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1 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS BY A. KIRK GRAYSON Compiled by H. Grau and J.R. Novotny A. BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS 1972 Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, Part 1: From the Beginning to Ashur-resha-ishi I. Records of the Ancient Near East 1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles. TCS 5. Locust Valley: J.J. Augustin. Babylonian Historical-Literary Texts. TSTS 3. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, Part 2: From Tiglath-pileser I to Ashur-nasir-apli II. Records of the Ancient Near East 2. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennia BC (to 1115 BC). RIMA 1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. With the assistance of G. Frame and D. Frayne Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I ( BC). RIMA 2. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC II ( BC). RIMA 3. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. B. BOOKS WRITTEN CONJOINTLY WITH OTHERS A.L Oppenheim (ed.), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vols. 1/1-2 [A]. Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A.K. Grayson and D.B. Redford, Papyrus and Tablet. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall. V. Donbaz and A.K. Grayson, Royal Inscriptions on Clay Cones from Ashur now in Istanbul. RIMS 1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. E. Leichty and A.K. Grayson, Tablets from Sippar 2. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 7. London: British Museum. C. ARTICLES 1963 "The Walters Art Gallery Sennacherib Inscription," AfO 20, and pls. I-IV "Akkadian Prophecies," JCS 18, With W.G. Lambert "Ambush and Animal Pit in Ak:kadian," in R.D. Biggs and J.A. Brinkman (eds.), Studies Presented to A. Leo Oppenheim, June 7, 1964, Chicago: University of Chicago Press "Cronache Dell'Impero Neo-Babilonese ( a. C.)," Bibbia e Oriente 6, and pl. VII "Problematical Battles in Mesopotamian History," in H.G. Giiterbock and T. Jacobsen (eds.), Studies in Honor of Benno Landsberger on His Seventyjifth Birthday, April 21, 1965, Assyriological Studies 16. Chicago: University of Chicago Press "Divination and the Babylonian Chronicles: A Study of the Role which Divination Plays in Ancient Mesopotamian Chronography," in La divination en Mesopotamie ancienne et dans!es regions voisines. xw e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (Strasbourg, 2-6 juillet 1965), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France "Assyrian and Babylonian King Lists: Collations and Comments," in M. Dietrich and W. Rollig (eds.), lisan mit[jurti: Festschrift Wolfram Freiherr von Soden zum 19. VI gewidmet von

2 H. GRAU AND J.R. NOV01NY Schiilern und Mitarbeitern, and pls. I-IV. AOAT 1. Kevelaer/Neukirchen-Vluyn: Butzon & Bercker/Neukirchener Verlag. "Chronicles and the Akitu Festival," in A. Finet (ed.), Actes de la XVII' Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 30 juin-4 juillet 1969, Ham-sur-Heure: Comite beige de recherches en Mesopotamie. "New Evidence on an Assyrian Hunting Practice," in J.W. Wevers and D.B. Redford (eds.), Essays on the Ancient Semitic World, 1-5 and pis. III. - TSTS 1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. "The Early Development of Assyrian Monarchy," UF 3, "Cylinder C of Sin-sarra-iskun, a New Text from Baghdad," in J.W. Wevers and D.B. Redford (eds.), Studies on the Ancient Palestinian World, TSTS 2. