Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Cuneiform'

In der Bioinformatik und der Next-Generation Sequenzierung benötigen wir oft große und komplexe Verarbeitungsabläufe um Daten zu analysieren. Die Werkzeuge und Bibliotheken, die hierin die Verarbeitungsschritte bilden, stammen aus unterschiedlichen Quellen und exponieren unterschiedliche Schnittstellen, was ihre Integration in Datenanalyseplattformen erschwert. Hinzu kommt, dass diese Verarbeitungsabläufe meist große Datenmengen prozessieren weshalb Forscher erwarten, dass unabhängige Verarbeitungsschritte parallel laufen. Der Stand der Technik im Feld der wissenschaftlichen Datenverarbeitung für Bioinformatik und Next-Generation Sequenzierung sind wissenschaftliche Workflowsysteme. Ein wissenschaftliches Workflowsystem erlaubt es Forschern Verarbeitungsabläufe als Workflow auszudrücken. Solch ein Workflow erfasst die Datenabhängigkeiten in einem Verarbeitungsablauf, integriert externe Software und erlaubt es unabhängige Verarbeitungsschritte zu erkennen, um sie parallel auszuführen. In dieser Arbeit präsentieren wir Cuneiform, eine Workflowsprache, und ihre verteilte Ausführungsumgebung. Für Cuneiform's Design nehmen wir die Perspektive der Programmiersprachentheorie ein. Wir lassen Methoden der funktionalen Programmierung einfließen um Komposition und Datenabhängigkeiten auszudrücken. Wir nutzen operationelle Semantiken um zu definieren, wann ein Workflow wohlgeformt und konsistent ist und um Reduktion zu erklären. Für das Design der verteilten Ausführungsumgebung nehmen wir die Perspektive der verteilten Systeme ein. Wir nutzen Petri Netze um die Kommunikationsstruktur der im System beteiligten Agenten zu erklären.
Bioinformatics and next-generation sequencing data analyses often form large and complex pipelines. The tools and libraries making up the processing steps in these pipelines come from different sources and have different interfaces which hampers integrating them into data analysis frameworks. Also, these pipelines process large data sets. Thus, users need to parallelize independent processing steps. The state of the art in large-scale scientific data analysis for bioinformatics and next-generation sequencing are scientific workflow systems. A scientific workflow system allows researchers to describe a data analysis pipeline as a scientific workflow which integrates external software, defines the data dependencies forming a data analysis pipeline, and parallelizes independent processing steps. Scientific workflow systems consist of a workflow language providing a user interface, and an execution environment. The workflow language determines how users express workflows, reuse and compose workflow fragments, integrate external software, how the scientific workflow system identifies independent processing steps, and how we derive optimizations from a workflow's structure. The execution environment schedules and runs data processing operations. In this thesis we present Cuneiform, a workflow language, and its distributed execution environment. For Cuneiform's design we take the perspective of programming languages. We adopt methods from functional programming towards composition and expressing data dependencies. We apply operational semantics and type systems to define well-formedness, consistency, and reduction of Cuneiform workflows. For the design of the distributed execution environment we take the perspective of distributed systems. We apply Petri nets to define the communication patterns among the distributed execution environment's agents.

This thesis interrogates the extent to which a range of written variation in the Old Babylonian letters from the central area of Mesopotamia relate significantly to variables denoting temporal-historical (diachronic), spatial-geographical (diatopic) or individual- situational heterogeneity. The object of the study is Old Babylonian, an ancient language whose large written record embodies a widespread practice of writing in a sizeable array of genres, including cursive and personal scripts, that flourished in a time of substantial geo-political changes. Some dialectal varieties of Old Babylonian have been already identified and described in detail, particularly those of the peripheral areas. However, despite early attempts to define broad linguistic dialectal areas there is not yet a full description of, the palaeographic, orthographic and linguistic traits of variability within the central Mesopotamian area. The present study analyses the documented variation of a set of orthographic and linguistic variables as they transpire in a corpus of Old Babylonian correspondence (ACCOB) created for that purpose, which contains grammatical as well as extralinguistic annotations of temporal, geographical or social characteristics of the producers or the consumers of the letters. The combination of a quantitative approach to the distribution of variables and a micro- level study of the documents demonstrates that, despite limitations in the type of extra- linguistic information available and the restrictions of a research project focused solely on the analysis of edited transliterations of letters, a number of orthographic and linguistic features associate significantly to regional and/or temporal coordinates, sometimes revealing an intertwined multicausality of factors. On the other hand, the alleged sociolinguistic or diaphasic saliency of epistolary documents from the central royal administration needs to be redefined under the perspective of the heterogeneous landscape of the Old Babylonian language. The findings for the variables analysed in the study present a more nuanced description of the Old Babylonian language and its orthographic practices that may serve as a basis for further research in the area.
Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht, inwieweit eine Auswahl von schriftlichen Variationen in den altbabylonischen Briefen aus Mittelmeesopotamien signifikante linguistische Variablennutzen, die zeitlich-historische (diachronische), räumlich- geographische (diatopische) oder individuell-situative Heterogenität bezeichnen. Gegenstand der Studie ist das Altbabylonische. Diese antike Sprache verkörpert durch den den großen Umfang der schriftlichen Aufzeichnungen eine weit verbreitete Praxis des Schreibens in einer signifikanten Reihe von Genres, einschließlich Skripte in Schreibschrift, die in einer Zeit der substanziellen geopolitischen Veränderungen ihre Hochzeit hatte. Einige altbabylonische Dialekte, insbesondere aus den Randgebieten, wurden bereits im Detail identifiziert und beschrieben. Trotz früherer Versuche, breite sprachliche Dialektgebiete zu definieren, gibt es jedoch noch keine vollständige Beschreibung der paläographischen, orthographischen und sprachlichen Variabilität innerhalb des zentralmesopotamischen Gebietes. Die vorliegende Untersuchung analysiert die dokumentierte Variation einer Reihe von orthographischen und sprachlichen Variablen, wie sie sich in einem zu diesem Zweck erstellten Korpus der alttbabylonischen Korrespondenz (ACCOB) manifestieren, der grammatikalische und außersprachlichen Annotationen zeitlicher, geographischer oder sozialer Merkmale der Produzenten oder Konsumenten der Briefe enthält. Die Kombination aus einem quantitativen Ansatzes für die Verteilung der Variablen und einer Mikrostudie der Dokumente zeigt, dass trotz der Einschränkungen in der Art der außersprachlichen Informationen und der Beschränkungen eines Forschungsprojekts, das sich ausschließlich auf die Analyse der editierten Transskriptionen von Briefen konzentriert, eine Reihe von orthographischen und sprachlichen Merkmalen signifikant mit regionalen und / oder zeitlichen Koordinaten assoziierrt werden können,. Manchmal offenbart diese eine ineinandergreifende Multikausalität von Faktoren. Gleichzeitig muss die angebliche soziolinguistische oder diaphasische Salienz der Briefdokumente der zentralen königlichen Verwaltung unter dem Blickwinkel der heterogenen Landschaft der altbabylonischen Sprache neu definiert werden. Die Ergebnisse der in der Studie analysierten Variablen sind eine differenzierte Beschreibung der altbabylonischen Sprache und ihrer orthographischen Praktiken, die als Grundlage für weitere Forschungen in diesem Gebiet dienen kann.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2009.
Title from title screen (viewed september 18, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies, Faculty of Arts. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

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A presente dissertação buscou analisar uma norma bíblica, a saber, Ex 21, 28-36 respeitando o seu contexto literário, todavia buscando conhecer sua origem, natureza e interpretação no complexo mais amplo da cultura jurídica do Antigo Oriente Próximo. Com esta finalidade, foi realizada uma intensa pesquisa sobre a origem, natureza e finalidade das chamadas coleções de direito cuneiformes, a fim de comparar a norma bíblica com suas variantes nas coleções jurídicas de Esnunna e Hammurabi. A intensão de tal pesquisa foi ler a literatura bíblica em relação às outras obras literárias do Antigo Oriente Próximo. Ambas são frutos de um mesmo contexto cultural e se relacionaram mutuamente. Este trabalho exegético e comparativo demonstrou, que o círculo israelita que trabalhou a norma bíblica em Ex 21, 28-36, conheceu as variantes em CE 53-55 e CH 250- 252, porém reinterpretou as normativas de acordo com seus propósitos particulares.
The present dissertation tried to carry out an analysis of a Biblical norm, that is, Ex. 21,28-36, taking into consideration specially its literary context, in order to get in touch more thoroughly with its origin, nature and interpretation in the deepest and largest context of the Jewish culture of the Near Ancient Orient. Bearing in mind such an objective, an intensive research was put into practice about origin, nature and objective of the so called collections of cuneiform rights, establishing comparisons between the biblical norms and its variations in the juridical collections of Esnunna and Hammurabi Code. The principal aim of such a research was to study the Biblical literature related to the other literary assays about Near Ancient Orient. Both are fruits from the same cultural context and they are deeply and intimately related. These exegetic and comparative assays indicated that the Israelite Circle that elaborated the biblical norm in Ex 21, 28-36, had a perfect knowledge about the variations in EC 53-55 and in HC 250-252, but they interpreted the normative forms according to their personal concerns.

