Evidence Combined: Western and Eastern Sources in Dialogue (Melammu Symposia, 11)

English summary: This volume contains the proceedings of the 11th Melammu Symposium "Evidence Combined: Eastern and Western Sources in Dialogue", which took place in April 2017 in Beirut. The 21 articles of the volume, authored by Assyriologists, Classicists and Archaeologists, focus on the interaction between East and West. A substantial part of them deals with the history of the Levant, an area where different cultural spheres overlapped and interacted and where the local people, most famously the Phoenicians of Tyre and Byblos, took advantage of this position and played an important part in international trade. Based on an analysis of textual and archaeological evidence the articles give insight in the various ways of interactions between East and West. Funerary rites, textiles, seafaring and questions of the methodological approach to borders and interconnections are discussed besides more text-focused contributions which make a combined use of Eastern and Western sources in order to improve our understanding of events described in the texts of classical authors. German description: Dieser Sammelband enthalt die Beitrage des 11. Melammu Symposiums, das unter dem Titel "Evidence Combined: Eastern and Western Sources in Dialogue" im April 2017 in Beirut stattfand. Die 21 Beitrage stammen von Altorientalisten, Althistorikern sowie Archaologen und behandeln dementsprechend den Austausch zwischen Ost und West. Ein grosser Teil der Artikel beschaftigt sich mit der Geschichte der Levante, einem Gebiet, in dem verschiedene kulturelle Spharen zusammentrafen und dessen Bevolkerung, vor allem in den beruhmten Handelsstadten Tyros und Byblos, diese Stellung zu nutzen wusste und eine bedeutende Rolle im internationalen Handel spielte. Die Artikel des Bandes werten sowohl Texte als auch archaologische Daten aus, um einen Einblick in diesen Austausch zwischen Ost und West zu ermoglichen. Neben Beitragen zu Begrabnisriten, Textilien, der Seefahrt und zur konzeptuellen Frage, wie man Grenzen im Altertum verstehen kann, nahern sich zahlreiche Beitrage der Frage an, wie man die Quellen aus Ost und West in Dialog setzen kann, um unser Verstandnis von Ereignissen und Phanomenen zu vertiefen, die in den Schriften der klassischen Autoren beschrieben werden. Cover Preliminaries Content Introduction: Evidence Combined – Western and Eastern Sources in Dialogue Politics and Hybrid Identities – The Greek Theatre in Hellenistic Babylon Two obols for the fare across the Styx. Concepts of the deceased’s journey to the underworld in Greece and Mesopotamia Planets, Palaces and Empire. Herodotus on Deioces and Ecbatana (Hdt. 1.98–99) The Mazarrón 1 Shipwreck: Construction Details, Original Function and Cultural Affiliation of an Iron Age Boat from the Iberian Peninsula Continuity and variability in funerary practices in the Eastern and Western Phoenician world Trade and exchange between Phoenicia and Greece: the early pottery evidence Textiles from Mesopotamia to Greece (3rd millennium BCE – 3rd century CE) Textile and Textile Tool Expressions in 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE Cyprus Dress, Gender and Social Status. Considerations on Garments in Mari (Syria, 25–24th centuries BCE) Nude Females and Girded Men. Clothes and Gender in Akkadian Literature What to Wear? Dress-codes in Ancient Greek Sanctuaries Lydia, Phrygia and the Cimmerians: Mesopotamian and Greek evidence combined Gyges Between East and West The Great Conflict over the Levant (612–562 BC) and its consequences for the Greeks Between wealth and politics Arsames, the prince, satrap and estate-holder Reflecting on borders and interconnections in the Mediterranean World: a brief reconsideration of methodological approaches Epigraphic habit in Western Asia Minor and in the Levant Comparing laments for the fallen city in the ancient Near Eastern and Greek traditions A Comparison of Dissimilarity: Lunar Eclipses in the Enuma Anu Enlil and the Malhama of Daniel Jerusalem in the Light of Athens or the Missing Link to the Formation of the Pentateuch Nectanebo II of Greek and Egyptian sources