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. "The Empire of Sargon of Akkad," AJO 25, and pls. I-II. "Akkadian ksr and k.fr," Assur 1/4, 3-7. "The Assyrian Relief from Shikaft-i Gulgul," lrant 11, and pls. IX-XII. With L.D. Levine. "The Childless Wife in Assyria and the Stories of Genesis," Orientalia NS 44, With J. VanSeters. "Two Fragmentary Assyrian Royal Inscriptions," Iraq 37, "L'insurrection generale contre N aram-suen," RA 70, With E. Sollberger. "Studies in Neo-Assyrian History: The Ninth Century B.C.," Bi0r 33, "The Chronology of the Reign of Ashurbanipal," ZA 70, "History and Historians of the Ancient Near East: Assyria and Babylonia," Orientalia NS 49, "Assyria's Foreign Policy in Relation to Egypt in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C.," Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities 11, "Assyrian Royal Inscriptions: Literary Characteristics," in F.M. Fales (ed.) Assyrian Royal Inscriptions: New Horizons in literary, ideological, and historical analysis. Papers of a Symposium held in Cetona (Siena), June 26-28,, Orientis Antiqui Collectio 17. Rome: Istituto per l'oriente, Centro per le Antichlta e la Storia dell' Arte del Vicino Oriente. "Some Inscribed Objects from Sherif Khan in the British Museum," Iraq 44, and pl. III. With J.E. Curtis. "Antiquities from Ashur: A Brief Description of Their Fate with Special Reference to the Royal Inscriptions," ARRIM 1, "A Fragmentary Inscription of Adad-narari I," ARRIM 1, "Literary Letters from Deities and Diviners: More Fragments," JAOS 103, "Two British Museum Fragments, Possibly of a Royal Decree," ARRIM 1, With J.N. Postgate. "Assyria's Foreign Policy in Relation to Elam in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C.," Sumer 42, "Assyrian Royal Inscriptions on Clay Cones Found at Ashur," Sumer 42, "Rivalry over Rulership at Assur: The Puzur-S1n Inscription," ARRIM 3, "Nineveh, Capital of the World: Rome on the Tigris," BSMS 12, "Akkadian Treaties of the Seventh Century B.C.," JCS 39, "Clio in Cuneiform Costume: The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Project," Transactions of The Royal Society of Canada, "Marduk-zakir-sumi I and the 'Exemption' of Borsippa," ARRIM 6, With Grant Frame. "Three Fragmentary Inscriptions of Ashumasirpal II," ARRIM 6, "Politics and Propaganda in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Earliest Historical Records," BSMS 18, "The Babylonian Origin of Apocalyptic Literature," Atti dell' lstituto Veneta di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 148, "An Eye-Stone of Kurigalzu," RA 84, "Fragment of a Neo-Assyrian King's Annals," ARRIM 9,

3 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS BY A. KIRK GRAYSON "Old and Middle Assyrian Royal Inscriptions - Marginalia," in M. Cogan and I. Eph'al ( eds.), Ah, Assyria... Studies in Assyrian History and Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Presented to Hayim Tadmor, Scripta Hierosolymitana 33. Jerusalem: The Magnes Press "A Text of Shalmaneser III on an Amulet-shaped Stone," ARRIM 9, "Three Neo-1ssyrian Documents," in D. Charpin and F. Joannes (eds.), Marchands, diplomates et empereurs: Etudes sur la civilisation mesopotamienne offertes a Paul Garelli, Paris: Editions Recherche sur!es Civilisations "Prophets and Prophecies in the Cradle of Civilization," BSMS 23, "Assyrian Officials and Power in the Ninth and Eighth Centuries," SAAB 7, "An Inscription of Ashurbanipal Mentioning the kidunnu of Sippar," SAAB 8, With G. Frame "Studies in Neo-Assyrian History II: The Eighth Century B.C.," in E. Robbins and S. Sandahl (eds.) Corolla Torontonensis: Studies in Honour of Ronald Morton Smith, Toronto: TSAR "Eunuchs in Power: Their Role in the Assyrian Bureaucracy," in M. Dietrich and 0. Loretz (eds.), Vom Alten Orient zurn Alten Testament: Festschrift far Wolfram Freiherrn von Soden zum 85. Geburtstag am 19. Juni 1993, Alter Orient und Altes Testament 240. Kevelaer/Neuk:irchen Vluyn: Butzon & Bercker/Neuk:irchener Verlag "Carsten Niebuhr at Babylon," BSMS 32, "Instructions for inscribing Sennacherib's seal," Iraq 59, With J. Ruby "Living