Reducing the time spent by experts on the process of cuneiform fragment reconstruction means that more time can be spent on the translation and interpretation of the information that the cuneiform fragments contain. Modern computers and ancillary technologies such as 3D printing have the power to simplify the process of cuneiform reconstruction, and open up the field of reconstruction to non-experts through the use of virtual fragments and new reconstruction methods. In order for computers to be effective in this context, it is important to understand the current state of available technology, and to understand the behaviours and strategies of individuals attempting to reconstruct cuneiform fragments. This thesis presents the results of experiments to determine the behaviours and actions of participants reconstructing cuneiform tablets in the real and virtual world, and then assesses tools developed specifically to facilitate the virtual reconstruction process. The thesis also explores the contemporary and historical state of relevant technologies. The results of experiments show several interesting behaviours and strategies that participants use when reconstructing cuneiform fragments. The experiments include an analysis of the ratio between rotation and movement that show a significant difference between the actions of successful and unsuccessful participants, and an unexpected behaviour that the majority of participants adopted to work with the largest fragments first. It was also observed that the areas of the virtual workspace used by successful participants was different from the areas used by unsuccessful participants. The work further contributes to the field of reconstruction through the development of appropriate tools that have been experimentally proved to dramatically increase the number of potential joins that an individual is able to make over period of time.

The earliest, but scarce, evidence of cuneiform signs being used syllabically to write Akkadian words and proper nouns is at Fara and Tell Abu Salabikh between 2600 BC and 2500 BC. Between around 2350 BC and 1800 BC, there is an increase in the development and use of signs with syllabic values across Mesopotamia and Syria, but these syllabic values (together called 'syllabaries') are still very local in nature with significant and observable differences in sign usage and values between sites. Starting around 1800 BC, reforms to the system begin to be enforced that standardise these signs and their values, which essentially ends any major variability in the script within specific periods. This provides us with a period of almost 600 years, spanning the second half of the third millennium and early second millennium BC, during which there is a wealth of textual data documenting the first full adaptation of the cuneiform script to syllabically write Semitic words and proper nouns. This thesis investigates the attestations and usage of syllabic values to write Semitic lexemes in the cuneiform text corpora from Ebla, Mari, Nabada, Tuttul, Adab, Eshnunna, Kish, Tutub, Assur, and Gasur - with a particular focus on the Syrian sites - during the second half of the third millennium BC and early second millennium BC in order to answer the following two research questions: 1. Did each third millennium site in Mesopotamia and Syria have its own unique syllabary? 2. What were the primary factors that influenced the differences between the syllabaries? This research uses a series of three interdependent techniques to determine and understand the use and distribution of syllabic values within the cuneiform writing system during the second half of the third millennium BC and early second millennium BC. The results suggest that during this period cuneiform syllabaries are variable, and that variation can further inform us about the regional, temporal, and dialectical contexts in which they existed. The addition of this research to the wider literature on the early adaptation of cuneiform will enhance the field's understanding of how cuneiform syllabic values began to develop and emerge across the ancient Near East, and demonstrates how scientific and computational methods of analysis can be applied to research questions in humanities subjects.

The aim of the present study is to examine a group of clay tablets by thin-section petrography and thermogravimetric analysis in order to assess specific problems related to their provenance and manufacture technology. Two sets of documents dating to the fourteenth-thirteenth centuries BC will be considered separately throughout the thesis, with different research questions in mind for each case study. The petrographic data will be compared when possible with the chemical composition of the tablets, determined by pXRF and/or INAA in previous studies. On the whole, this dissertation is an attempt to combine textual, archaeological, petrographic, chemical and thermogravimetric information in order to get a better understanding of the materiality and the historical implications of the objects under examination; Resumo: O objetivo do presente estudo é examinar um grupo de tabuletas de argila por petrografia e análise termogravimétrica, a fim de avaliar problemas específicos relacionados com a sua proveniência e tecnologia de fabricação. Dois conjuntos de documentos que datam dos séculos XIV-XIII a.C. serão considerados separadamente ao longo da tese, com diferentes questões de pesquisa em mente para cada estudo de caso. Os dados petrográficos serão comparados quando possível com a composição química das tabuletas, determinada por pXRF e/ou INAA em estudos anteriores. No seu conjunto, esta dissertação é uma tentativa de combinar informação textual, arqueológica, petrográfica, química e termogravimétrica a fim de obter uma melhor compreensão da composição material e das implicações históricas dos objetos em análise.

This thesis is a case study of early Greek poetry in comparison to the literature of the ancient Near East, especially Mesopotamia, based on a selection of hymns (or: songs in praise of gods) mainly in Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite and Greek. Chapters 1–3 present the core groups of primary sources from the ancient Near East: Old Babylonian Sumerian, Old Babylonian Akkadian, Hittite. The aim of these chapters is to analyse the main features of style and content of Sumerian and Akkadian hymnic poetry, and to show how certain compositions were translated and adapted beyond Mesopotamia (such as in Hittite). Chapter 4 contains introductory remarks on early Greek hymnic poetry accompanied by some initial comparative observations. On the basis of the primary sources presented in Chapters 1–4, the second half of the thesis investigates selected elements of form and content in a comparative perspective: hymnic openings (Chapter 5), negative predication (Chapter 6), the birth of Aphrodite in the Theogony of Hesiod (Chapter 7), and the origins and development of a phrase in Hittite prayers and the Iliad of Homer (Chapter 8). The conclusion of Chapters 4–6 is that, in terms of form and style, early Greek hymns were probably not indebted to ancient Near Eastern models. This contradicts some current thinking in Classical scholarship, according to which Near Eastern influence was pervasive in early Greek poetry in general. Chapters 7–8 argue that such influence may nevertheless be perceived in certain closely defined instances, particularly where supplementary evidence from other ancient sources is available, and where the extant sources permit a reconstruction of the process of translation and adaptation. Hence this thesis seeks to contribute to the current debate on early Greek and ancient Near Eastern literature with a detailed analysis of a selected group of primary sources.

This dissertation looks at slavery in early Mesopotamia (ca. 3200-1595 BC) in the longue durée and establishes theoretical foundations for interpreting the data preserved in the extant sources. Rather than attempting to define slavery, the forms the social institution took from proto-history into the historical era of early Mesopotamia are contextualised, while identifying the broader social changes which might explain the non-linear evolution of the practice. After considering the difficulty of defining the term ‘slave’ in relation to early Mesopotamia in general and numerous attempts to approach the problem, this work moves beyond definition, attempting to historicise slavery. To achieve this, slavery in early Mesopotamia is considered in the high points of the record in relation to key diagnostic features. The acquisition of slaves is studied alongside the release of slaves, demonstrating the numerous ways people in early Mesopotamia could be reduced to some form of bondage or slavery, while there remained relatively few means by which a person could experience upward movement out of slavery, opportunities which were reduced further for foreign and houseborn slaves. The following discussion of the economics of slavery seeks to place the question in an historical context of modern scholarship before assessing the motivations, benefits, and risks of owning slaves in early Mesopotamia. After this chapter which looks at slavery from the perspectives of the elite, the subsequent chapter attempts to move beyond the elite bias of the documentation to understand history from the bottom, by studying flight and the related means of coercion. By considering the ways in which runaways were pursued and the risks members of the lower stratum community were willing to take for a change in status, the discussion presents a way forward to understanding slavery in early Mesopotamia. These diagnostic features of slavery reveal a traceable non-linear evolution of slavery in early Mesopotamia.

