Zach Rubin
@zachrubin.bsky.social
Adjunct assistant professor at Hunter and Fordham. Assyriologist, studying the dynamics of sacred knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia | ✡️&🏳️🌈
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Tick-tock… just a few days left to submit your article for the IAA Prize for the Best Article of an Early Career Scholar! Don’t miss the chance to be recognized—details here: iaassyriology.com/iaa-prize/ #Assyriology #Archaeology #Mesopotamia
IAA Prize for the Best Article of an Early Career Scholar - The International Association for Assyriology
The IAA awards a prize for the best article in Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology Rules and Regulations Eligibility Requirements The article must be written in one of the official RAI language...
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March 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Tick-tock… just a few days left to submit your article for the IAA Prize for the Best Article of an Early Career Scholar! Don’t miss the chance to be recognized—details here: iaassyriology.com/iaa-prize/ #Assyriology #Archaeology #Mesopotamia
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In 1748 BCE, a man feels so “discredited” by a woman named Amertum that he declares before 13 witnesses:
“As long as she talks, I will not bring her into my house.”
It’s a flawlessly preserved legal record of a bizarre situation.
“As long as she talks, I will not bring her into my house.”
It’s a flawlessly preserved legal record of a bizarre situation.
February 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In 1748 BCE, a man feels so “discredited” by a woman named Amertum that he declares before 13 witnesses:
“As long as she talks, I will not bring her into my house.”
It’s a flawlessly preserved legal record of a bizarre situation.
“As long as she talks, I will not bring her into my house.”
It’s a flawlessly preserved legal record of a bizarre situation.
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advance copies have arrived and if it looks like i’m trying to hug it, that’s because i am 🥹
February 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
advance copies have arrived and if it looks like i’m trying to hug it, that’s because i am 🥹
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If it looks like there are two different fonts on this clay tablet from ancient Babylon, that’s because there are.
In December of 603 BCE, a young scribe named Balāṭa made a faithful copy of a far more ancient inscription of Sîn-Kashid who had ruled Uruk over 1,000 years earlier.
In December of 603 BCE, a young scribe named Balāṭa made a faithful copy of a far more ancient inscription of Sîn-Kashid who had ruled Uruk over 1,000 years earlier.
February 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If it looks like there are two different fonts on this clay tablet from ancient Babylon, that’s because there are.
In December of 603 BCE, a young scribe named Balāṭa made a faithful copy of a far more ancient inscription of Sîn-Kashid who had ruled Uruk over 1,000 years earlier.
In December of 603 BCE, a young scribe named Balāṭa made a faithful copy of a far more ancient inscription of Sîn-Kashid who had ruled Uruk over 1,000 years earlier.
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"When I came to Babylon, for the messengers of Zimri-Lim (king of Mari) there were unending servings of pork, fish, fowl, and nuts, while I was totally ignored!" Here's hoping your festivities are happier than those of this ancient messenger! ARM 26 384, J. M. Sasson, From the Mari Archives, 88.
December 31, 2024 at 9:53 PM
"When I came to Babylon, for the messengers of Zimri-Lim (king of Mari) there were unending servings of pork, fish, fowl, and nuts, while I was totally ignored!" Here's hoping your festivities are happier than those of this ancient messenger! ARM 26 384, J. M. Sasson, From the Mari Archives, 88.
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Internally screaming with ALL the enormous emotions that my book made it onto this list @theguardian.com amp.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Pope Francis: the books to look forward to in 2025 | Books | The Guardian
New work from Zadie Smith, memoirs from Jacinda Ardern and Bill Gates, plus the third instalment in Rebecca Yarros’s romantasy series - here’s the biggest fiction and nonfiction for the year ahead
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December 29, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Internally screaming with ALL the enormous emotions that my book made it onto this list @theguardian.com amp.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
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The second circular for the #RAI70Prague is now available at rai70.ff.cuni.cz There will be 24 open workshops plus the main track. The abstract submission will start on January 1, 2025 @IAAssyriology @FF_CUNI @Orientalniustav #cuneiform #IANESPrague #assyriology
RAI 70 - 2025 - Prague
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December 28, 2024 at 12:10 PM
The second circular for the #RAI70Prague is now available at rai70.ff.cuni.cz There will be 24 open workshops plus the main track. The abstract submission will start on January 1, 2025 @IAAssyriology @FF_CUNI @Orientalniustav #cuneiform #IANESPrague #assyriology
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Although just a tiny fragment, this cuneiform tablet tells us about a child having seizures in the 7th century BCE.
A medical professional reports, “Seizure keeps attacking him. I prepared the stones and prophylactery against seizure and put them upon him” cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/33...
A medical professional reports, “Seizure keeps attacking him. I prepared the stones and prophylactery against seizure and put them upon him” cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/33...
December 21, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Although just a tiny fragment, this cuneiform tablet tells us about a child having seizures in the 7th century BCE.
