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Abstract Much of the data of interest does not reside in DBMSs, but in “almost” tabular files. The word “almost” hides many challenges: the data often lacks regularity, which prevents its automatic ingestion. In spreadsheet-style files, data cells may …

Abstract The writing of history is by definition conditioned by the sources available. The history of Upper Mesopotamia is no exception to this rule. The various political groupings that developed there are documented by sources whose nature varies …

Abstract The movement of the oceans has always held a fascination for sailors, artists, and scientists alike. Describing this movement involves a multitude of time scales—ranging from seconds to decades—and a multitude of spatial scales—from millimeters …

Abstract When the Émar site was discovered in 1972, specialists hoped to discover the city mentioned in the Mari sources in the Amorite period, and thus document a new major Middle Bronze urban center on the Euphrates. However, after six excavation …

Abstract The political geography of Southwest Asia was transformed by non-state actors during the second quarter of the second millennium BC. These were often mercenaries or militias engaged beyond the borders of established territorial states, who rarely …

Abstract In the 1990s, Mirjo Salvini published the Labarna letter and the Ḫabiru prism, providing the first glimpse into the 'Dark Age', a period in the mid-second millennium characterized by significant gaps in the historical record. Both cuneiform texts …

Abstract Several sources provide us with information on the early reign of Samsī-Addu before the capture of Mari, such as the eponymous Chronicles of Mari , the Assyrian King List ( AKL ) or a few rare documents from Aššur, Tell Leilan (the ancient …

Abstract Excavated from 1977 onwards by the Italian mission of the Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi of Turin as part of the salvage operations in the Hamrin basin, Tell Yelkhi has proved to be one of the major sites in the region. For the …

Abstract In the spirit of the PCEHM project, which articulates the notions of power and written culture by studying the reciprocal influences of these two phenomena in Upper Mesopotamia of the XVIII th century BC, it seemed interesting to consider the …

Abstract During the 1935-1936 excavation campaign at the Mari-Tell Hariri site in Syria, thirty-two models of livers bearing oracular statements were discovered in room 108 of the Grand Palais Royal. Epigraphic and linguistic analysis of these …

Abstract Fragment ARM 25 725, recently re-edited by M. Guichard, contains accusations of theft against Mukannišum, the omnipresent steward of the palace of Mari during the Zimri-Lim period. This exceptional text has never been the subject of specialized …

Abstract The alliance between the Aleppo king Yarim-Lim and his Mari counterpart Zimri-Lim was a key element in the international politics of their time. Yet the number of texts directly documenting this alliance is relatively limited. In 1972, Maurice …