From the Banks of the Euphrates : Studies in Honor of Alice Louise Slotsky

Although Near Eastern languages and the history of the exact sciences are known for being obscure and deliberately arcane to general audiences, Alice Slotsky has paradoxically established her legacy by exposing these topics to a wider audience. As a visiting professor at Brown University, Slotsky has taught more students than any previous Assyriologist and successfully brought this discipline to a wider audience than previously imagined possible. This volume, with articles written by former students, as well as colleagues, pays tribute to her broad interests. Although Ancient Near Eastern Languages And The History Of The Exact Sciences Are Known As Obscure Disciplines And Are Considered Arcane By General Audiences, Alice Slotsky Paradoxically Has Established Her Legacy By Exposing These Topics To A Wider Audience. As A Visiting Professor, Slotsky Has Taught More Students Than Any Previous Assyriologist At Brown University And Successfully Brought This Discipline To A Wider Audience Than Previously Imagined Possible. This Volume, With Articles Written By Former Students As Well As Colleagues, Pays Tribute To The Broad Range Of Her Interests.--book Jacket. Kur : When The Old Moon Can Be Seen A Day Later / Lis Brak-bernsen, Hermann Hunger, Christopher Walker -- Remarks On Strassmaier Cambyses 400 / John P. Britton -- Ancient Chronology's Alpha And Egyptian Chronology's Debt To Babylon / Leo Depuydt -- Assyriology And English Literature / Benjamin R. Foster -- The Eyes Of Nefertiti / Karen Polinger Foster -- Les Lais, Or, Whatever Became Of Mesopotamian Mathematics? / Jens Høyrup -- House Omens In Mesopotamia And India / Toke Lindegaard Knudsen -- Anat Of Nephtys : A Possible Substitution In The Documents Of The Ramesside Period / Jessica Lévai -- Observations On The Diffusion Of Military Technology : Siege Warfare In The Near East And Greece / Sarah C. & Duncan J. Melville -- Two Ivory Carvings From Hierakonpolis / Marie Passanante -- The Rough Draft Of A Neo-babylonian Accounting Document / Elizabeth E. Payne -- Mesopotamian Sexagesimal Numbers In Indian Arithmetic / Kim Plofker -- In Praise Of The Just / Erica Reiner -- The Long Career Of A Favorite Figure : The Apsamikku In Neo-babylonian Mathematics / Eleanor Robson -- A Short History Of The Waters Of The Firmament / Francesca Rochberg -- All's Dur That Ends [twr] / Micah Ross -- A Commentary Text To Enūma Anu Enlil 14 / John M. Steele, Lis Brack-bernsen -- A New Stone Inscription Of Nebuchaddnezzar Ii / Ronald Wallenfels -- Some Details On The Transmission Of Ancestral Demons / Clemency Williams. Edited By Micah Ross. Includes Bibliographical References.