CSMS Symposium: Ancient Near Eastern Archives: Dealing with Incomplete Datasets - 01/10/2016, Toront

FECHA/DATE/DATA: 01/10/2016

LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Auditorium 108, Koffler House, St George Campus, University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies

INFO: web - csms@chass.utoronto.ca.

INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: formulario / form / formulario

Miembro / members / membri: 45$

No miembros / non-members / non membri: 50$

Estudiantes miembros / member students / studenti membri: 10$

Estudiantes no miembros / non-member students /studenti non membri: 15$

PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:

12:15-12:30 Registration

12:30-1:00 Annual Meeting - Society members only; memberships may be renewed or opened at the door.

1:00-1:15 Welcome and Introduction

1:15-2:00 Bureaucratic Grindings: Paper Trails, Data Loss and Attrition in Old Babylonian Palace Archives Clemens Reichel, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto / The Royal Ontario Museum

2:00-2:45 Stories of Barley and Gold – Overcoming the Limits of Middle Babylonian Archives Susanne Paulus, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

2:45-3:15 Break

3:15-4:00 The Use of Writing Boards in Assyria Heather D. Baker, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto

4:00-4:45 ‘Persian Boys Writing on Parchment’ - Achaemenid Administration and its Written Tradition Maria Brosius, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto

4:45-5:00 Concluding Remarks and General Discussion