Table of Contents
Introduction Thomas E. Balke Christina Tsouparopoulou 1
Zählmarken, Zeichenträger und Siegelpraxis: Einige Bemerkungen zu vor- und frühschriftlichen Verwaltungshilfen in frühsumerischer Zeit Kristina Saner und Dietrich Sürenhagen 11
Private Commemorative Inscriptions of the Early Dynastic and Sargonic Periods: Some Considerations Jakob Andersson 47
The Interplay of Material, Text, and Iconography in Some of the Oldest "Legal" Documents Thomas E. Balke 73
Object, Images, and Text: Remarks on Two "Intercultural Style" Vessels from Nippur Gianni Marchesi 95
Augensteine im 3. und frühen 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr.: Eine Funktionsanalyse Julia Mulier-Klies 109
Observations on Diplomatics, Tablet Layout and Cultural Evolution of the Early Third Millennium: The Archaic Texts from Ur Camille Lecompte 133
Materiality, Writing, and Context in the Inana Temple at Nippur: The Dedicatory Objects from Level VIIB Jean M. Evans 165
Die Paläographie der lexikalischen Texte a us Ebla: Einige erste Betrachtungen Paola Paoletti 183
Materiality and Presence of the Anitta Text in Original and Secondary Context: Considerations on the Original Nature of the Proclamation of Anitta (CTH 1) and Its Transmission as Part of Hittite Traditional Literature Lisa Wilhelm 223
Die "Geierstele" als Luhmannsches Medium zur Legitimation des königlichen Herrschaftsanspruchs Daniel Lau 241
Deconstructing Textuality, Reconstructing Materiality Christina Tsouparopoulou 257
From Clay to Stone: Material Practices and Writing in Third Millennium Mesopotamia Susan Pollock 277
Notes on Contributors 293
Index 297
