Last day of an intense week for Marie Curie fellowship candidates on the campus of the Université Paris Nanterre, as they present their revised proposals! Great to see the projects taking shape.

From Babylon to Nineveh, through London and Berlin.

كل عام وانتم بخير في هذا العام الجديد 2024! مشاركة مدونة عن معنى نقوش ابجدية من بابل الى جزيرة أيرلندا
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From Babylon to Dingle (and Back)! A holiday post on syllabaries, abecedaries, and what they're good for, anyway (or why I owe at least some of my current project to vacationing with the Irish):

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The Illustrated London News of February 21, 1953 was all abuzz about Elizabeth II's gown for her upcoming coronation. Much nicer (Supplement, page IV) was the color publication of this handbag of frit beads from the "priestess' room" (M2) at Neo-Assyrian Sultantepe:

Time to try this new thing out: A September visit to the BIAA, a beaded purse, and how much we owe to Ulrica "Hydie" Lloyd and other unsung illustrators on excavations:

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#sultantepe #archaeology #neoassyrian #theBIAAnkara