with Giants: Jordan In the Shadow of the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires," BSMS 32, "The Resurrection of Ashur: A History of Assyrian Studies," in S. Parpola and R.M. Whiting (eds.), Assyria 1995: Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary Symposium of the Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project Helsinki, September 7-11, 1995, Helsinki: Vammalan Kirjapaino Oy "Assyrian Expansion into Anatolia in the Sargonid Age (c BC)," in H. Erkanal, V. Donbaz, and A. Ugurglu (eds.), XXXIV. Uluslararast Assiriyoloji Kongresi, Ankara: Tiirk Tarih Kurumu "Sennacherib in the Ak:itu House," Iraq 61, With A.Y. Ahmad "The Struggle for Power in Assyria: Challenge to Absolute Monarchy in the Ninth and Eighth Centuries B.C." in K. Watanabe (ed.), Priests and Officials in the Ancient Near East: papers of the Second Colloquium on the Ancient Near East - the City and its Life, held at the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan (Mitaka, Tokyo), March, 22-24, 1996, Heidelberg: Winter "Assyrie en Babylonie," in D. van der Plas, B. Becking, and D. Meijer (eds.), Geschiedschrijving in het oude nabije oosten, Supplementen "Ex Oriente Lux" 3. Leuven: Peeters "Murmuring in Mesopotamia," in A.R. George and I.L. Finkel (eds.), Wisdom, Gods and Literature: Studies in Assyriology in Honour of W. G. Lambert, Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake "Assyria and the Orontes Valley," in M. Fortin (ed.), Recherches Canadiennes sur la Syrie antique I Canadian Research on Ancient Syria, BSMS 36. Quebec: Musee de la Civilisation "The Palace of Ashur-resha-ishi I at Nineveh," Iraq 63, With L.W. King "Shalmaneser III and the Levantine States: The 'Damascus Coalition,"' Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 5, article 4 [ D. CHAPTERS OF BOOKS 1982 "Assyria: Ashur-dan II to Ashur-Nirari V ( B.C.)," in J. Boardman, LE.S. Edwards, N.G.L. Hammond, and E. Sollberger ( eds.), Cambridge Ancient History 3/1, second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press "Assyria: Tiglath-pileser III to Sargon II ( B.C.);" "Assyria: Sennacherib and Esarhaddon ( B.C.);" "Assyria B.C.: the reign of Ashurbanipal;" and "Assyrian civilization,"

4 292 H. GRAU AND J.R. NOV01NY in J. Boardman. I.E.S. Edwards, N.G.L. Hammond, and E. Sollberger (eds.), Cambridge Ancient History 3/2, second edition, and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press "Assyrian Rule of Conquered Territory in Ancient Western Asia," in J.M. Sasson (ed.), Civilizations of the Ancient Near East 2, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. E. CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENCYCLOPAEDIAS AND ANTHOLOGIES 1969 "Akkadian Myths and Epics," in J.B. Pritchard (ed.), Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, third edition with supplement, Princeton: Princeton University Press "Grenze. (A. Nach sumerischen und akkadischen Texten)," RLA 3/8-9, "Babylonia," "Assyria," and "Mitanni,'; in A. Cotterell (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations, New York: Mayflower Books. "Konigslisten und Chroniken (B. Akkadisch)," RLA 6/1-2, "78: Kudurru Fragment," "82: Inscribed Stone Fragments," and "84: Clay Tablet," in O.W. Muscarella (ed.), Ladders to Heaven: Art Treasures From Lands of the Bible, 120 and Toronto: McClelland and Stewart "Adrammelech (Deity and Person)," "Akkadian 'Apocalyptic' Literature," "Ashurbanipal," "Asshur," "Calah," "Esarhaddon," "Historiography (Mesopotamian Historiography)," "Mesopotamia," "History and Culture of Assyria," "History and Culture of Babylonia," "Nineveh," "Nisroch," "Osnappar," "Pu!," "Rabmag," "Rabsaris," "Rabshakeh," "Sargon," "Sennacherib," "Shalmaneser," "Sharezer," "Tartan," and "Tiglath-pileser," in D.N. Freedman, Anchor Bible Dictiona1y, 6 