http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/ Ancient Near East 2 Fri, 09 May 2008 06:45:40 GMT Charles Ellwood Jones http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8318 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8318 What I negleted to point out yesterday is that this US government regulation includes a very interesting 6800 word typology of Mesopotamian material culture Fri, 09 May 2008 01:07:52 GMT Chris Weimer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8317 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8317 Hello again, ANE-2ers, I've recently posted an adaptation from a paper I wrote on Cybele concerning her origins just for my blog. Since the subject matter Thu, 08 May 2008 18:35:22 GMT Chris Weimer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8316 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8316 Hello listers, I found a particularly odd claim concerning temples at Uruk. Does anyone know a good reference on what we know about the Temples there? Thu, 08 May 2008 12:32:52 GMT cejo@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8315 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8315 For easy access, I have put a copy of the full text of "Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological and Ethnological Material of Iraq", published in Federal Tue, 06 May 2008 14:39:20 GMT victor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8314 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8314 Dear colleagues, I have been asked by the Israel Academy of Sciences to announce the appearance of the second printing with agenda and corrigenda of Hayim Tue, 06 May 2008 11:41:33 GMT cejo@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8313 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8313 There is an emerging social networking presence for ANE-2 on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39599010182 for those who are interested in that Tue, 06 May 2008 04:06:32 GMT K L Noll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8312 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8312 I will refrain from expressing my personal views on this matter, but I believe this article is of interest to many on the ANE-2 list, and I offer it in the Mon, 05 May 2008 01:44:44 GMT rb47x@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8311 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8311 Hi David, Yes one sterling example comes to mind in answer to your excellent question: The idea that the Hyksos introduced the horse, chariot, composite bow, Sun, 04 May 2008 18:15:34 GMT Doug Weller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8310 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8310 Hi ANE-2, ... Thanks. The reviews on Amazon.com and the fact that Holst's other books look New Age and all are apparently self-published have put me off him. Sun, 04 May 2008 08:28:09 GMT Yigal Levin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8309 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8309 Thnaks. Intersting, that for "Kenites" you get a totally different selection on RAMBI: Sun, 04 May 2008 08:13:19 GMT Sam WOLFF http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8308 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8308 I haven't read Holst, but it seems to be fairly popular fare (which is not necessarily bad, if thats what you're looking for). If its a general reliable intro Sun, 04 May 2008 08:12:53 GMT Sam WOLFF http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8307 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8307 Just as a general tip for researchers: It seems like many list members are unaware of the great value of the IAA's Rockefeller Library database in searching Sun, 04 May 2008 05:16:18 GMT David Lorton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8306 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8306 At the end of this dreary week, what a pleasure it was to read Yigal Levin's posting. Does anyone know of any other examples of "assumptions" somehow becoming Sun, 04 May 2008 04:42:18 GMT Frank Polak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8305 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8305 Dear All, The other side of the equation is JAramaic QaYNa'a/smith,' QaYNaYa in Syriac (for both, passages in Targum/Peshitta) and Arabic QaYNun=smith The Sun, 04 May 2008 03:24:58 GMT George F Somsel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8304 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANE-2/message/8304 I forget whether it was in a collection of Albright's essays or those of Albrecht Alt that there is some mention of this.? Come to think of it, it might even