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Record Nr.

UNINA9911070621003321

Autore

van der Veen Pieter

Titolo

Assyria and the West : A Fresh Look at the Unshakeable Pillars of Late Bronze and Iron Age Chronology in the Eastern Mediterranean World

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bicester : , : Archaeopress, , 2025

©2025

ISBN

1-80327-990-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (444 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

WallenfelsRonald

JamesPeter

Disciplina

935.03

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- A General Introduction: 'Assyria and the West' -- Peter James†, Pieter van der Veen and Ronald Wallenfels (eds) -- Obituary:  Peter J. James, 1952-2024 -- SESSION 1: THE PRESENT STATE OF MESOPOTAMIAN AND HITTITE CHRONOLOGY -- An Introduction to Session One: 'Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?' -- Ronald Wallenfels -- Assyrian and Mitannian Pottery Styles: From Assur to the Euphrates and Beyond -- Robert M. Porter -- Discussion 1:  The North Syrian Hurrian Kingdoms  and Dark Age Chronology -- Ronald Wallenfels and Peter James -- A Critical Look at Mesopotamian-Egyptian Synchronisms during the 14th-13th Centuries BC -- Peter James -- Middle Assyrian History and Culture and  Dark Age Assyrian Chronology -- Ronald Wallenfels -- Two Parallel Lines of Kings during the Late Middle and Early Neo-Assyrian Periods -- Bieke Mahieu -- EA 16: Napḫuriya Revisited -- Johannes Dams -- Elamite Dark Age Chronology -- Yuri Khramov -- Discussion 2: Assyria and Post-Kassite Chronology -- Ronald Wallenfels -- Dating Hartapu: The Troubled Relationship between  Archaeology and Texts -- Jorrit Kelder -- The Hittite New Kingdom and Its Relationship with           the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms -- Peter James and Bieke Mahieu -- SESSION 2  : THE LEVANT AND THE EFFECTS OF ASSYRIAN CHRONOLOGY -- Introduction to Session 2 -  A Dark Age Hidden in Plain Sight? -- John J. Bimson --



An Alternative Paradigm for Israel's Origins in Canaan -- John J. Bimson -- Phoenicia at the Late Bronze-Iron Age Transition -- Jesse Michael Millek -- Towards a Resolution of the 'Sea Peoples' Rubik's Cube: or 'Hiram, King of the Sea Peoples?' -- Peter James -- 'Redating the Byblos Inscriptions' -- Ronald Wallenfels -- Chronological Data and Mid-Ninth Century BC Israel.

Wolfgang Zwickel -- Assyrian Synchronisms, the 'Tyrian Annals' and Carthage -- Nikos Kokkinos -- 'Late Assyrian-Style' Seals, Bullae and Pottery as Chronological Markers for Dating Iron Age IIB -- Pieter Gert van der Veen -- In dubio pro reo:  The Case of Sennacherib and the Beersheba Valley -- Ariel M. Bagg -- The Chronology of Edom in the Iron Age:  A Critical Review of the Evidence -- Juan Manuel Tebes -- Text-Impeded Archaeology:  Assyrian Involvement at Samaria and Tell es-Sa'idiyeh -- Rupert L. Chapman III -- Discussion 3 : Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Pottery Markers  from Tell es-Sa'idiyeh Stratum IV? -- Piter Gert van der Veen -- Discussion 4: In dubio pro reo.  The Case of Sennacherib and the Beersheba Valley -- Peter James -- SESSION 3:   SCIENTIFIC DATING METHODS -- Introduction to Session 3 - 'Assyria and the West'  in the Light of Scientific Dating -- Uwe Zerbst -- Open Questions Regarding the Reliability of 14C Dating        in the Context of ANE Chronology -- Uwe Zerbst and Pieter G. van der Veen -- The Ammiṣaduqa Tablet and Babylonian Chronology   in Retrospect, Successes and Failures -- David Lappin -- Ancient DNA:  The Solution to Everything or the Devil's Work? -- I. J. Nick Thorpe.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume re-examines key chronological anchors of the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, questioning the reliability of synchronisms between Egypt and Mesopotamia. Focusing on artistic, archaeological, and historical data, the contributors explore shifting timelines and tensions in Assyrian, Hittite, and Levantine contexts.