J P J De Valk

Biographic Data

ID4015591
NAMEJ P J De Valk
GIVEN NAMESJ P J
FAMILY NAMEDe Valk
SIGNATUREDE VALK J P J
AFFILIATIONSLeiden University
ORCID0000-0003-0094-3466
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Manlaharban and Aramaic in the Neo-Assyrian Oracular Queries Written by Women

    Jonathan Valk, J P J De Valk et al.ARTICLERevue d assyriologie et d…2025

  • A new inscribed Aramaic potsherd from Tell al-Assara, Jordan

    Open AccessSaimi Kautonen, J P J De Valk et al.ARTICLELevant2024

    Recent fieldwork undertaken by the joint Finnish-Jordanian Tell Yaˁmoun Regional Archaeological Survey (TYRAS) in the northern part of the Jordanian plateau explored the unexcavated site of Tell al-Assara. An initial survey of the site and its surface pottery indicates that it was occupied for much of the 1st millennium BCE. The initial survey also found an inscribed Aramaic potsherd, which we present and analyse here. This analysis of the inscri…

  • Eagle and the Snake, or anzû and bašmu

    Jonathan Valk, J P J De ValkARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2021Cited by: 1References: 1

    Much of the surviving text of the Epic of Etana tells the story of an eagle and a snake. The eagle and snake are extraordinary creatures, and their story abounds with mythological subtext. This paper argues that the Neo-Assyrian recension of Etana was amended to include explicit references to the eagle and the snake by the names of their mythological counterparts, anzû and bašmu. These references occur in two analogous contexts and serve the same…

  • Crime and Punishment

    Jonathan Valk, J P J De ValkARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2020

    Assyrian imperialism is closely associated with the practice of mass deportation. This practice has been explained by recourse to many different motivations. But can we hope to pinpoint the logic informing deportation rather than merely identifying its advantages? This paper surveys the evidence of deportation in the Levant in the period 745–620 b.c.e. Focusing on deportation in this circumscribed time and place enables a more concentrated accoun…

  • The Origins of the Assyrian King List

    Jonathan Valk, J P J De ValkARTICLEJournal of Ancient Near Eastern…2019

    The Assyrian King List (AKL) is central to the reconstruction of Assyrian and broader Near Eastern history and chronology. Because of AKL’s significance, locating its original moment of composition has far-reaching historiographical implications. There is no scholarly consensus on the dating of AKL, but a closer look at the internal evidence of AKL indicates a firm, fifteenth century terminus post quem for the creation of AKL, while the bilingual…

  • They Enjoy Syrup and Ghee at Tables of Silver and Gold”

    Jonathan Valk, J P J De ValkARTICLEJournal of the Economic and…2016Cited by: 1

    The present study draws on interdisciplinary research to establish an interpretative framework for an analysis of the material and textual evidence concerning infant loss in ancient Mesopotamia (c. 3000-500 bce ). This approach rejects the notion that high infant mortality rates result in widespread parental indifference to infant loss, arguing instead that underlying biological and transcultural realities inform human responses to this phenomeno…