A medical professional reports, “Seizure keeps attacking him. I prepared the stones and prophylactery against seizure and put them upon him” cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/33...
A medical professional reports, “Seizure keeps attacking him. I prepared the stones and prophylactery against seizure and put them upon him” cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/33...
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Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
December 20, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
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📣 [RAI70] Call for papers - Workshop
Assyriologists, archaeologists and specialists working on Western Asia, please find our call for papers for our workshop at the #70RAIPrague : "Local power and urban institutions in ancient Western Asia during the 2nd millennium BCE" ⬇️
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Assyriologists, archaeologists and specialists working on Western Asia, please find our call for papers for our workshop at the #70RAIPrague : "Local power and urban institutions in ancient Western Asia during the 2nd millennium BCE" ⬇️
@ili-yahu.bsky.social
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December 20, 2024 at 2:40 PM
📣 [RAI70] Call for papers - Workshop
Assyriologists, archaeologists and specialists working on Western Asia, please find our call for papers for our workshop at the #70RAIPrague : "Local power and urban institutions in ancient Western Asia during the 2nd millennium BCE" ⬇️
@ili-yahu.bsky.social
Assyriologists, archaeologists and specialists working on Western Asia, please find our call for papers for our workshop at the #70RAIPrague : "Local power and urban institutions in ancient Western Asia during the 2nd millennium BCE" ⬇️
@ili-yahu.bsky.social
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Wish you could enjoy watching the Poor Man of Nippur in its original language of Akkadian? You can!
The Assyriology community at the University of Cambridge completed this project a few years back and it is a certified classic:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYo...
The Assyriology community at the University of Cambridge completed this project a few years back and it is a certified classic:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYo...
December 19, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Wish you could enjoy watching the Poor Man of Nippur in its original language of Akkadian? You can!
The Assyriology community at the University of Cambridge completed this project a few years back and it is a certified classic:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYo...
The Assyriology community at the University of Cambridge completed this project a few years back and it is a certified classic:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYo...
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CfP from CUNY GC Classics Students!
Landscape Features of the Ancient World
a hybrid conference: May 2, 2025.
Send abstracts to: cunyclassicsconference@gmail.com
Due: January 31, 2025
#classicsGC #HumanitiesGC @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Landscape Features of the Ancient World
a hybrid conference: May 2, 2025.
Send abstracts to: cunyclassicsconference@gmail.com
Due: January 31, 2025
#classicsGC #HumanitiesGC @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 5:49 PM
CfP from CUNY GC Classics Students!
Landscape Features of the Ancient World
a hybrid conference: May 2, 2025.
Send abstracts to: cunyclassicsconference@gmail.com
Due: January 31, 2025
#classicsGC #HumanitiesGC @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Landscape Features of the Ancient World
a hybrid conference: May 2, 2025.
Send abstracts to: cunyclassicsconference@gmail.com
Due: January 31, 2025
#classicsGC #HumanitiesGC @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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I love the hybrid creatures from ancient Mesopotamia. They hint at what scared people, what protected them, and more.
This is a “lion man” (urmahlilu), a magical creature that once flanked the entrance to King Ashurbanipal’s palace in Nineveh to protect against harm.
This is a “lion man” (urmahlilu), a magical creature that once flanked the entrance to King Ashurbanipal’s palace in Nineveh to protect against harm.
December 18, 2024 at 10:18 AM
I love the hybrid creatures from ancient Mesopotamia. They hint at what scared people, what protected them, and more.
This is a “lion man” (urmahlilu), a magical creature that once flanked the entrance to King Ashurbanipal’s palace in Nineveh to protect against harm.
This is a “lion man” (urmahlilu), a magical creature that once flanked the entrance to King Ashurbanipal’s palace in Nineveh to protect against harm.
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#Assyriology postdoc opportunity at ISAC UChicago with the #Nippur Tablet Collection. 🏺
Deadline end of January. apply.interfolio.com/160845
EOE/Vet/Disability
Deadline end of January. apply.interfolio.com/160845
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December 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM
#Assyriology postdoc opportunity at ISAC UChicago with the #Nippur Tablet Collection. 🏺
Deadline end of January. apply.interfolio.com/160845
EOE/Vet/Disability
Deadline end of January. apply.interfolio.com/160845
EOE/Vet/Disability
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These two people, Shara-igizi-Abzu and her father Ushumgal, are two of the earliest people on Earth whose names are recorded on their images, c. 2900 BCE. He was a Mesopotamian priest, apparently giving land, houses, and animals to his daughter. Met 58.29. See Weavers, Scribes, and Kings, Ch. 3.
December 16, 2024 at 7:36 PM
These two people, Shara-igizi-Abzu and her father Ushumgal, are two of the earliest people on Earth whose names are recorded on their images, c. 2900 BCE. He was a Mesopotamian priest, apparently giving land, houses, and animals to his daughter. Met 58.29. See Weavers, Scribes, and Kings, Ch. 3.