Los animales han tenido siempre una gran repercusión en la Historia del ser humano. Durante el Paleolítico eran cazados como fuente de alimento para complementar una dieta pobre en proteínas. Más tarde, la domesticación de algunas especies fue uno de los principales motores de la revolución neolítica, convirtiéndolos en un recurso económico de gran importancia. Además de la carne y las pieles, se empezaron a explotar otros productos secundarios como la leche o la lana, y algunos animales fueron empleados como fuerza de trabajo agrícola y medio de transporte terrestre. Pese a estos cambios trascendentales, los animales salvajes siguieron teniendo una importante presencia en la sociedad. Los depredadores eran una amenaza constante para las personas y sus rebaños, mientras que los herbívoros seguían siendo cazados por necesidad o por entretenimiento. El caso de Mesopotamia no es distinto. A lo largo de toda su historia encontramos multitud de referencias a los animales salvajes tanto en las fuentes escritas como en las representaciones figurativas, demostrando que su importancia, al menos simbólica, era parecida a la de los animales domésticos. Incluso algunos de ellos tuvieron cierta trascendencia en actividades económicas. En este contexto, la presente tesis analiza la presencia de fauna salvaje en la Mesopotamia del tercer milenio a. C. y su relación con la sociedad de la época, centrándose en el caso concreto de los grandes mamíferos. Para ello, se propone un enfoque multidisciplinar que incluye el estudio de los restos faunísticos, las representaciones figurativas y las fuentes escritas (lexicográficas, literarias y administrativas), con el objetivo de tener una visión lo más completa posible sobre la situación concreta de cada una de estas especies en el periodo estudiado.
Animals have always had quite a large repercussion on humans’ history. In the Paleolithic, they were hunted as feeding source to complement a low-protein diet. Later on, the domestication of some species facilitated the Neolithic revolution as animals became an important economic resource. Apart from consuming their meat and using their furs, other secondary products such as milk and wool started to being exploited. Some others were used as working animals in agriculture and for terrestrial transportation. Even though all these transcendental changes, wild animals still had an important presence in society. Predators were a constant threat for people and herds, while herbivores were hunted because of necessity or as entertainment. Mesopotamian case was not different. Throughout all its history, numerous references to wild animals in textual sources as well as figurative representations can be found, what demonstrates that their importance was similar to the domestic animals’, at least in a symbolic way. Some of these wild animals even had a certain transcendence in economic activities. In this context, the aim of this dissertation is to analyse the presence of wild fauna in Mesopotamia during the third millennium BC and its relationship with the society of the period, focusing on the specific case of big mammals. To achieve such a goal, an interdisciplinary approach is proposed, which includes the study of faunal remains, figurative representations and written sources (lexical, literary and administrative) to provide a general picture of the status of the animal world in the third millennium BC.

PhD
Certain ancient Near Eastern texts develop over time towards a reasonably stable state of transmission. However, the development towards a single ‘stabilised’ transmitted form that marks the biblical manuscripts between the second century B.C.E. and second century C.E. is often considered to permit the Hebrew bible a unique position in the ancient Near Eastern textual corpus. The degree to which the wider body of ancient Near Eastern texts actually support or undermine this position is the topic of this dissertation. The study begins by formulating a methodology for comparing the accuracy with which ancient texts of varying genres and languages were transmitted. Exemplars from the first millennium B.C.E. cuneiform evidence are selected for analysis on the basis of genre. Texts that are preserved in more than one ancient copy are compared to determine how much variation occurs between manuscripts of the same text. The study begins with representative texts from the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian and Late Babylonian periods that range in date from the late eighth century B.C.E. to the third century B.C.E. The study then turns to the Torah scrolls from the Dead Sea area that range in date from the third century B.C.E. to the second century C.E. The accuracy with which the cuneiform texts were transmitted is then compared with the biblical evidence. The study finds that the most stable texts surveyed are those containing ritual instructions. The mechanisms that may have led to the exact transmission of the Torah in the late Second Temple period are discussed in the conclusion.

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 1989.
Master copies of 5 1/2 inch (Floppy) disks kept separately by library.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Iraqi State Department of Antiquities and the Polish expedition under the late Janusz Meuszynski and Richard Sobolewski, assisted later by Samuel Paley (Buffalo), set themselves the goal to locate, identify and to reconstruct the original arrangement of the reliefs from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II. The majority of the reliefs are scattered all over the world in museums and institutions from Leningrad to Los Angeles, mainly due to the style of archaeologists and opportunists from the previous century who removed these reliefs from the Nimrud Mound. Section A of the dissertation attempted to complement the achievements of the combined Iraqi-Polish-American effort through the study of the "Standard" Inscription which was carved across and in between the reliefs of Ashurnasirpal. Subsequently, this somewhat audacious and time-consuming project was launched to trace the present whereabouts of those reliefs outside Iraq in a bid to study each text seperately. This was achieved in the end in that the inscriptions were studied from the original sculptures or from photos provided by the institutions in whose care the reliefs are at present. Each exemplar was eventually copied, transliterated and reproduced in its original room setting of the North-Vest Palace. In order to reproduce each text as an entity in its own right and in an accessible way (in direct opposition to previous attempts whereby a myriad of text-critical data was simply reduced to footnotes), available computer software initially had to be experimented with before a suitable program could be decided upon. Eventually T 3 of TOI Software Research was selected on mainly user-friendly and font-adaptability grounds. The interested scholar is now in a position to see at a glance how the texts, which were originally engraved onto sculptured slabs in the close proximity of one room, vary from one another. The remainder of Ashurnasirpal's textual corpus was treated in Section B. These inscriptions were studied and collated on the original monuments in London and New York. The texts were finally collated, revised and transliterated in a standardized form from photographs, provided by the institutions in whose care they are at present. In order to facilitate the progress of research on the Ashurnasirpal inscriptions, it was decided to make all the textual material available in the electronic medium of two 2.1 megabyte floppy disks (cf. the envelope attached to the back cover). The data is stored in T 3 volumes (73VOLS). The latest T 3 version (2.3) has a conversion program for converting T 3 documents to YordPerfect 5.0, making the material of this research more accessible to non T 3 users. Thanks to the initiatives of the Tubinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients Project which provides the critical historian with a much needed historico-geographical footing, the unique summary of conquests or so-called standard titulary sections in the royal inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal were examined in search of a historically verifiable methodology. These passages were collected not only from the Calah inscriptions, but especially from other provenances like Ashur and Nineveh on the assumption that a definite correlation exists between geographic references and the chronological sequences of events in the Ashurnasirpal II royal inscriptions. These "summary" sections provide a useful summary in titular form of the king's conquests comprising essentially geographic material. They emanated stylistically from the preceding sections on the king's genealogy, titulary, filiation and theological legitimation. They were in a constant state of editorial flux impending on the successes of the king's expansionist policies. The modern historian can now utilize these summaries, or historico-political titles, not only as a fixed point of departure, historically speaking, but also as a normative tool to unravel biased military reports of the king's military activities in both the annalistic and display type of inscriptions. A new approach on the historical reconstruction of the reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.) with its implications for the study of the Old Testament can now be anticipated.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Irakse Direktoraat van Rultuursake en 'n Poole ekspedisie onder aanvoering van wyle Janusz Meuszynski en Ryszard Sobolewski, later bygestaan deur Samuel Paley (Buffalo), het hulle dit ten doel gestel om al Assurnasirpal II se reliefs, wat sedert die vorige eeu deur skattejagters en argeoloe van die Nimrud Tel (naby Mosul in die noorde van Irak) verwyder is en na museums en instellings van Leningrad tot in Los Angeles versprei is, op te spoor. Met behulp van hoof saaklik die ikonografie-is die reliefs se oorspronklike plekke in die beroemde Noordwes-Paleis vasgestel en grafies gerekonstrueer. Afdeling A van hierdie dissertasie poog om hierdie projek aan te vul deur al die II "Standaard" Inskripsies wat bo-oor en tussen die reliefs aangebring was, te bestudeer. 11 Yervolgens is die moeisame proses aangepak om hierdie reliefs in museums oor die hele wereld op te spoor, die inskripsies direk of vanaf foto's te kollasioneer, te kopieer, te translitereer en in hul oorspronklike vertrekskonteks weer te gee. Die formaat waarin die transliterasies van die inskripsies uiteindelik weergegee moes word, is uiteindelik deur middel van TCI Software Research se T 3 bemeester. Die formaat waarin die tekste weergegee is in hierdie dissertasie, vergemaklik die bestudering van individuele tekste sowel as die vergelyking van die teksvariante in die groter paleiskonteks, deurdat die tekste gegroepeer is ooreenkomstig die oorspronklike posisies van die reliefs teen die mure van die onderskeie vertrekke van die paleis. In Afdeling B is die oorblywende tekskorpus van Assurnasirpal behandel. Die inskripsies is op die oorspronklike monumente, stelas en tablette in hoof saaklik Londen en New York bestudeer, gekollasioneer en die transliterasies is hersien en gestandaardiseer. Dit bring vervolgens mee dat die tekskorpus van Assurnasirpal II in die elektronies-toeganklike formaat van T S -volumes beskikbaar is vir Assirioloe, wat met behulp van die rekenaartegnologie navorsing op die Assurnasirpal tekste wil doen. Die nuwe 2.3 weergawe van 7 3 beskik oor die moontlikheid om 3 -volumes en -leers om te skakel in YordPerfect 5.0 dokumente, wat dus_inligtingsherwinning, data-onttrekking en ander dergelike funksies van die rekenaartegnologie op spykerskriftekste verder vergemaklik. Al die teksmateriaal is vir die doel op twee 2.1 megagreep slapskywe gestoor in 73-volumes en is beskikbaar in die koevert, wat aan die agterblad van die dissertasie vasgeheg is. Ten slotte is 'n nuwe metodologie, gebore uit die inisiatiewe van en blootstelling aan die Tubinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients Projek, op die proef gestel. Kortliks berus hierdie benadering op die aanname dat daar 'n histories-verifieerbare korrelasie tussen geografiese gegewens en kronologiese ordening in die Assiriese Koningsgeskrifte bestaan. Die betrokke gedeelte in die koningsgeskrifte, waarin 'n opsomming van die koning se verowerde gebiede (en dus geografiese data) stilisties voortvloei uit die voorafgaande genealogie, titulatuur en teologiese legitimasie, is vervolgens versamel en gegroepeer uit tekste wat Assur, Nineve en Nimrud insluit. Hierdie opsommende titulatuur is op 'n gereelde basis deur die amptelike Assiriese skrywers geredigeer ooreenkomstig die welslae van die koning se buitelandse beleid van ekspansionisme. Vervolgens kan die moderne historikus hierdie beknopte historiese gegewens in die opsommende titulatiqr, gesuiwer van tipiese Assiriese propaganda, as 'n vaste normatiewe basis aanwend om die breedvoerige annalistiese beskrywings van die koning se veldtogte krities te bestudeer. 'n Betroubare rekonstruksie van die regeringstyd van Assurnasirpal II (883-859 v.C.) en die implikasies wat dit vir die flu Testament inhou, kan vervolgens in die vooruitsig gestel word.

