Amarna Letters

Moran, William L.

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“…While the religious significance of senet is often emphasized, it must have been played in other contexts also, as demonstrated by its early transmission to Cyprus as well as its presence in Syria-Palestine. and political alliances (Moran 1992). Indeed, one of the Amarna Letters, EA 22, possibly lists two boards given by Tushratta, King of Mitanni, to Amenhotep III on the occasion of the pharaoh's marriage to a Mitannian princess (Kendall 1982, 265).…”

Section: The Game Of Twenty Squares and Late Bronze Age Elite Interacmentioning

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Facilitating Interaction: Board Games as Social Lubricants in the Ancient Near East

Crist

Voogt

Dunn-Vaturi

2016

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary. This re-evaluation of existing data on board games from the Near Eastern Bronze Age demonstrates their function as social lubricants in crosscultural interaction. Board games are situated theoretically as liminoid practices, which lie outside the bounds of normative social behaviour and allow for interaction across social boundaries. Utilizing double-sided game boards, with an indigenous game on one side and a newly introduced game on the other, the games of senet, mehen and twenty squares provide evidence for social interactions. Cypriots had adopted Egyptian mehen and senet by the third millennium BC, and indigenized the games. This lies in contrast to the game of twenty squares, which had a particular role among elites in the Late Bronze Age interaction sphere. This anthropological discussion of evidence relating to gaming seeks to inspire further research on the role of board games in society. BOARD GAMES IN ARCHAEOLOGYThe study of board games in the archaeological record has traditionally focused on identifying origins of certain games

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Section: The Game Of Twenty Squares and Late Bronze Age Elite Interacmentioning

confidence: 99%

Facilitating Interaction: Board Games as Social Lubricants in the Ancient Near East

Crist

Voogt

Dunn-Vaturi

2016

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…153 One such idea, which has since become regarded as quintessentially Greek (and therefore Western), is that of democratic governance. Throughout the few early Phoenician documents that remain (such as the Report of Wenamun 154 and the Amarna Letters 155 ), we see references to an assembly of elders with which the king consulted regarding important matters of state. Later, in a seventh-century treaty between the kings of Assyria and Phoenicia, this council appears to govern alongside the monarch.…”

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Engaging “Primitive Democracy”: Mideast Roots of Collective Governance

Isakhan¹

2007

Middle East Policy

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“…Véase p. ej. la edición y traducción de Moran (1992; versión francesa, 1987); más reciente, Liverani 1998-1999. Sobre la diplomacia amarniana, también reciente, véase p. ej.…”

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El "ánfora cananea" y las medidas de capacidad en el oriente mediterráneo de la edad del bronce final

López¹

2003

Spal

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En el Oriente Mediterráneo de la Edad del Bronce final se extendieron, como reflejo de un intenso comercio, cierto tipo de contenedores cerámicos de transporte y almacenamiento. Testimonios epigráficos de la misma área muestran además el uso regular y avanzado de unidades de medida. Pretendemos mostrar cómo una medida de capacidad estándar atestiguada en estos archivos remite a un contenedor cerámico, casi con seguridad anfórico, que podría identificarse con una de las formas extendidas en la época por todo el Egeo, precedente tipológico de las ánforas posteriores: la llamada "ánfora cananea". Se aprecia así, además, el alto grado de sofisticación, regularización e intensidad del comercio y la administración del Levante próximo oriental a finales del II milenio a. C., algo que no debe olvidarse al considerar la extensión posterior hacia occidente de las gentes siro-palestinas.In the Eastem Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age, the use of a certain type of ceramic container for storage and transport became widespread as a result of intense trade. Epigraphic records from the area show also the standard and advanced use of units of measurement. We intend to demonstrate how a standard capacity measurement found in these records refers to a ceramic container, almost certainly in the form of an amphora, which can be identified as one of the shapes widespread throughout the Aegean at the time, and which was the typological precursor of later amphorae: the so called `Canaanite Jar' . It can thus be noted the high level of sophistication, standardisation and intensity of trade and the administration of the Mediterranean Near East towards the end of the second millennium BC, which must be taken into consideration when analysing the later spread westwards of the Syrian-Palestinian populations.* La investigación aquí presentada se inició, gracias a una beca de la "Residencia de Estudiantes" de Madrid, en el "Instituto de Filología" del CSIC (Madrid) y continuó, gracias a una beca de la "Academia de España" en Roma, en el "Istituto per la Civiltá Fenicia e Punica" del CNR (Roma). Una primera versión de este artículo se presentó en el II Congreso Internacional de Mundo Púnico (Cartagena, 2000; actas en prensa). La evolución de alguna de las opiniones entonces expuestas nos lleva a retomar el tema y presentar en esta sede una nueva versión.SPAL 12 (2003): 231,257

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Amarna Letters

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Facilitating Interaction: Board Games as Social Lubricants in the Ancient Near East

Facilitating Interaction: Board Games as Social Lubricants in the Ancient Near East

Engaging “Primitive Democracy”: Mideast Roots of Collective Governance

El "ánfora cananea" y las medidas de capacidad en el oriente mediterráneo de la edad del bronce final

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