Katrien De Graef
Biographic Data
| ID | 520803 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katrien De Graef |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katrien |
| FAMILY NAME | De Graef |
| SIGNATURE | DE GRAEF K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6690-9098 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Black Land, May Your Trees Be Great Trees! The Forest Goods Trade from Meluhha to Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium BCE
Other than Mother
In Old Babylonian society, nadītu and other women who held religious offices were not allowed to bear children. Traditionally, this taboo on childbearing has been explained as a taboo on sex (chastity) or a taboo on blood (cultic impurity). I believe these traditional explanations to be faulty and inadequate, and suggest an alternative approach based on the concepts of alterity and constructed social identity. By not fitting the norm of their soc…
Seal of an Official or an Official Seal
This is an in-depth study of two exceptional seals impressed on tablets from late Sukkalmah-early Kidinuid Susa and Haft Tepe. Both seals have exceptionally long inscriptions in Akkadian, mentioning Išme-karāb and Inšušinak, respectively, followed by penalty and curse clauses resembling those used in the economic and legal texts and royal charters of Sukkalmah Susa. Analysis of the inscriptions implies that both seals must have been official seal…
Third Workshop on Gender, Methodology, and the Ancient Near East
Debt, ancient Near East
This entry discusses debt in the ancient Near East.
Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives
In December 2009, an international congress was held at Ghent University in order to investigate, exactly 20 years after the 36th RAI “Mésopotamie et Elam”, the present state of our knowledge of the Elamite and Susean society from archaeological, philological, historical and geographical points of view. The multidisciplinary character of this congress illustrates the present state of research in the socio-economic, historical and political develo…
Susa
Susa was founded around 4000 BCE in the Khuzestan lowlands in southwestern Iran. Khuzestan is, geologically speaking, an extension of the Mesopotamian alluvial plain, and Susa, between the Karkheh and Dez rivers, is located only ca. 250 km east of the Tigris River. From the earliest days, the history of Susa was intertwined with that of Mesopotamia proper.
Elamite kings, Sukkalmah period
The Sukkalmah period, spanning roughly the first half of the second millennium BCE , was the longest uninterrupted period in Elamite history. It is named after a dynasty of Elamite rulers that initially reigned under the authority of the kings of Šimaški, who contributed to the downfall of the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty . Under Šimaškean hegemony, sukkalmahs ruled in Susa, Anšan (Anshan), Šimaški, and Elam.
Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives
Dual power in Susa
This article brings together evidence from both documentary texts and royal inscriptions from Susa in order to develop a chronological and historical perspective on the transitional period between the loss of control of the Ur III empire and the institutionalization of the Sukkalmaḫ regime. A study of the archaeological and archival context of the administrative texts resulted in a new chronology for the beginning of the Sukkalmaḫat, the basic ar…
The Exercise Tablets from Chantier B in Susa Revisited
This article is the publication of the thirty-three exercise tablets excavated in Susa, Chantier B by R. Girshman during the winter 1966-67. They originate from four different layers, spanning about 450 years. Most of them are lentils and all of them are the leftovers of elementary scribal education, discarded and found under the floors of houses or in the street. They bear witness to the formation of scribes during this whole period and, in part…
Annus Sima kensis
Les textes de V récent du Chantier B à Suse (fin sukkalmaḫat - ca. 1575-1530 av. notre ère)
This article presents the publication of the cuneiform texts found in level V recent during the excavation of the chantier B in the Ville royale of Susa by the Delegation Archeologique francaise en Iran under the direction of Roman Ghirshman (winter 1966-1967). These texts date from the end of sukkalmahat (ca. 1575-1530 BCE) and are the only group of texts from this period for which archaeological information is available. Firstly, the archaeolog…
An Account of the Redistribution of Land to Soldiers in Late Old Babylonian Sippar-Amnānum
MHET II 6 894 is a large administrative document dating from the Late Old Babylonian period. The text lists fields situated in the territory of Sippar-Amnānum, which were assigned to the soldiers of Sippar. At first sight, the text only enumerates surfaces, irrigation districts and persons. However, a thorough analysis of this list reveals a well organised mechanism, which sheds more light on the redistribution of land to soldiers in Late Old Bab…