L’histoire de l’Anatolie « hittite » constitue une page importante de l’histoire du Proche-Orient ancien du deuxième millénaire avant J.-C. Pendant longtemps après la découverte des Hittites la recherche s’était focalisée sur le cœur de l’Empire hittite. Excepté le Sud-Est les zones périphériques sortent peu à peu de l’ombre C’est dans cette perspective que cette thèse s’inscrit : les rapports entre l’empire hittite et les entités politiques situées à l’Est dont le territoire avait été considéré comme le berceau d’un peuple d’origine toujours obscure : les Arméniens.Un certain nombre d’inscriptions cunéiformes hittites ont été étudiés dans le but de trouver des traces des Proto-Arméniens en Anatolie orientale au deuxième millénaire avant J.-C. Notre recherche est donc constituée selon le plan suivant : Dans le cadre du premier chapitre, nous examinerons l’histoire de la philologique régionale, y compris les langues. Nous présenterons les écoles de pensée et les méthodes appliquées par les grands savants occidentaux et soviétiques dès 19ème siècle pour le classement de ces langues « voisines » régionales qui appartiennent pourtant à des familles linguistiques différentes.Dans le cadre du deuxième chapitre, nous étudierons la géographie historique de l’Anatolie orientale (régions mentionnées par les sources hittites et arméniennes), considérées comme le berceau des Arméniens. Le troisième chapitre a été consacré à l’étude comparée du vocabulaire hittito-arménien. Dans le cadre du dernier chapitre (chapitre 4), nous présenterons et étudierons les textes hittites relatifs à l’Anatolie orientale
The history of 'Hittite' Anatolia is an important part of the history of the ancient Near East of the second millennium B.C.For a long time after the discovery of the Hittites, the research had focused on the heart of the Hittite Empire. With the exception of the Southeast, the peripheral areas gradually emerge from the shadows. It is in this perspective that this thesis takes place: the relations between the Hittite empire and the political entities situated in the East, whose territory had been considered the cradle of a people of obscure origin : the Armenians.A number of Hittite cuneiform inscriptions have been studies with tha aim of finding traces of the Proto-Armenians in Eastern Anatolia in the second millennium B.C.Our research constituted according to the following plan: Within the framework of the first chapter, we will examine the history of regional philology, including languages. We will present the schools of thought and the methods applied by the great Western and Soviet scholars of the 19th century for the classification of these neighboring regional languages which belong to different linguistic families.In the second chapter, we will study the historical geography of Eastern Anatolia (areas mentioned by Hittite and Armenian sources), considered the cradle of the Armenians.The third chapter was devoted to the comparative study of the Hittite-Armenian vocabulary. In the last chapter (chapter 4), we will present and study the Hittite texts relating to Eastern Anatolia

De nombreux patients parkinsoniens souffrent de troubles du sommeil, et à un stade avancé de troubles de la marche dopa-résistants. Des résultats expérimentaux et cliniques orientent vers un dysfonctionnement de la région locomotrice mésencéphalique (MLR) formée des noyaux pédonculopontin (PPN) et cunéiforme (CuN). La stimulation cérébrale profonde du PPN chez les patients parkinsoniens ayant des troubles de la marche modifiant aussi l'architecture du sommeil, un dysfonctionnement de ce noyau pourrait expliquer en partie ces symptômes. Afin d'étudier l'anatomie et le rôle du PPN et du CuN à l'état normal et à l'état parkinsonien, ce projet a associé une étude comportementale et anatomique de la MLR. Axe comportemental. Nous avons analysé les troubles du sommeil dans un modèle primate de maladie de Parkinson avancée, puis l'effet du traitement dopaminergique et de la mélatonine, et d'une lésion cholinergique du PPN surajoutée. Les troubles du sommeil sont similaires à ceux observés chez les patients, et améliorés par la L-dopa et la mélatonine. La lésion du PPN aggrave les troubles du sommeil en aigu, puis améliore la qualité du sommeil à distance. Axe anatomique. Nous avons défini l'hodologie du PPN et du CuN chez le singe et l'homme en fonction des trois territoires anatomo-fonctionnels des ganglions de la base. Le PPN intègre des informations très diverses (sensori-motrices, associatives et limbiques), le CuN est impliqué dans un réseau limbique. L'innervation cholinergique du PPN sur le NST a été caractérisée en microscopie optique et électronique chez le singe et l'homme, afin de préciser leur implication dans les effets cliniques de la stimulation du NST
Parkinsonian patients suffer from disabling sleep disorders, and at an advanced stage gait disorders become resistant to dopaminergic treatment. Evidence from experimental and clinical studies consider the implication of the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR), associating the pedunculopontine (PPN) and the cuneiform nuclei (CuN). Deep brain stimulation in this regionto treat doparesistant gait disorders in parkinsonian patients, was shown to improve sleep parameters. Dysfunction of this network could explain part of the pathophysiology of these symptoms. In order to have an anatomo-functional study of the PPN and the CuN at normal and parkinsonian state, this project has associated a behavioral axis in monkeys and an anatomic axis in monkeys and humans. Behavioral study. Sleep disorders have been analyzed in an advanced Parkinson disease primate model. These symptoms were improved with dopaminergic treatment and melatonin.After a cholinergic PPN lesion, there was an acute worsening of the symptoms, which improved three weeks after. Anatomic study. We analyzed the connections between the PPN and the CuN relating to the three anatomo-functional territories of the basal ganglia in monkeys and humans. The PPN integrated information from the three territories (sensori-motor, associative and limbic), compared to the CuN which connected to limbic territories. We then studied the subthalamic cholinergic innervation from the PPN at optic and ultra-structural level in monkeys and humans, comparing it with the dopaminergic innervation. Our results showed a homogeneous cholinergic innervation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) compared to the heterogeneous dopaminergic innervation

