in Thesaurus Inscriptionum Eblaicarum B (TIE I/4) (with G. Pettinato and H. Waetzoldt), Roma.

 

73. 1999   “Preface” (with G. Wilhelm). In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm (eds.), Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 10. Nuzi at Seventy-five. Bethesda: CDL Press, v-vii.

 

74. 1999   “Lexical Index” (with G. Wilhelm). In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm (eds.), Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 10. Nuzi  at Seventy-Five. Bethesda: CDL Press, 439-451.

 

75. 2000   “The Hurrians.” In D.N. Freedman (ed.), The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, pp. 618-620.

 

76. 2000   “Nippur.” In D.N. Freedman (ed.), The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, pp. 967-968.

 

77. 2000   “Ur.” In D.N. Freedman (ed.), The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2 pages, pp. 1347-1348.

78. 2000   “On the Patronymy of Šu-Suen.” Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, Vol. 14(4), no. 82, p. 90.

 

79. 2001   “Preface” (with G. Wilhelm). In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm (eds.), Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 11 The Pula-Hali Family Archives, by Brigitte Lion and Diana Stein, Bethesda: CDL Press, pp. v-vi.

 

80. 2001   “Cuneiform Texts in the Arizona State Museum, Tucson” (with Ewa Wasilewska), Journal of Cuneiform Studies 52, pp. 1-53.

81. 2001   “The Royal Gift Seal of Silluš-Dagan, Governor of Simurrum.” In S. Graziani (ed.). Studi sul Vicino Oriente antico dedicati alla memoria di Luigi Cagni, Vol. 2 (IUO, Dipartimento di Studi Asiatici, Series Minor LXI) Napoli, pp. 829-859.

 

82. 2001   “On the Patronymy of Šu-Suen.” Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, Vol. 15(1), no. 17, pp. 19-20. [expanded version of #78.]

 

83. 2002   “Preface” (with G. Wilhelm). In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm (eds.), Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 12. General Studies and Excavations at Nuzi 10/3, Bethesda: CDL Press, pp. v-vi.

 

84. 2002   “The Royal Gift Seal in the Ur III Period” (with Rudi Mayr). In H.Waetzoldt (ed.), Von Sumer nach Ebla und zurück. Festschrift für Giovanni Pettinato zum 27. September 1999 gewidmet von Freunden, Kollegen und Schülern. Heidelberger Studien zum Alten Orient Bd. 9, Heidelberg, in press.

V. CRITICAL REVIEWS

1. 1974   S.T. Kang, Sumerian Economic Texts from the Drehem Archive, Urbana, 1972. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 33(1), 174-177.

2. 1974   S.T. Kang, Neo-Sumerian Account Texts from Drehem, New Haven, 1971. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 33(4), 417-420.

3. 1974   R.E. Whitaker, A Concordance of the Ugaritic Literature, Cambridge, 1972. Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol. 65(1), 63-64.

4. 1976   S.T. Kang, Sumerian Economic Texts from the Umma Archive, Urbana, 1973. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 35(3), 206-208.

5. 1979   D.M. Loding, Economic Texts from the Third Dynasty (Ur Excavation Texts, Vol. 9), Philadelphia, 1976. Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 31(3), 184-188.

6. 1981   D.O. Edzard and G.F. Farber, Répertoire Géographique des Textes Cunéiformes, Band 2: Die Orts-und Gewassernamen der 3. Dynastie von Ur. Wiesbaden, 1974. Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 33(3-4), 244-269.

7. 1983   G. Wilhelm, Das Archiv des Šilwa-Teššup, Heft 2: Rationenlisten 1. Wiesbaden, 1980. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 42(4), 307-309.

8. 1987   M. Sigrist, Neo-Sumerian Account Texts in the Horn Archaeological Museum (Andrews University Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 1). Berrien Springs, 1984. Andrews University Seminary Studies, Vol. 25(2), 233-235.

