Jacob Jan De Ridder
Biographic Data
| ID | 4015577 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacob Jan De Ridder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacob Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | De Ridder |
| SIGNATURE | DE RIDDER J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2151-6682 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Beyond Rage and Fear. Negative Emotions in Middle Babylonian Letters
Nocturnal Transgressions
This paper discusses the idiom maldī erši ... etēqu “to cross the edge of the bed of ...”, primarily known from the incantation ša maldī eršīya ītiqu , which is attested on numerous amulets and in the series Ḫulbazizi from the first millennium BCE. It examines textual evidence found in legal documents and letters from the Middle Babylonian period, where an abbreviated form of the idiom is used, implying an act of illegal sexual transgression ( ma…
The Middle Assyrian Funerary Inscriptions
This article presents revised editions of a group of four similar funerary inscription from Assyria, dating to about the thirteenth century BCE. The paleography of these texts is unusual, characterized by similarities with the writing from Tell Taban and the kingdom of Ḫana. However, the invocation of the Hurrian deity Šuriḫa, the patron of the town of Šūru, suggests this ancient settlement as its provenance. These funerary inscriptions would be …
Murder in Anatolia
This study presents an edition of a letter written by an Old Assyrian ruler ( waklum ) concerning the murder of several Anatolian locals at the hands of Assyrian merchants. The issue of financial compensation is taken up by the king of Assur, who acts on behalf of the City Assembly in Assur in solving the issue between the unnamed state from which the victims came and the accused Assyrian merchants. A case can be made that this letter is consider…
Ur III Texts in The Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
L’article suivant présente une petite collection de cinq tablettes administratives d’Ur III qui sont maintenant conservées à l’Institut des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale Vernadsky d’Ukraine à Kiev. Les numéros 1-2 proviennent de la ville de Ĝirsu et ont été documentés par le savant russe Turaev au début du 20 e siècle, tandis que les numéros 3-5 étaient auparavant inconnus et proviennent du site antique d’Umma. Toutes les tablettes sont…
A Middle Assyrian Fragment Mentioning Iron from Kassite Nippur
In this study, a fragment from the Hilprecht Collection in Jena will be discussed. The tablet was previously identified as Middle Babylonian and published as TMH NF 5, 59. Closer inspection reveals Middle Assyrian palaeography. The fragmentary tablet deals with metals used for precious objects and was part of a larger inventory or letter. Noteworthy is a reference to iron, a metal rarely attested in Kassite Nippur but better known from the archae…
‘Next Time You Should be More Friendly!’ The Value of Social Drinking in the Babylonian Letter BM 108890
This paper presents a first edition of the Middle Babylonian letter BM 108890. The unknown author complains bitterly about the inhospitable treatment he has received. Reflective of the author’s mood is the lack of introduction and formal greeting. Since a direct reference is made to Nippur, it is likely that this tablet originates from central Babylonia
Slavery in the Middle Assyrian Period
The Middle Assyrian period (1500–1000 BCE ) is used to describe the Northern Mesopotamian state, centered around the capital city Aššur (mod. Qalʿat Aš-Širqāṭ, Iraq). In the early years, Aššur was a small urban center of little political importance. However, as the neighboring state of Mitanni/Hanigalbat weakened, the local rulers were able to politically and militarily dominate Northern Mesopotamia. Due to the expanse of this, originally, small …
Hs 200b
An unusual tablet from the Hilprecht-Sammlung in Jena describes the biblu, “bridewealth,” paid for a girl at her betrothal. Paleographic features and onomastic arguments suggest that the text may be dated to the late Sealand I period, with similarities to documents from the reigns of the Kings Pešgaldarameš and Ayadaragalama. A first edition is offered together with a brief introduction detailing its legal context and historical setting
Assyrian Vowel Dissimilation
One of the features of the Assyrian dialects, that sets it apart from Babylonian, is the preservation of /a/ in the first syllable of non-finite forms of the D-stem and Š-stem: PuRRuS ~ PaRRuS and šuPRuS ~ šaPRuS. In the Neo-Assyrian period, a similar sound change /u/ > /a/ took place, presumably when followed by stressed /u/ in the next syllable: qubūru > qabūru 'grave'. This short study will review the Old Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian periods whil…
A Year of Vengeance . Volume 1, Time, Narrative, and the Old Assyrian Trade
Philologists specializing in Old Assyrian cuneiform studies tend to make a distinction between “old” and “new” tablets. The difference between the two has nothing to do with the age of the documents themselves, but rather pertains to when and by whom they were discovered. Prior to the first sanctioned excavations at Kültepe (ancient Kaneš) in 1948 (led by Bedřich Hrozný), illegally obtained tablets from this site had already entered the antiquity…
Old Assyrian Legal Practices
Old Assyrian Legal Practices: Law and Dispute in the Ancient Near East. By Thomas Klitgaard Hertel. PIHANS, vol. 123. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 2013. Pp. xlii + 479. €84.80 (paper
Un trésor de Bassit
Publication d'un trésor de 10 tétradrachmes hellénistiques d'argent trouvé en 1978 dans les fouilles de Bassit en Syrie : 6 alexandres de Temnos, 3 alexandres d'Alabanda, 1 tétra- drachme d'Antiochos VIII. Ce dernier a été frappé à Damas en 119/8, alors que les alexandres sont sensiblement plus anciens. Remarques sur la composition du trésor et sur la contremarque de deux alexandres alabandiens