vols. New York: Doubleday "Meek," RLA 8/1-2, "Nabu-Dan," and "Nabu-sezibanni," RLA 9/1-2, 31 and "Ninurta-apil-Ekur," "Ninurta-tukulti-Assur," and "Nur-ili," RLA 9n-8, , 527, and 623. F. BRIEF NOTES 1963 "Ancora 1 Sam. 13,1," Bibbia e Oriente 5, 86 and "Iraqi Archaeologists Discover Assyrian Queens' Tomb," BSMS 18, "The 'Neo-Assyrian' Stele in the Lowie Museum. A Review Article," BSMS 24, "Lapsus Calami," NABU 1997, 79 no. 82. G. REVIEWS 1964 The Babylonian Legend of the Flood, by E. Sollberger, in BiOr 21, The Sumerians. Their History, Culture, and Character, by S.N. Kramer, in AJA 68, Symbols of Prehistoric Mesopotamia, by B.L. Goff, in AJA 69, Letters from Mesopotamia: Official, Business, and Private Letters on Clay Tablets from Two Millennia, by AL. Oppenheim, in JAOS 89, Die Hausgerate der alten Mesopotamier nach sumerisch-akkadischen Quellen: Eine lexikalische und kulturgeschichtlihe Untersuchung: Teil 2: Gefasse, by A. Salonen, in JAOS 90, Neo-Assyrian Royal Grants and Decrees, by J.N. Postgate, in JNES 31, Neo-Assyrian Toponyms, by S. Parpola, in JNES 31, The Ancient Near East: A History, by W.W. Hallo and W.K. Simpson, in JAOS 93, With D.B. Redford The Nimrud Wine Lists, A Study of Men and Administration at the Assyrian Capital in the Eighth Century, B. C., by J.V. Kinnier Wilson, in JCS 26, The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion, by T. Jacobsen, in Journal of Biblical Literature 97, Le Proche-Orient Asiatique: Les Empires Misopotamiens; Israel, by P. Garelli and V. Nikiprowetzky, in AfO 27,

5 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS BY A. KIRK ORA YSON 293 Les Religions du Proche-Oriente Asistique, by R. Labat, A. Caquot, M. Sznycer, and M. Vieyra, in AfO 27, Gli Eponimi Medio,assiri, by C. Saporetti, in BiOr 38, Euphrates, by R.M. Adams, in American Historical Review 87, The Sargon Legend: A Study of the Akkadian Text and the Tale Birth, by B. Lewis, in BASOR 246, 69. the Hero Who Was Exposed at 1982 Untersuchungen zur historischen Topographie Nordmesopotamiens nach keilschriftlichen Quellen des I. Jahrtausends v.chr., by K. Kessler, in BiOr 39, Assyrische Konigsinschriften auf Ziegeln aus Assur, by L. Jakob-Rost and J. Marzahn, in JAOS 107, Ancient Iraq, third edition, by G. Roux, in BSMS 26, Babylonia B.C.: A Poltical History, by G. Frame, in BSMS 26, The Ancient Orient: An Introduction to the Study of the Ancient Near East, by W. von Soden, in BSMS 28, The Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser lll, King of Assyria, by H. Tadmor, in JAOS 118, Heartland of Cities: Surveys of Ancient Settlement and Land Use on the Central Floodplain of the H. MISCELLANEOUS 1963 "An Assyrian Bronze Relief in the Iraq Museum. IM ," Sumer 19, "Digging Babylon Before the Flood," The Globe and Mail (Toronto), March 29,, features page "The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: First Report," Akkadica 24, "Report on the Third International Symposium on Assur, Babylon, Himrin, and the Haditha Held in Baghdad, Iraq, November, 1981," BSMS 2, "The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: First Report," in H. Hirsch and H. Hunger (eds.), Vortriige gehalten auf der 28. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Wien, Juli 1981, AfO Beih. 19. Horn: Ferdinand Berger and Sohne Gesellschaft M.B.H "Frederick V. Winnett: ," Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 5/4, "Obituary: Frederick V. Winnett ( )," BSMS 18, "Obituary: Edmond Sollberger ( )," ARRIM 8, "Ronald Morton Smith. In Memoriam," BSMS 32, 2. L PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION 200- "Ashur-bel-kala's Royal Inscription Dedicated to Adad." 200- The Inscriptions of Sennacherib ( BC). RIMA 6. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

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