Volume 8 Issue 1

Published: 2023-01-01

Contents


Research Paper
Proverbs of Animals in the Sumerian Cuneiform Sources

Zahraa Mahmood Mohammed

Proverbs of animals are the largest collection of Sumerian proverbs recorded so far, as we do not find an analogue of them in the Akkadian language. The Sumerian scribe likened the qualities...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176674

Pages: 3-36
The Historical Sense of the Assyrian king Tuklti-Ninurta (II) 890-884 BC

Ahmed Zidan Al-Hadidi

The research focused on the study of the history of Assyria for only seven years of its long history, specifically during the years of the reign of King Tawaklti-Nanurta (II) extending from the...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176675

Pages: 37-60
Cuneiform Writings on the Seals Impressions of City Rulers from the Ur III Period

HASSANEIN HAYDAR AL-Rubeai

The editions of cylinder seals on the cuneiform texts discovered in various cities of ancient Iraq provided us with valuable information aboutthe nature of the jobs that existed in ancient Iraq,...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176676

Pages: 61-80
The Effect of the Senses in The Poetic Image of Mesopotamia Writers

Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed

The poetic image is considered the backbone of poetry and as the structure of the poem. The Mesopotamian poets depended on it to present their ideas and emotions. It can represent the form that...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176677

Pages: 81-98
Parthian Pottery from Tell Maskan, First Season 2008

Najat Ali Mohammed

The Archaeological excavations carried out by State Board of Antiquities and Heritage at the site of Tal Maskan, the first season in the summer of September 2008 AD, which was included in the list...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176678

Pages: 99-126
Metathesis in Akkadian and Arabic Languages: A Contrastive Study

Abbas Ibrahim Saber

The phenomenon of metathesis in the sounds of most of the languages of the world prompted us to search for this topic in the Akkadian language, and compare it with the Arabic language to bring it...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176679

Pages: 127-148
An Analytical Study of a Group of Gypsum Boards from the City of Samarra Preserved in the Iraqi Museum (Selected Samples)

Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed AL-Joburi, Jamal Abdulraheem Ibrahim

The study of the stucco (gypsum board) decorative elements of the city of Samarra revealed that it included three artistic styles that were classified and named by archaeologists and specialists as...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.178683

Pages: 132-151
Izz Al-Din Ibn Al-Atheer Narrated the Mosul Forces Battles with Salah Al-Din Al-Ayoubi (570-571 AH/ 1174-1175AD)

Manahl Osama Jar-Allah Al-Khero

The narrations of Izz al-Din Ibn al-Atheer on the battles that took place between the forces of Mosul and the Salah Al-Din Al-Ayoubi of army of are a clear indication of the disclosure of Ibn...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176680

Pages: 149-166
Ownership of Agricultural Land and Collecting it in India (Hegira 4th century - 8th century / AD 10th - 14th century)

Suleiman Mohammed Ali

The research aims to identify the ownership of agricultural land in India from the fourth century AH / tenth century AD to the eighth century AH / fourteenth century AD, which the researchers did...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176681

Pages: 167-182
Astronomy in Ottoman Painting

Shaymaa Jasim Albadri

Celestial bodies have occupied human beings' thinking and become a target to examine their essence and composition. Human beings started observing their movements and tried to explain these...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176682

Pages: 183-206
"A Study of Unpublished Cuneiform Texts from Neo-Sumerian Period"

Hussein Mohammed Ridha Al-Hummeri

The economic texts are considered as one of the most important documents that reflect the economic condition of society, Neo-Sumerian Period (2200-2004 B.C) is one of the most abundant regards the...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176683

Pages: 207-226
A Look into the Neo-Assyrian Countryside: the Iron Age III Settlement of Taşlı Geçit Höyük in the Islahiye Valley

Gabreile Giacosa

Turco-Italian excavations on the site of Tal Geit Hyk, located in the Islahiye valley (South-Eastern Turkey), partially investigated a rural settlement dating to the Iron Age III (late 8th-7th...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176684

Pages: 227-238
Early Bronze IV Pottery Assemblages from Umm Al-Hafriyat Southern Mesopotamia

Eleonora Mariani

The 2016-2018 QADIS survey project, conducted jointly by the University of Bologna and the SBAH, has investigated the south-eastern part of the Al Qadisiyah region. This paper will focus on the...

DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.176685

Pages: 239-251