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Qualifying Academic Theses by Kathrin Hannen
The medical cuneiform tablet VAT 13732 was known to scholars since 1963, when F. Köcher first pub... more The medical cuneiform tablet VAT 13732 was known to scholars since 1963, when F. Köcher first published its autography. Although influencing, the tablet was never edited.
On the following pages I will examine and translate the tablet from Assur. Beginning with the introduction of archaeological evidence I will then continue to enlarge upon the layout of the textual artefact. The emphasis of this work is formed by the philological edition of the cuneiform text. First I'll give a transcription, followed by the transliterated text. I'll continue by suggesting a translation with detailed commentary. An evaluation of the results will complete this work.
The text with excavation number 17721 a*+b* is dated in the neo-assyrian period (8./7. century BC). It was found during the first german excavations at Assur in 1908 in the so-called 'house of the exorcist' (N4) in the 'archive room'. The excavators refer to the archive as belongings of a family of mašmaššu or āšipu and determine the age to a period between 763/762 and the destruction of Assur through the Mede in 614 BC.
The one column collection of recipes contains therapeutical advice for the treatment of eye disease.
This paper was originally handed in as a Bachelor thesis at Freie Universität Berlin. Only orthography and layout were modified on a small scale.
Conference Presentations by Kathrin Hannen
X (Jordan) is currently surveyed and excavated by the 'X Archaeological Project', uncovering amon... more X (Jordan) is currently surveyed and excavated by the 'X Archaeological Project', uncovering amongst other archaeological materials vast Roman and Nabatean water management and irrigation systems. It has become clear to the researchers, that peoples in the past have been capable of sustaining a large agricultural area, and maintaining the drinking water supply for a related community. In the context of the excavations at X, ethnographic research with the Bedouin communities living at the site has been undertaken. These communities face severe water scarcity, as large parts of Southwest Asia do. In order to understand the perceptions of the current inhabitants of the site, particularly in regard to landscape and aquatic features, communication had to be established first. But how does one do that? Gain the trust of people that are outside of the academic world, with different cultural values than your own? For approaching this unique community, an equally unique, locally appropriate framework was developed. By addressing gender and class aspects as well as respecting religious and social peculiarities, collaboration and the basis for future projects was achieved. The alternative perspectives on the archaeological record as well as the land-and waterscape have been broadening the view of the researchers and allow for the representation of a wider range of cultural groups. The diachronic approach towards the site and its peoples results in a holistic picture that integrates archaeology with current local realities and offers the possibility to draw from past knowledge and techniques. It establishes a base for future solutions to currently experienced water instability and heritage emergency in the community, aiming for self-determined and sustainable collaboration in an inter-cultural and post-colonial context.
The medical cuneiform tablet VAT 13732 was known to scholars since 1963, when F. Köcher first pub... more The medical cuneiform tablet VAT 13732 was known to scholars since 1963, when F. Köcher first published its autography. Although influencing, the tablet was never edited.
On the following pages I will examine and translate the tablet from Assur. Beginning with the introduction of archaeological evidence I will then continue to enlarge upon the layout of the textual artefact. The emphasis of this work is formed by the philological edition of the cuneiform text. First I'll give a transcription, followed by the transliterated text. I'll continue by suggesting a translation with detailed commentary. An evaluation of the results will complete this work.
The text with excavation number 17721 a*+b* is dated in the neo-assyrian period (8./7. century BC). It was found during the first german excavations at Assur in 1908 in the so-called 'house of the exorcist' (N4) in the 'archive room'. The excavators refer to the archive as belongings of a family of mašmaššu or āšipu and determine the age to a period between 763/762 and the destruction of Assur through the Mede in 614 BC.
The one column collection of recipes contains therapeutical advice for the treatment of eye disease.
This paper was originally handed in as a Bachelor thesis at Freie Universität Berlin. Only orthography and layout were modified on a small scale.
X (Jordan) is currently surveyed and excavated by the 'X Archaeological Project', uncovering amon... more X (Jordan) is currently surveyed and excavated by the 'X Archaeological Project', uncovering amongst other archaeological materials vast Roman and Nabatean water management and irrigation systems. It has become clear to the researchers, that peoples in the past have been capable of sustaining a large agricultural area, and maintaining the drinking water supply for a related community. In the context of the excavations at X, ethnographic research with the Bedouin communities living at the site has been undertaken. These communities face severe water scarcity, as large parts of Southwest Asia do. In order to understand the perceptions of the current inhabitants of the site, particularly in regard to landscape and aquatic features, communication had to be established first. But how does one do that? Gain the trust of people that are outside of the academic world, with different cultural values than your own? For approaching this unique community, an equally unique, locally appropriate framework was developed. By addressing gender and class aspects as well as respecting religious and social peculiarities, collaboration and the basis for future projects was achieved. The alternative perspectives on the archaeological record as well as the land-and waterscape have been broadening the view of the researchers and allow for the representation of a wider range of cultural groups. The diachronic approach towards the site and its peoples results in a holistic picture that integrates archaeology with current local realities and offers the possibility to draw from past knowledge and techniques. It establishes a base for future solutions to currently experienced water instability and heritage emergency in the community, aiming for self-determined and sustainable collaboration in an inter-cultural and post-colonial context.