Understanding Gilgamesh – brokenly – is to understand life brokenly. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the narrative of life. It records the full cycle of the nerve and aplomb of youth, of the doubt and crisis of midlife, of the acceptance and quiescience of maturity. Moreover, this understanding is a broken understanding. It starts with the clay tablets that are broken in a literal sense of the word. Further, the narrative is a narrative of broken-ness – the story ends in tears. A man has lost his last chance of obtaining life everlasting. Yet he manages to recuperate despite his failure. The first part of this thesis examined the world of Gilgamesh. Initially he was known as the Sumerian king Bilgames. He makes his appearance in the form of oral compositions that are recited or sung in the royal courts of kings during the Sumerian period: sheer entertainment, nothing really serious. At his side is his loyal servant Enkidu who supports his master in everything he does. Akkadian gradually ousts Sumerian as vernacular, yet the latter continues to dominate as the language of culture and court. Bilgames survives the reign of the Sargonic dynasty, and even revives during the glorious Ur III period of Shulgi and of Ur-Nammu. Sumerian Bilgames-poems are recorded in writing. However, by the time that Hammurapi draws up his legal codex, the Sumerian Bilgames is known as the vibrant Akkadian king Gilgamesh. His servant Enkidu is elevated to the status of friend. Together they defy men, gods, monsters. When Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh goes even further in search of life everlasting. He reaches Uta-napishtim the Distant in order to learn the secret of eternal life. The optimism of the Old Babylonian Kingdom is replaced by the reflection and introspection of the Middle period. Life is difficult. Life is complex. The Gilgamesh Epic is once again re-interpreted and supplemented by a prologue and an epilogue: both begin and end at the same place, at the walls of Uruk. Here Gilgamesh looks back and forward to his life and contemplates about the meaning of life in general. The second part of this thesis dealt more specifically with the story – the literary aspects of the Epic. Genette’s theory illuminated several interesting literary devices with regards to the rhythm and pace of the narrative. However, much of the reflective nature of the Epic was also revealed. There were moments of looking forward, and looking backward: after Gilgamesh broke down in tears at the end of the Epic, he suddely gained perspective on life. Somehow a broken narrative focused into a meaningful whole that may just make future sense. Jauss’s theory illuminated why Gilgamesh refuses to be forgotten, why he is once again alive and well in the twenty first century. Although he was buried in the ruins of Nineveh for a thousand plus years, he is suddenly back on the scene – and not for academic reasons only. Not only scholars of the Ancient Near East take an interest in the old Epic, but also people from all sectors of life. Somehow Gilgamesh seems to respond to questions that are asked even by those who understand nuclear physics – but who grapple with the paradox of living meaningfully. Understanding Gilgamesh – brokenly – understands life.
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La vallée du moyen Euphrate, trait d’union entre la Mésopotamie du sud et la Syrie occidentale, est, durant la fin du la fin du IIIème millénaire et le début du IIème millénaire, gouverné par un šakkanakku installé à Mari (Tell Hariri, Syrie). Cette époque ainsi nommée « époque des šakkanakku » est, depuis deux décennies, étudiée avec un intérêt grandissant, en raison des découvertes archéologiques datant de cette époque. Une vue d’ensemble des données archéologiques et historiques de vallée du moyen Euphrate durant l’époque des šakkanakku suggèrent que le royaume de Mari, durant cette époque, s’est affirmé comme une puissance indépendante et prospère jusqu’au 19ème siècle (fin de l’époque des šakkanakku) où les données sont moins explicites sur le plan historique. Grâce à de nouvelles données textuelles provenant de Mari, mais également de Terqa (au nord de Mari) dont la majorité date de la fin de l’époque des šakkanakku, on a pu mettre en évidence des permanences et des ruptures entre la fin de l’époque des šakkanakku et l’époque suivante (époque « amorrite ») dans plusieurs domaines comme la langue, la « tradition scribale » ou encore dans la tradition juridique. Du point de vue dialectal, les textes du 19ème siècle montrent que la tradition linguistique est fortement ancrée dans l’univers syrien. Après l’avènement de l’amorrite Yahdun-Lim qui mit fin à l’époque des šakkanakku, la composante syrienne demeure présente, mais elle reste moins importante en raison d’une réforme de l’écriture modélisée sur la pratique sud mésopotamienne (Iraq actuelle), certainement due à la prépondérance politique d’Ešnunna durant l’extrême fin du 19ème siècle. Enfin, cette nouvelle documentation a également permis d’aborder des questions plus historiques notamment l’interaction des derniers šakkanakku de Mari avec des condottieres amorrites dont le père de Yahdun-Lim durant le 19ème siècle
The valley of the Middle Euphrates, hyphen between South Mesopotamia and Western Syria, was ruled by a šakkanakku lived in Mari (Tell Hariri, Syria) during the end of the third millennium and early second millennium. This time period named "šakkanakku-period" is particularly studied since twenty years An overview of archaeological and historical data from the Middle Euphrates valley during the time of šakkanakku suggest that the kingdom of Mari during that time has established itself as a power independent and prosperous until the 19th century (end of the time of šakkanakku) where data are less explicit historically. The new text data from Mari, and Terqa (north of Mari), of the most dated from the end of šakkanakku-period, shows continuance and ruptures between the end of šakkanakku-period and the next period ("Amorite-period"). This continuance and ruptures are examined in several areas such as language, "scribal tradition" or in the legal tradition. The dialect of this text (19th century) shows that linguistic tradition is deeply rooted in the universe Syria. After the advent of the Amorite Yahdun-Lim who ended the time of the šakkanakku the Syrian characteristics in the dialect remains present, but it is less important because a reform of writing modeled on southern Mesopotamia (Iraq current), probably due to the preponderance of political Ešnunna during the end of the 19th century. Finally, this new text has also allowed dealing the historical interaction of the last šakkanakku Mari with condottieri Amorite whose father Yahdun-Lim in the 19th century

För att vi ska ha en förståelse av det förflutna måste arkeologer ha möjlighet att tolka arkeologiska fynd (Why Is Archaeology Important?, 2018). En typ av fynd är kilskrift. För att säkerställa bevaringen av denna typ av fynd har etiska principer etablerats som exempelvis inte låter någon utsätta fynden för fara ("Principles of Archaeological Ethics", 2018), till exempel i form av förvittring genom beröring. På grund av detta har digitala arbetssätt börjat etableras vid exempelvis rekonstruktionsarbete av kilskrift så att arbetet kan utföras utan direkt beröring (Fisseler, Müller & Weichert, 2017). Problemet är att denna typ av arbete upplevs som frustrerande av arkeologerna då det nya digitala arbetssättet skiljer sig från deras tidigare analoga arbetssätt (Woolley et al., 2017). För att lösa denna problematik har en konceptdriven metod använts i uppsatsen. Det har skapats ett digitalt koncept kallat ARCC som kan låta arkeologer arbeta på liknande vis som det analoga naturliga arbetssättet utan att beröra kilskriften. Konceptet ARCC är en kombination av teknologierna: augmented reality, magnetic tracking systems och 3D-printing. Detta koncept är ett exempel på möjligheterna som existerar angående ett praktiskt och etiskt arbetssätt i förhållande till rekonstruktionsarbete av kilskrift. ARCC kan vidareutvecklas för att stärka konceptet, samt också agera indikator på att fler möjligheter inom detta område existerar.
In order to have an understanding of the past archaeologists need to be able to interpret archaeological finds (Why Is Archaeology Important?, 2018). One type of find is cuneiform. Ethical principles has been established to secure the conservation of this kind of find by prohibiting handling that could cause weathering ("Principles of Archaeological Ethics", 2018). Because of this, digital work methods has been established in conjunction with reconstruction of cuneiform in order to eliminate the risk of weathering through touch (Fisseler, Müller & Weichert, 2017). The problem is that this kind of work is found to be frustrating by the archaeologists since this way of work differs from their usual analog work method (Woolley et al., 2017). To solve this problem we have used a concept driven method. The digital concept ARCC has been developed which allows archaeologists to use their usual work method without touching the cuneiform. The concept ARCC is a combination of the technologies: augmented reality, magnetic tracking systems and 3D-printing. This concept is an example of the possibilities that exist regarding a practical and ethical work method regarding reconstruction of cunaiform. ARCC can be further developed to improve the concept, it could also act as an indicator of further possibilities within this area

