The Heirs of Assyria
Proceedings of the Opening Symposium
of the Melammu Project
Held in Tvärminne, Finland, October 8-11, 1998
Edited by Sanna Aro and R.M. Whiting
Information
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Table of contents
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Program
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Symposium Program |
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Thursday, October 8 |
| 14:00 |
Opening of the Symposium |
| 14:15 |
Session 1: Scope and Structure of the Database (Introduction: S. Parpola) |
| 17:00 |
Dinner |
| 20:00 |
Get-Acquainted Party |
| 09:00 |
Session 2: Database Format Options (Introduction: R. M. Whiting) |
| 11:00-17:00 |
Excursion to Tammisaari |
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Cruise in the Archipelago with Lunch on board m/s Franz Höijer |
| 17:00 |
Dinner |
| 18:00 |
Session 3: Compilation and Management of the Database |
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Introduction: S. Parpola and R. M. Whiting |
| 20:00 |
Sauna |
| 10:00 |
Session 4: Organization of the Project (Introduction: S. Parpola) |
| 13:30-15:00 |
Papers (Chairman: G. B. Lanfranchi) |
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M. J. Geller: "The Survival of Babylonian Wissenschaft in Later Tradition" |
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R. Rollinger: "Herodotus and the Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East" |
| 15:15-16:30 |
Papers (Chairman: A. Panaino) |
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R. M. Whiting: "The Survival of Symbols: an Example" |
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A.-M. Saadi: "The Originality of Syriac Historiography" |
| 10:00 |
Session 5: Next Meeting and Future Collaboration |
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Introduction: S. Parpola |
| 13:30-15:00 |
Papers (Chairman: M. L. West) |
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G. B. Lanfranchi: "The Ideological and Political Impact of the Assyrian Imperial Expansion on the Greek World in the 8th and 7th Centuries BC" |
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A. Panaino: "The Mesopotamian Heritage of Achaemenid Kingship" |
| 15:15-17:00 |
Papers (Chairman: T. Abusch) |
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K. Raaflaub: "Influence, Adaptation and Interaction: Near Eastern and Early Greek Political Thought" |
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M. L. West: "Fable and Disputation" |
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J. G. Westenholz: "The King, the Emperor, and the Empire: Royal Representation in Text and Image" |
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