Nathalie Kallas, 2025, Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue, Access Archaeology Publications, United Kingdom

The second volume of Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue comprises a collection of papers presented in three academic sessions at the Broadening Horizons six Conference, held at Freie Universität Berlin from June 24 to 28, 2019. Edited by Nathalie Kallas, this volume brings together research on various aspects of Ancient Near Eastern studies.

Since 2007, the Broadening Horizons conferences have provided a regular platform for young researchers and postgraduate students in the field of Ancient Near Eastern studies. These conferences aim to foster communication and develop interdisciplinary approaches to the study of material cultures and historical texts. In line with this objective, the second volume includes papers from the following three academic sessions:

Session 3: Visual and Textual Forms of Communication
Session 7: The Future of the Past; Archaeologists and Historians in Cultural Heritage Studies
Session 8: Produce, Consume, Repeat; History and Archaeology of Ancient Near Eastern Economies

This volume features 20 papers covering a wide range of topics across multiple periods, from the 5th millennium BCE to the Roman Empire. The studies explore various geographical regions of the Near East, offering new perspectives on cultural, economic, and social interactions.

The table of contents is as follows:

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

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