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O objetivos deste estudo retrospectivo foram analisar as taxas de sobrevivência de implantes cuneiformes angulados dentro de longo período de controle e identificar os fatores que podem afetar a sobrevivência destes implantes. Os prontuários de todos pacientes que receberam cuneiformes angulados entre 1992 e 2011 foram revisados de acordo com os seguintes critérios: idade, sexo, tabagismo, doença periodontal prévia, condições sistêmicas; localização, diâmetro, comprimento e angulagem dos implantes; datas de instalação, carregamento, últimos controles, procedimentos adaptativos e tipo de prótese. A sobrevivência foi analisada pelo método de Kaplan-Meier, assim como a identificação dos fatores de risco. Baseado nos resultados da análise univariada, os fatores de risco também foram identificados pelo método da regressão de Cox. Dos implantes revisados, 461 instalados em 120 pacientes (55 homens e 65 mulheres) preencheram os critérios para serem incluídos neste estudo. A média de sobrevivência foi de 148,6±3,9 meses. A sobrevivência global acumulada foi de 95,2% e 92,1% aos 5 e 10 anos, respectivamente. A localização (P =,017), o diâmetro (P =,044) e o ângulo (P =,024) foram identificados como fatores de risco significantes para a perda dos implantes na análise univariada. Na análise multivariada, apenas a localização permaneceu significativa. Implantes cuneiformes angulados são utilizados em locais onde o uso de implantes retilíneos de dimensões padrão não é possível ou não indicado. Portanto, embora as taxas de sobrevivência sejam semelhantes, a sobrevivência dos implantes cuneiformes angulados não deve ser comparada à destes implantes retilíneos. Ela deve ser comparada ao sucesso de procedimentos reconstrutivos ou métodos alternativos como os implantes extra-curtos. Implantes cuneiformes angulados representam um alternativa efetiva para locais onde o uso de implantes retilíleos padrão não está indicado. Devido a características dos resultados e aspectos clínicos, apenas a localização foi considerada um fator de risco significativo para a sobrevivência dos implantes estudados.
The purpose of this study was to analyze retrospectively the survival rate of wedge-shaped angled implants over a long-term follow-up period and to identify factors that affect this survival. The charts and radiographs of all patients who received wedge-shaped angled implants between 1992 and 2011 were examined according to the following criteria: age, gender, tobacco smoking habbit, previous periodontal disease, systemic conditions; location, diameter, length and angulation of the implant, time of placing, loading and last follow-ups; adaptative procedures and type of prosthesis. Survival wan analysed by Kaplan-Meier method, as well as identification of risk factors. Based on the univariate analyses results, risk factors where also identified by Cox regression method. Of the implants reviewed, 461 in 120 patients (55 mens and 65 womans) met the criteria for inclusion in this study. Mean survival was of 148.6±3.9 months. Global cumulative survival rates where 95.2% and 92.1% at 5 and 10 years, respectively. Location (P = .017), diameter (P = .044) and angle (P = .024) were identified as significative risk factor for implant loss at the univariate analysis. At the multivariate analysis, only the location remained significative. Wedge-shaped angled implants are intended to be used in situations that the use of standard dimesions straight implants are not possible. So, although their survival rates are similar, wedge-shaped angled implants survival must be compared to those straight implants, but to the success of reconstrutive procedures or alternative methods like extra-short implants. Wedge-shaped implants represent an effective alternative to sites that are not indicated to standard straight implants placement. Due to results caractheristics and clinical implications, only location was considered as a significant risk factor for implant survival.

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O presente estudo retrospectivo avaliou os fatores de risco associados à sobrevida dos implantes de geometria cuneiforme, considerando os fatores relativos ao paciente, ao implante, os procedimentos cirúrgicos e protéticos que interferem na reabilitação implanto-suportada. Foram avaliados 1169 implantes do Centro Clínico de Pesquisa em Estomatologia (CLINEST) da cidade de Juiz de Fora-MG, instalados entre 1992 e 2011. As variáveis estudadas foram: gênero, idade, hábito de fumar, condição sistêmica associada, história prévia de doença periodontal, localização, diâmetro, comprimento, angulação, uso de procedimentos reconstrutivos e tipo de prótese utilizada. A sobrevida global foi calculada utilizando tabelas de mortalidade. Para identificar os fatores de risco e as taxas de sobrevida em cada variável se aplicou o método de Kaplan-Meier. Para a análise multivariada e para determinar os fatores de risco associados se aplicou o modelo de risco proporcional de Cox. A média de sobrevida global para os implantes foi de 194,26 ± 9,91 meses. A proporção acumulada aos 5 e 10 anos foi de 96,6% e 91,8% respectivamente. Na análise multivariada se obteve significância estatística nas variáveis hábito de fumar (p= ,014) e localização (p= ,000). Também foram estabelecidas as variáveis dos fatores de risco como gênero (p= ,038), hábito de fumar (p= 0,16) e localização (p= 0,01). Foram verificadas por meio de um estudo retrospectivo que a sobrevida global dos implantes de geometria cuneiforme é similar à longo prazo aos resultados obtidos nos protocolos de implantes convencionais dos dois estágios. Foram identificados por meio da análise multivariada o impacto ponderado de vários fatores que contribuiram com a perda do implante: o gênero masculino, o hábito de fumar e a localização póstero-superior do implante. A doença periodontal prévia contribuiu com a perda do implante nos pacientes masculinos. Os implantes que permaneceram na boca por mais de cinco anos mostraram que o diâmetro estreito é um fator contribuinte para a sua perda. Por outro lado, os fatores como: idade, doença sistêmica, comprimento e angulação do implante, uso de procedimentos reconstrutivos e o tipo de prótese não contribuíram com a perda dos implantes de geometria cuneiforme.
El presente estudio retrospectivo evaluó los factores de riesgo asociados a la supervivencia de los implantes de geometría cuneiforme, considerando los factores relativos al paciente, los relativos al implante, los procedimientos quirúrgicos y protéticos que intervinieron en la rehabilitación implanto soportada. Se evaluaron 1169 implantes del Centro de Pesquisa y Desarrollo en Estomatología de la ciudad de Juiz de Fora-MG (CLINEST) instalados entre 1992 y 2011. Las variables estudiadas fueron: género, edad, hábito de fumar, condición sistémica asociada, historia previa de enfermedad periodontal, localización, diámetro, longitud, angulación, uso de procedimientos reconstructivos y tipo de prótesis utilizada en la rehabilitación. La supervivencia global fue calculada utilizando tablas de mortalidad. Para identificar los factores de riesgo y las tasas de supervivencia en cada variable se empleó el método de Kaplan-Meier. Para el análisis multivariado y para determinar los factores de riesgo asociados se utilizó el modelo de riesgos proporcionales de Cox. La media de supervivencia global para los implantes fue de 194,26 ± 9,91 meses. La proporción acumulada a los 5 y 10 años fue de 96,6% y 91,8% respectivamente. En el análisis univariado se obtuvo significancia estadística en las variables hábito de fumar (p= ,014) y localización (p= ,000). En el análisis multivariado se establecieron como factores de riesgo las variables género (p= ,038), hábito de fumar (p= ,016) y localización (p= ,001). Se verificó a través de un estudio retrospectivo que la supervivencia global de los implantes de geometría cuneiforme es similar a largo plazo que los resultados obtenidos en los protocolos de implantes convencionales de dos estadíos. Se identificaron a través del análisis multivariado el impacto ponderado de varios factores que contribuyen a la pérdida del implante: el género masculino, el hábito de fumar y la localización póstero-superior del implante. Se encontró además que enfermedad periodontal previa contribuye a la pérdida del implante en los pacientes masculinos. Los implantes que permanecieron en la boca por más de cinco años mostraron que el diámetro estrecho es un factor contributorio para la pérdida del éste. Por otro lado, los factores: edad, enfermedad sistémica, longitud y angulación del implante, uso de procedimientos reconstructivos y tipo de prótesis no mostraron ser contributorios para la pérdida de implantes de geometría cuneiforme.