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Un trésor de Bassit
Publication d'un trésor de 10 tétradrachmes hellénistiques d'argent trouvé en 1978 dans les fouilles de Bassit en Syrie : 6 alexandres de Temnos, 3 alexandres d'Alabanda, 1 tétra- drachme d'Antiochos VIII. Ce dernier a été frappé à Damas en 119/8, alors que les alexandres sont sensiblement plus anciens. Remarques sur la composition du trésor et sur la contremarque de deux alexandres alabandiens
Old Assyrian Legal Practices
Old Assyrian Legal Practices: Law and Dispute in the Ancient Near East. By Thomas Klitgaard Hertel. PIHANS, vol. 123. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 2013. Pp. xlii + 479. €84.80 (paper
Assyrian Vowel Dissimilation
One of the features of the Assyrian dialects, that sets it apart from Babylonian, is the preservation of /a/ in the first syllable of non-finite forms of the D-stem and Š-stem: PuRRuS ~ PaRRuS and šuPRuS ~ šaPRuS. In the Neo-Assyrian period, a similar sound change /u/ > /a/ took place, presumably when followed by stressed /u/ in the next syllable: qubūru > qabūru 'grave'. This short study will review the Old Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian periods whil…
A Year of Vengeance . Volume 1, Time, Narrative, and the Old Assyrian Trade
Philologists specializing in Old Assyrian cuneiform studies tend to make a distinction between “old” and “new” tablets. The difference between the two has nothing to do with the age of the documents themselves, but rather pertains to when and by whom they were discovered. Prior to the first sanctioned excavations at Kültepe (ancient Kaneš) in 1948 (led by Bedřich Hrozný), illegally obtained tablets from this site had already entered the antiquity…
Ur III Texts in The Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
L’article suivant présente une petite collection de cinq tablettes administratives d’Ur III qui sont maintenant conservées à l’Institut des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale Vernadsky d’Ukraine à Kiev. Les numéros 1-2 proviennent de la ville de Ĝirsu et ont été documentés par le savant russe Turaev au début du 20 e siècle, tandis que les numéros 3-5 étaient auparavant inconnus et proviennent du site antique d’Umma. Toutes les tablettes sont…
A Middle Assyrian Fragment Mentioning Iron from Kassite Nippur
In this study, a fragment from the Hilprecht Collection in Jena will be discussed. The tablet was previously identified as Middle Babylonian and published as TMH NF 5, 59. Closer inspection reveals Middle Assyrian palaeography. The fragmentary tablet deals with metals used for precious objects and was part of a larger inventory or letter. Noteworthy is a reference to iron, a metal rarely attested in Kassite Nippur but better known from the archae…
‘Next Time You Should be More Friendly!’ The Value of Social Drinking in the Babylonian Letter BM 108890
This paper presents a first edition of the Middle Babylonian letter BM 108890. The unknown author complains bitterly about the inhospitable treatment he has received. Reflective of the author’s mood is the lack of introduction and formal greeting. Since a direct reference is made to Nippur, it is likely that this tablet originates from central Babylonia
Slavery in the Middle Assyrian Period
The Middle Assyrian period (1500–1000 BCE ) is used to describe the Northern Mesopotamian state, centered around the capital city Aššur (mod. Qalʿat Aš-Širqāṭ, Iraq). In the early years, Aššur was a small urban center of little political importance. However, as the neighboring state of Mitanni/Hanigalbat weakened, the local rulers were able to politically and militarily dominate Northern Mesopotamia. Due to the expanse of this, originally, small …
Hs 200b
An unusual tablet from the Hilprecht-Sammlung in Jena describes the biblu, “bridewealth,” paid for a girl at her betrothal. Paleographic features and onomastic arguments suggest that the text may be dated to the late Sealand I period, with similarities to documents from the reigns of the Kings Pešgaldarameš and Ayadaragalama. A first edition is offered together with a brief introduction detailing its legal context and historical setting
Murder in Anatolia
This study presents an edition of a letter written by an Old Assyrian ruler ( waklum ) concerning the murder of several Anatolian locals at the hands of Assyrian merchants. The issue of financial compensation is taken up by the king of Assur, who acts on behalf of the City Assembly in Assur in solving the issue between the unnamed state from which the victims came and the accused Assyrian merchants. A case can be made that this letter is consider…
The Middle Assyrian Funerary Inscriptions
This article presents revised editions of a group of four similar funerary inscription from Assyria, dating to about the thirteenth century BCE. The paleography of these texts is unusual, characterized by similarities with the writing from Tell Taban and the kingdom of Ḫana. However, the invocation of the Hurrian deity Šuriḫa, the patron of the town of Šūru, suggests this ancient settlement as its provenance. These funerary inscriptions would be …
Beyond Rage and Fear. Negative Emotions in Middle Babylonian Letters
Nocturnal Transgressions
This paper discusses the idiom maldī erši ... etēqu “to cross the edge of the bed of ...”, primarily known from the incantation ša maldī eršīya ītiqu , which is attested on numerous amulets and in the series Ḫulbazizi from the first millennium BCE. It examines textual evidence found in legal documents and letters from the Middle Babylonian period, where an abbreviated form of the idiom is used, implying an act of illegal sexual transgression ( ma…
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