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Open call for PhD scholarships (fully funded) at my department, possible subject areas include Assyriology, West Asian Archaeology, Egyptology, Modern Middle Eastern Studies (one is earmarked for Turkish studies) and many more!
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
PhD scholarships at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen
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December 15, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Open call for PhD scholarships (fully funded) at my department, possible subject areas include Assyriology, West Asian Archaeology, Egyptology, Modern Middle Eastern Studies (one is earmarked for Turkish studies) and many more!
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
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Last year, I wrote a brief article about how the heart “breaks” in ancient Mesopotamia. What could a broken heart have meant 3,000 years ago, and how did people express mental distress?
To me, how they made emotional pain make sense is really moving anetoday.org/al-rashid-he...
To me, how they made emotional pain make sense is really moving anetoday.org/al-rashid-he...
Heartbreak and the History of Distress in Ancient Mesopotamia - The Ancient Near East Today
The concept of “heartbreak” appears multiple times in cuneiform texts as a metaphor to describe both mental and physical conditions. How should we interpret this phrase? And is it anything like heartb...
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December 13, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Last year, I wrote a brief article about how the heart “breaks” in ancient Mesopotamia. What could a broken heart have meant 3,000 years ago, and how did people express mental distress?
To me, how they made emotional pain make sense is really moving anetoday.org/al-rashid-he...
To me, how they made emotional pain make sense is really moving anetoday.org/al-rashid-he...
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December 12, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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“The data revealed the location of the city’s water gate, possible palace gardens, and five enormous buildings, including a 127-room villa twice the size of the U.S. White House.”
An episode in archaeology without (yet) digging.
With thanks to @cosmicrami.com! news.agu.org/press-releas...
An episode in archaeology without (yet) digging.
With thanks to @cosmicrami.com! news.agu.org/press-releas...
Abandoned Assyrian capital brought to life in new magnetic survey
The first geophysical survey of an important Middle Eastern archaeological site overturns long-held assumptions about its history
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December 12, 2024 at 8:59 AM
“The data revealed the location of the city’s water gate, possible palace gardens, and five enormous buildings, including a 127-room villa twice the size of the U.S. White House.”
An episode in archaeology without (yet) digging.
With thanks to @cosmicrami.com! news.agu.org/press-releas...
An episode in archaeology without (yet) digging.
With thanks to @cosmicrami.com! news.agu.org/press-releas...
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December 10, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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This list of Sumerian words, like a very ancient dictionary, dates to ~2300 BCE from the ancient city of Ebla.
Remarkably, one of the words listed is sha-zu, which means “midwife” (“one who knows the inside”).
A midwife in a 4,300-year-old clay tablet cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/24...
Remarkably, one of the words listed is sha-zu, which means “midwife” (“one who knows the inside”).
A midwife in a 4,300-year-old clay tablet cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/24...
December 10, 2024 at 4:08 PM
This list of Sumerian words, like a very ancient dictionary, dates to ~2300 BCE from the ancient city of Ebla.
Remarkably, one of the words listed is sha-zu, which means “midwife” (“one who knows the inside”).
A midwife in a 4,300-year-old clay tablet cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/24...
Remarkably, one of the words listed is sha-zu, which means “midwife” (“one who knows the inside”).
A midwife in a 4,300-year-old clay tablet cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/24...
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Vorderasiatische #Archäologie & #Archäoinformatik der FU Berlin sucht noch immer Unterstützung bei Verwaltungs- & Kommunikationsaufgaben... spread the word and/or apply (bis 16.12.)
Das @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Institut für Vorderasiatische #Archäologie braucht Hilfe bei
Kommunikations-, Verwaltungs- und Organisationsaufgaben ( #Kommunikationsassistenz, Bewerbungsende 16.12.24) Alle Infos hier, bei Fragen gerne melden: www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
Kommunikations-, Verwaltungs- und Organisationsaufgaben ( #Kommunikationsassistenz, Bewerbungsende 16.12.24) Alle Infos hier, bei Fragen gerne melden: www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
GK-VA_IArIS_2024_Kommunikationsassistenz
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December 9, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Vorderasiatische #Archäologie & #Archäoinformatik der FU Berlin sucht noch immer Unterstützung bei Verwaltungs- & Kommunikationsaufgaben... spread the word and/or apply (bis 16.12.)
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This is such a great question and I get asked this a lot, so here is a really brief thread on some accessible, excellent books on ancient Mesopotamia 😎
don't know you'll see this but do you have any recommendations for books about this time period that's easy for the general public to read? I have been loving your threads about the ancient Mesopotamia! I'd love to learn more but don't want to accidentally read alternative history books.
December 7, 2024 at 6:59 PM
This is such a great question and I get asked this a lot, so here is a really brief thread on some accessible, excellent books on ancient Mesopotamia 😎
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Parthian hedgehog from Nippur. Top 10 Mesopotamian artifact list. 🏺
December 7, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Parthian hedgehog from Nippur. Top 10 Mesopotamian artifact list. 🏺