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Abstract Crisis management leads to the adoption of measures that (temporarily) restrict freedoms, sometimes suspending the rights associated with citizenship. The imposition of states of emergency reflects a state of exception that justifies the …

Abstract Animals constitute a reservoir of images frequently mobilized in Mesopotamian literature. Sumerian proverbs, many of which feature a vast bestiary, attribute various behaviors to species that function as metaphors for human behavior, revealing a …

Abstract Letters from Mari, particularly those from royal officials stationed in the various districts of the kingdom, contain numerous references to the landscapes of the Euphrates valley, as well as to the plants and animals that were likely to be …

Abstract Cuneiform texts from Terqa reveal a ruler named Zimri-Lim who ruled the Middle Euphrates in the period following the defeat of his famous namesake, the last king of Mari. These documents give us the names of his father and predecessor, as well as …

Abstract More than nine thousand documents from the Mari archives are now published and referenced on the archibab.fr website. The vast majority are letters, administrative accounts and, to a lesser extent, legal documents. Among the trades mentioned in …

Abstract The literary texts from Mari's Site K are among the oldest of the Paleo-Babylonian period, and provide valuable insights into the teaching of student scribes in the Middle Euphrates Valley, at a relatively advanced stage of their training. This …

Abstract The expression " textes des repas du roi " is a historiographical construction based on a corpus of several hundred documents unearthed in the Palace of Mari ( XVIIIᵉ century BC), frequently cited and partially studied. While the formula " for …

Abstract For ocean currents with a very small aspect ratio, the geostrophic constraint (which balances pressure and the Coriolis force) is associated solely with the vertical component of Earth’s rotation. This component varies with latitude (and vanishes …

Abstract Jean-Marie Durand's recent edition of the correspondence of the merʾûm ( grazing) chiefs, Bannum, Ašmad and Hali-hadun - to whom must be added Zakura-abum, whose letters have been published separately -, preserved in the palace of Mari and dating …

Abstract In the 18th century BC, the creation of an unprecedented territorial state covering the whole of Upper Mesopotamia was a remarkable feat. It can be attributed to a particularly charismatic and energetic man, Samsi-Addu, alias Šamši-Adad I st …

Abstract Mari, the Bible and I had our earliest conjunction in the mid-60s, long before Biblical scholarship began exploring Achaemenid linkages. In those days, giants ruled the earth, among them Albright, Noth, and de Vaux on the biblical side; Dossin & …

Abstract Crisis management has become a common approach to managing organizational complexity, even without a specific triggering event or threat preceding it. This reliance on crisis management to coordinate increasingly complex and uncertain systems is …