9. 1988   B. Lafont, Documents Administratifs Sumeriens Provenant du Site de Tello et Conserves au Musée du Louvre. Paris, 1985. Bibliotheca Orientalis, Vol. 46(5-6), 619-622.

10. 1991   F. Yildiz and T. Gomi, Die Puzriš -Dagan-Texte der Istanbuler Archaeologischen Museen, Teil II: Nr. 726 C 1379 (Freiburger altorientalische Studien 16). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GMBH, 1988. Die Welt des Orients 22, 180-183.

11. 1992   B. Lafont, Tablettes Cunéiformes de Tello au Musé d'Istanbul: Datant de l'Epoque de la IIIe Dynastie d'Ur (ITT II/I, 617B1038) Istanbul Arkeoloji Muzeleri'ndeki Tello Tabletleri: III. Ur Devrine ait Istanbul (ITT II/I, 617C1038) (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul 65). Istanbul, 1989. Bibliotheca Orientalis, Vol. 49 (3-4), 441-448.

12. 1992   A. Archi and F. Pomponio, Testi Cuneiformi Neo-Sumerici da Drehem. N. 0001-0412 (Catalogo del Museum Egizio di Torino, Serie Seconda Collezioni, Vol. VII). Milano: Cisalpino - Istituto Editoriale Universitario, 1990. Orientalistischen Literaturzeitung 87(3), 246-248.

13. 1993   H. Steible, Die neusumerischen Bau- und Weihinschriften Teil 1, Inschriften der II. Dynastie von Lagaš . Teil 2, Kommentar zu den Gudea-Statuen; Inschriften der III. Dynastie von Ur; Inschriften der IV. und V. Dynastie von Uruk; Varia. Freiburger altorientalische Studien, Band 9. Stuttgart: F. Steiner Verlag, 1991. Bulletin of the Society of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 56(1), 124-125.

14. 1993   D.C. Snell and C.H. Lager, Economic Texts from Sumer (Yale Oriental Series: Babylonian Texts, Vol.VIII), New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 113(2), 292-295.

15. 1994   L. Casson and J.R. Steffy (eds.) The Athlit Ram (Nautical Archaeology Series, no. 3) College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1991. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 53(3), 213-214.

16. 2001 B. Lafont, Tablettes Cuneiformes de Tello au Musee d'Istanbul: Datant de l'Epoque de la IIIe Dynastie d'Ur (ITT II/I, 617B1038) Istanbul Arkeoloji Muezeleri'ndeki Tello Tabletleri: III. Ur Devrine ait Istanbul (ITT II/I, 617C1038) (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul 77). Istanbul, 1998. Aula Orientalis, Vol. 19(1), 155-156.

VI. BRIEF REVIEWS AND BOOKNOTES

1. 1986-1996   Ca. 150 brief review notes in the Journal of the American Oriental Society and the Religious Studies Review.

VII. MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES, NOTES, AND LETTERS

1. 1970   "Picking Up the Pieces: the Excavation of a Looted Fifth Century B.C. Shipwreck in the Straits of Messina." Expedition, Vol. 13(1), 24-29.

2. 1971   "Archeosub nello Stretto di Messina." Magna Graecia, Vol. 6(9-10), 6-8.

3. 1971   "Excavating a Classical Shipwreck." Archaeology, Vol. 24(2), 118-129.

4. 1971   "A Decade of Underwater Archaeology in the Mediterranean." Qadmoniot, Vol. 4(2), 55-61 (in Hebrew).

5. 1971   "Down to the Sea in Ships." Keeping Posted, Vol. 16(6), 17-20.

6. 1971   "University Museum Excavations of a Looted Fifth Century Art-Carrying Shipwreck in the Straits of Messina." American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 75(2), 210.

7. 1972   "Straits of Messina (at Porticello)." Apud G.F. Bass, "Newsletter 1970/71." International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration, Vol. 1, 197-198.