Mari,appelée actuellement Tell Hariri, est située à l'extrême sud-est de la Syrie sur le moyen Euphrate, à douze kilomètres au nord d'Abou Kémal. Parmi les découvertes les plus importantes dans ce site, il y a des archives royales qui contiennent un corpus de 20000 tablettes écrites en cunéiforme. Les lettres sont la partie la plus importante des archives. Ce qui caractérise les lettres et les rend très intéressantes, c’est que l’on peut découvrir,entre les lignes,des informations sur les personnes qui ont écrit ces lettres et cerner leur personnalité ou leur état d’esprit. Les documents épistolaires sujets de cette étude représententune abondante correspondance, répartie sur deux périodes principales:au temps de Samsi-Addu (1792-1782 av. J.-C.) et de son fils Yasmah-Addu (1782-1775 av. J.-C.),lorsque la ville de Mari a été intégrée dans le royaume de Haute-Mésopotamie et au temps de Zimrî-Lîmle dernier roi de Mari à l’époque amorrite (1775-1761 av. J.-C.).La thèse traite de la correspondance échangée entre le roi et les personnes qui lui sont proches.On peut classer les lettres en trois groupes : la famille, le personnel administratif et les rois étrangers, personnes qui ont des relations familiales ou de simples relations politiques au niveau de l’Etat. Ce travail propose une réflexion sur une partie de la société et du système familial, administratif, politique et économique de Mari à travers l'étude des relations entre le roi et ses proches et la place que ces proches peuvent avoir dans ce système. Pour avoir une idée générale sur le corpus choisi pour notre étude, on peut se reporter à un tableau figurant dans une annexe du deuxième volume, qui donne une description des liens unissant entre eux les divers interlocuteurs et précise la nature de leurs relations, ainsi que les caractéristiques et le ton de chaque lettre
Mari, called now Tell Hariri, is located in the extreme south-east of Syria on the middle Euphrates, twelve kilometers north of Abu Kemal. Among the most important discoveries in this site arethe royal archives which contain a corpus of 20,000 tablets written in cuneiform. Letters are the most important part of the archives. What characterizes the letters and makes them very interesting is that one can discover,between the lines,information about the people who wrote these letters and pinpoint their personality or state of mind. The epistolary documents of this study are the result ofan abundant correspondence, spread over two main periods:in the time of Samsi-Addu (1792-1782 BC) and of his son Yasmah-Addu (1782-1775 BC), when the city of Mari was integrated into the kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia,and that of Zimri-Lîm, the last king of Mari in the amorous period (1775-1761 BC). The thesis deals with the correspondence exchanged between the king and the persons who are close to him. The letters can be classified into three groups:family, administrative staff and foreign kings;these people have paternal relations or simple political relations at the level of State. The work proposes a reflection on a part of the society and of the family, administrative, political and economic system of Mari, throughthe study of the relations between the king and his relatives and the place that these relatives can have in this system. For a general idea of the corpus chosenfor our study, see a table in an appendix to the second volume, which gives a description of the relationships between the various interlocutors and the nature of their relationship, as well as characteristics and tone of each letter

La compréhension des mécanismes physiologiques et physiopathologiques du contrôle la locomotion et de ses troubles, constitue un enjeu majeur de la recherche biomédicale, pour améliorer la qualité et l'espérance de vie des patients atteints de la maladie de Parkinson. A partir de données expérimentales, la stimulation cérébrale profonde de la formation réticulée mésencéphalique (FRM), incluant les noyaux pédonculopontins et cunéiformes, a été proposée en 2005 comme nouvelle stratégie thérapeutique pour traiter le freezing de la marche. Cependant, au regard de résultats cliniques très hétérogènes, de nombreuses interrogations se posent concernant les connaissances anatomiques et fonctionnelles de la FRM, marquées notamment par un nombre limité de données expérimentales chez le primate non-humain. Cette étude s'inscrit dans une approche translationnelle associant des données cliniques et pré-cliniques. Dans un premier temps, un modèle de locomotion bipède chez le primate non-humain a été développé puis validé à partir de données cinématiques. Une approche IRM multi-séquences a été développée pour permettre un suivi longitudinal du protocole et la construction d'un atlas du tronc cérébral de Macaca fascicularis. Un mapping électrophysiologique de la FRM a ensuite été réalisé chez deux primates éveillés, qui a permis de mettre en évidence pour la première fois, des activités neuronales qui répondaient à la locomotion, confirmant ainsi l'existence d'une région locomotrice mésencéphalique chez le primate. Après intoxication au MPTP, seule une modification du pattern de décharge des neurones de la FRM a été observée, ainsi que des arguments en faveur d'un dysfonctionnement de l'activité de certains neurones de la FRM durant le blocage du pas. Enfin, des enregistrements électrophysiologiques durant des phases de locomotion puis d'endormissement naturel, suggèrent une double implication de populations neuronales dans le contrôle de la locomotion et du niveau de vigilance. La réalisation d'un nouveau système de coordonnées adapté au tronc cérébral humain a permis de réaliser une étude de corrélations anatomo-cliniques des effets de la stimulation cérébrale profonde du noyau pédonculopontin et de proposer une cible probabiliste pour l'implantation d'électrodes dans la FRM pour traiter le freezing de la marche dans le contexte parkinsonien.

La thèse est composée de trois chapitres, le premier traite le problème de la ville de Larsa d'un point de vue historique et archéologique. J'ai étudié l'histoire de tous les rois qui sont montés sur le trône de Larsa. J'ai trouvé de nouvelles données. Il y a des problèmes qui restent sans réponses certaines à cause de l'absence de fouilles archéologiques sur le site de Larsa. Dans la partie d'archéologie de cette ville, j'ai étudié toute la ville : la forteresse/ les portes, les rues, le temple, le palais royal, et les maisons avec trois maisons comme exemples. Puis, une illustration de certains objets importants révélés grâce à des fouilles françaises dans cette ville. Le deuxième chapitre est une étude sur une nouvelle archive royale du palais de Larsa. Cette archive donne beaucoup de nouvelles données historiques sur la vie de Larsa surtout sur la vie dans le palais royal. J'ai trouvé dans cette archive quelques réponses pour certaines questions historiques. Cette archive nous a montré que Larsa était une centre administrative remarquable dans la partie sud de la Mésopotamie. Finalement, j'ai étudié dans le troisième chapitre des tablettes de différent nature : contrats administratifs, scolaires, et incantations. Cette collection de textes ne pose pas de problèmes. Les textes sont classiques et comparables
The thesisis is composed of three chapters, the first deals with the problem of the city of Larsa from two sides : historical and archaeological. I studied the history of all the kings that are mounted on the throne of Larsa. I found some news informations. There are some problems still without answer because of the absence of archaeological excavations on the site of Larsa. In the archeology of this city, I studied all of city : the fortress / doors, streets, the temple, the royal palace and the houses with three houses as examples. Then, an illustration of some important objects revealed by the French excavations in this city. The second chapter is a study of a new royal palace archive of Larsa. This archive provides many new historical informations about the life in Larsa especially the life in the royal palace. I have found in this archive some answers to some historical questions. This archive has shown us that Larsa was a remarkable administrative center in the southern part of Mesopotamia. Finally, I studied in the third chapter somme texts from different kinds : contracts, administrative, schooler texts, and incantations. This collection of texts poses no problems. The texts are classics and

Social theorists have long argued that literacy is one of the principal causes and hallmark features of complex society. However, the relationship between literacy and social complexity remains poorly understood because the relevant data have not been assembled in a way that would allow competing hypotheses to be adjudicated. The project set out in this thesis provides a novel account of the multiple origins of literate behaviour around the globe, the principal mechanisms of its cultural transmission, and its relationship with the cultural evolution of large-group human cooperation and complex forms of socio-political organisation. A multi-method large-scale cross-cultural approach provided the data necessary to achieve these objectives. Evidence from the societies within which literate behaviour first emerged, and from a representative sample of ethnographically-attested societies worldwide (n=74), indicates that literate behaviour emerged through the routinization of rituals and pre-literate sign systems, eventually spreading more widely through classical religions. Cross-cultural evidence also suggests that literacy assumed a wide variety of forms and socio-political functions, particularly in large, complex groups, extending evolved psychological mechanisms for cooperation, which include reciprocity, reputation formation and maintenance systems, social norms and norm enforcement systems, and group identification. Finally, the results of a cross-cultural historical survey of first-generation states (n=10) reveal that simple models assuming single cause-and-effect relationships between literacy and complex forms of socio-political organisation must be rejected. Instead, literacy and first-generation state-level polities appear to have interacted in a complex positive feedback loop. This thesis contributes to the wider goal of transforming social and cultural anthropology into a cumulative and rapid-discovery science.