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An Account of the Redistribution of Land to Soldiers in Late Old Babylonian Sippar-Amnānum
MHET II 6 894 is a large administrative document dating from the Late Old Babylonian period. The text lists fields situated in the territory of Sippar-Amnānum, which were assigned to the soldiers of Sippar. At first sight, the text only enumerates surfaces, irrigation districts and persons. However, a thorough analysis of this list reveals a well organised mechanism, which sheds more light on the redistribution of land to soldiers in Late Old Bab…
Les textes de V récent du Chantier B à Suse (fin sukkalmaḫat - ca. 1575-1530 av. notre ère)
This article presents the publication of the cuneiform texts found in level V recent during the excavation of the chantier B in the Ville royale of Susa by the Delegation Archeologique francaise en Iran under the direction of Roman Ghirshman (winter 1966-1967). These texts date from the end of sukkalmahat (ca. 1575-1530 BCE) and are the only group of texts from this period for which archaeological information is available. Firstly, the archaeolog…
Annus Sima kensis
The Exercise Tablets from Chantier B in Susa Revisited
This article is the publication of the thirty-three exercise tablets excavated in Susa, Chantier B by R. Girshman during the winter 1966-67. They originate from four different layers, spanning about 450 years. Most of them are lentils and all of them are the leftovers of elementary scribal education, discarded and found under the floors of houses or in the street. They bear witness to the formation of scribes during this whole period and, in part…
Susa
Susa was founded around 4000 BCE in the Khuzestan lowlands in southwestern Iran. Khuzestan is, geologically speaking, an extension of the Mesopotamian alluvial plain, and Susa, between the Karkheh and Dez rivers, is located only ca. 250 km east of the Tigris River. From the earliest days, the history of Susa was intertwined with that of Mesopotamia proper.
Elamite kings, Sukkalmah period
The Sukkalmah period, spanning roughly the first half of the second millennium BCE , was the longest uninterrupted period in Elamite history. It is named after a dynasty of Elamite rulers that initially reigned under the authority of the kings of Šimaški, who contributed to the downfall of the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty . Under Šimaškean hegemony, sukkalmahs ruled in Susa, Anšan (Anshan), Šimaški, and Elam.
Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives
Dual power in Susa
This article brings together evidence from both documentary texts and royal inscriptions from Susa in order to develop a chronological and historical perspective on the transitional period between the loss of control of the Ur III empire and the institutionalization of the Sukkalmaḫ regime. A study of the archaeological and archival context of the administrative texts resulted in a new chronology for the beginning of the Sukkalmaḫat, the basic ar…
Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives
In December 2009, an international congress was held at Ghent University in order to investigate, exactly 20 years after the 36th RAI “Mésopotamie et Elam”, the present state of our knowledge of the Elamite and Susean society from archaeological, philological, historical and geographical points of view. The multidisciplinary character of this congress illustrates the present state of research in the socio-economic, historical and political develo…
Debt, ancient Near East
This entry discusses debt in the ancient Near East.
Third Workshop on Gender, Methodology, and the Ancient Near East
Seal of an Official or an Official Seal
This is an in-depth study of two exceptional seals impressed on tablets from late Sukkalmah-early Kidinuid Susa and Haft Tepe. Both seals have exceptionally long inscriptions in Akkadian, mentioning Išme-karāb and Inšušinak, respectively, followed by penalty and curse clauses resembling those used in the economic and legal texts and royal charters of Sukkalmah Susa. Analysis of the inscriptions implies that both seals must have been official seal…
Other than Mother
In Old Babylonian society, nadītu and other women who held religious offices were not allowed to bear children. Traditionally, this taboo on childbearing has been explained as a taboo on sex (chastity) or a taboo on blood (cultic impurity). I believe these traditional explanations to be faulty and inadequate, and suggest an alternative approach based on the concepts of alterity and constructed social identity. By not fitting the norm of their soc…
Black Land, May Your Trees Be Great Trees! The Forest Goods Trade from Meluhha to Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium BCE
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