8. 1972   "Ausgraben eines Schiffswracks aus dem 5. Jahr. v. Chr. in der Strasse von Messina." Antike Welt, Vol. 4(1), 2-10.

9. 1973   Photos, Cuneiform Copy and Translation in N. Dennis, "Gilgamesh." Horizon, Vol. 15(3), 114-115.

10. 1973   "The Neo-Sumerian Economic Texts from Nippur in the University Museum." American Philosophical Society Year Book, 1972, 676-677.

11. 1975   "Archaeology: In Class, Underwater, and in the Field" (with R.T. Farrell). The Arts College Observer (Cornell University), No. 6, 1-4.

12. 1978-84    Editor, Newsletter, Program of Jewish Studies, Nos. 1-3 (Cornell University).

13. 1982   "Letter to the Editor." Biblical Archaeology Review, Vol. 8(4), 16.

14. 1984   "Letter to the Editor." Biblical Archaeology Review, Vol. 10(1), 83-84.

15. 1985   "Preparation of a Photo Archive of Nuzi Tablets." American Philosophical Society Grantees' Reports 1984, 222-223.

16. 1986   "Near and Middle Eastern Languages." Peterson's Graduate Programs in the Humanities & Social Sciences 1987. Princeton: Peterson's Guides, 1393.

17. 1987   "Near and Middle Eastern Languages." Peterson's Accounting to Zoology: A Comprehensive Look at 300 Graduate Fields of Study. Princeton: Peterson's Guides, 144-145 [reprint of vi.16].

18. 1988   "Prospera Aphek." In Il Sole 24 Ore, 7 February, No. 36, p. 23.

19. 1991   "Letter to the Editor." Cornell Daily Sun, cviii/60 (November 20), p. 4.

20. 1991-2   Editor, Newsletter, Program of Jewish Studies (Cornell University), Vol. 3 ff.

21. 1996   "Prospera Aphek." In G. Pettinato (ed.), Archeologia in 24 Ore I, Milano: Mondadori, in press [reprint of VII.18].

22. 1997   Photo and copy of MVN 15 271 (horse seal tablet) in Sandra Olsen (ed.), Horses Through Time, Pittsburgh, in press.

23. 1997   Foreword in John E. Coleman and Clark Walz, eds., Greeks and Barbarians (Occasional Publications of the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Program of Jewish Studies, Cornell University, No. 4), Bethesda: CDL Press, p. v.

24. 2002   Preface in Gary A. Rendsburg, Israelian Hebrew in the Book of Kings (Occasional Publications of the Program of Jewish Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, No. 5), Bethesda: CDL Press. P. v.

VIII. PERSONALIA

1. 1983   "Ernest René Lacheman, 1906-1982." Archiv für Orientforschung, Vol. 29-30, 330-332.

2. 1993   "Isaac Rabinowitz: A Reminiscence." In Isaac Rabinowitz, A Witness Forever: Ancient Israel's Perception of Literature and the Resultant Hebrew Bible (Occasional Publications of the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Program of Jewish Studies, Cornell University, Vol. 1). Bethesda: CDL Press, 143-144.

3. 1996   "Richard F.S. Starr, 1900-1994: An Extraordinary Life." Archiv für Orientforschung, Vols. 42-43 (1995-96), 337-339.

4. 1996   "Richard F.S. Starr, 1900-1994: An Extraordinary Life." In D.I. Owen and G. Wilhelm, (eds.) Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians, Vol. 8: Richard F.S. Starr Memorial Volume. Bethesda: CDL Press, 3-7. [Expanded version of VIII.3]

5. 2002   "Michael Katzev – Reminiscences." Institute of Nautical Archaeology Newsletter No. 00. In preparation..

6. 2003   "Cyrus Herzl Gordon, 1908-2001." Archiv für Orientforschung, Vol. 00-00. In preparation.

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