La presente tesis doctoral ofrece una edición actualizada de la lista lexical paleo babilónica Ugu mu,ejemplo de producción lexicográfica utilizada en los procesos de aprendizaje y entrenamiento de los escribas mesopotámicos. En este trabajo se incorporan los nuevos textos catalogados desde 1967, año de la primera edición de la lista, tanto en su versión monolingüe sumeria como en aquella bilingüe sumerio-acadia, incluyendo tres textos inéditos procedentes de la colección Schøyen (OsloyLondres). Puesto que Ugu-muelenca términos anatómicos y alusivos al cuerpo humano, el grueso del trabajo se ha focalizado en el tratamiento de las categorías partonómicas en sumerio y en acadio y en el análisis semántico del vocabulario de la lista, así como en los procesos de formación de nomenclatura anatómica, los contextos de uso de la terminología incluida en Ugu-mu, y en las ideas, conceptos y prácticas vinculadas al cuerpo humano presentes en el corpus de textos cuneiformes.
This PhD dissertation offers an updated version of the Old Babylonian lexical list Ugumu, a source that was used as a learning and teaching device for the training in cuneiform writing of the Mesopotamian scribes.This work includes the new Ugu-mu texts, both monolingual (Sumerian) and bilingual (Sumerian-Akkadian), catalogued from 1967 on, when the first edition of the list was published. Besides, the unpublished texts of the list from the Schøyencollection (Osloand London) are edited and analysed as well. Since Ugu-mu lists anatomical and body-related terms, a significative part of this dissertation has focused on Sumerian and Akkadian partonomic categories, as well as in the semantic analysis of the vocabulary in Ugu-mu, its use in context, and the ideas, concepts and practices linked to the human body within the corpus of mesopotamian cuneiform texts.

In most cases in a deceased person’s estate, there are problems with co-ownership where more than one family member inherits the deceased family estate assets. To escape the perils of co-ownership the beneficiaries consensually agree to divide the inherited communallyshared asset/s. This agreement can take place immediately after the death of the family estate owner or some time later regarding some or all of the said assets. On the conclusion of the division agreement, the contractual party who receives the awarded assets enjoys sole ownership and the other contractual parties by agreement retract their ownership. In a jurisprudential content analysis of forty-six recorded family deceased division agreements from Old Babylonian Larsa and Nippur, essential elements are identified which are the framework and qualification requirements for a family deceased division agreement. Within this framework the concepts, terms and elements of the agreement are categorised as natural and incidental elements, which reflect the specific law traditions and choices of contractual parties and show the unique scribal traditions in the different Old Babylonian city-states of Larsa, Nippur and Sippar. The aim of the study is to shed a more focused light on the interpretation of recorded Old Babylonian division agreements and to show that the division agreement was a successful, timeless, estate administration mechanism and tool to obviate any undesirable consequences of co-ownership of the bequeathed property.
Old Testament & Ancient Near Eastern Studies
D. Litt. et Phil. (Ancient Near Eastern Studies)

Com a ascensão ao trono de Šuppiluliuma I (c. 1350 a.C.), o reino de Ḫatti tornou-se numa das grandes potências do Próximo Oriente no Bronze Final. Ao destruir o reino de Mitani, o seu rival na Mesopotâmia setentrional, o monarca hitita absorveu a maioria dos seus territórios do norte da Síria, estendendo o seu domínio desde a margem oeste do Eufrates até à costa mediterrânea. A presença hitita nesse território está patente não apenas nas tabuinhas cuneiformes que relatam os aspectos político-militares, como na cultura material encontrada no registo arqueológico. Na corrente dissertação pretende-se correlacionar as fontes históricas com os achados arqueológicos de modo a compreender o impacto da presença hitita nos reinos vassalos sírios e as suas repercussões nas esferas administrativa, religiosa, arquitectónica e artística. Tenciona-se igualmente analisar a natureza do imperialismo hitita e as diferentes adaptações ao seu domínio nos vários reinos vassalos. Este estudo serve como contribuição para a compreensão dos diversos mecanismos do poder imperial adoptados por Ḫatti numa das regiões integrantes do seu império.
With the ascension of Šuppiluliuma I (c. 1350 B.C.E.) to the throne, the kingdom of Ḫatti became one of the most powerful realms of the Ancient Near East in the Late Bronze Age. By destroying their enemy’s reign Mitanni in northern Mesopotamia, the hittite monarch incorporated most of their territories of northern Syria, expanding his domain from the Euphrates river in the west to the mediterranean coast in the east. The hittite presence in this territory is not only perceptible in the cuneiform tablets, which reports the political-military aspects, but also in the material culture found in the archaeological record. This dissertation seeks to correlate the historical sources with the archaeological findings in order to comprehend the impact of the hittite presence in the syrian vassal kingdoms and their repercussions in the administrative, religious, architectural and artistic spheres. It also intendeds to analyze the nature of the hittite imperialism and the different adaptations of the various vassal kingdoms to its domain. This study is a contribution to the comprehension of the numerous mechanisms of the imperial power endorsed by Ḫatti in one of the regions integrated in its empire.

The Mesopotamian inscriptions and collections in ancient Mesopotamia consist of different meanings extended over long time-periods and with social, political, economic and ethnic differences. Scholars in determining whether the texts are an authentic source for Mesopotamian law traditions developed different theories and each of these theories has different variations. In a literature study to obtain if the inscriptions and collections are an authentic source, the different theories and methodologies of the inscriptions and collections were mentioned and the inscriptions and collections were tested in accordance with the characteristics of the Mesopotamian law traditions. Until new interpretation of documents of daily activities and legal activities, which can prove, that these texts are an authentic source, the interpretation of the collections and inscriptions on the legal issues of ancient Mesopotamians must be applied with caution and studied together with the greater corpus of cuneiform texts.
Old Testament and Ancient Near East Studies
M.A. (Ancient Near East Studies)

Thesis (D. Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Studies))
The Fertile Crescent, due to its geographical characteristics, has always been an area troubled with conflict and warfare. The men who participated in these wars, from ca 2000 BCE to 1000 BCE operated from an ethos which was governed by a system of rules, all which were conceived to be the creation of divine will, to which kings and their warriors (keymen) were subject. The cuneiform texts from Mari, Ugarit, Ebla, Amarna and others, have not only thrown light on the political, social, religious and military aspects of those turbulent times, but have also given insight into the formation of armies as well as the commanders who led those armies and the royal officials who governed cities and provinces, all appointed by the monarch in order to effect the smooth running of his kingdom. They also shed light on the formation of coalitions and alliances in order to promote peace, arrange marriages to the daughters of other ruling powers and to promote trade relations. These were no easy tasks, considering the diversity of peoples, the birth and fall of kingdoms and empires, and the ever shifting and changes of loyalties of greedy kings and their men, to attain power and conquest for themselves.. However, these texts also give glimpses of the human side of the king and the close relationships between himself and his men of authority, whilst the women of the court also played their role in some areas of the social field. The responses, of these people towards matters and events, whether they were confrontations, marriage alliances, trade ventures or hunting expeditions, occurred within an ever changing world yet, it was also a world with an ethos of ancient traditions, which did not disappear but instead remained, albeit in adapted or altered form, to be a part of their contextual reality.
Biblical Studies