oi.uchicago.edu The OrienTal insTiTuTe 2013–2014 annual repOrT oi.uchicago.edu © 2014 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Published 2014. Printed in the United States of America. The Oriental Institute, Chicago iSbn: 978-1-61491-025-1 Editor: Gil J. Stein Production facilitated by Editorial Assistants Muhammad bah and Jalissa barnslater-Hauck Cover illustration: Modern cylinder seal impression showing a presentation scene with the goddesses ninishkun and inana/ishtar from cylinder seal OiM A27903. Stone. Akkadian period, ca. 2330–2150 bc. Purchased in new York, 1947. 4.2 × 2.5 cm The pages that divide the sections of this year’s report feature various cylinder and stamp seals and sealings from different places and periods. Printed by King Printing Company, Inc., Winfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Overleaf: Modern cylinder seal impression showing a presentation scene with the goddesses Ninishkun and Inana/Ishtar; and (above) black stone cylinder seal with modern impression. Akkadian period, ca. 2330–2150 bc. Purchased in New York, 1947. 4.2 × 2.5 cm. OIM A27903. D. 000133. Photos by Anna Ressman oi.uchicago.edu contents contents inTrOducTiOn introduction. Gil J. Stein........................................................... 5 research Project rePorts Achemenet. Jack Green and Matthew W. Stolper ............................................... 9 Ambroyi Village. Frina Babayan, Kathryn Franklin, and Tasha Vorderstrasse ....................... 12 Çadır Höyük. Gregory McMahon........................................................... 22 Center for Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes (CAMEL). Scott Branting..................... 27 Chicago Demotic Dictionary (CDD). François Gaudard and Janet H. Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chicago Hittite and Electronic Hittite Dictionary (CHD and eCHD). Theo van den Hout ....... 35 Eastern Badia. Yorke Rowan.............................................................. 37 Epigraphic Survey. W. Raymond Johnson ................................................... 50 Giza Plateau Mapping Project. Mark Lehner............................................... 67 Jericho Mafjar Project. Donald Whitcomb ................................................. 80 Jericho Mafjar: Hisham’s palace Site and Museum Project. Jack Green ...................... 85 Kerkenes Dağ Project. Scott Branting ..................................................... 88 Marj Rabba. Yorke M. Rowan and Morag M. Kersel ............................................. 91 Mummy Label Database (MLD). François Gaudard ........................................... 99 The Neubauer Expedition to Zincirli. David Schloen ....................................... 101 Nippur and Beyond. McGuire Gibson ...................................................... 107 Oriental Institute-National Museum of Afghanistan Partnership. Gil J. Stein.............. 110 Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition (OINE). Bruce B. Williams and Lisa Heidorn ............... 119 Persepolis Fortification Archive Project. Matthew W. Stolper............................... 128 Surezha. Gil J. Stein and Abbas Alizadeh ..................................................... 138 Tell Yaqush. Yorke M. Rowan............................................................. 152 Writing in Early Mesopotamia. Christopher Woods and Massimo Maiocchi....................... 154 individual research .............................................................. 161 research suPPort Computer Laboratory. Paul D. Ruffin..................................................... 189 Integrated Database Project. Foy Scalf .................................................. 191 OCHRE Data Service. Miller C. Prosser...................................................... 198 Publications Office. Thomas G. Urban..................................................... 199 Research Archives. Foy Scalf ............................................................ 202 Tablet Collection. Andrew Dix........................................................... 211 MuseuM museum. Jack Green......................................................................... 215 special exhibits. Emily Teeter............................................................... 222 publicity. Emily Teeter ..................................................................... 228 registration. Helen McDonald and Susan Allison ................................................ 229 archives. John A. Larson .................................................................... 235 conservation. Laura D’Alessandro ........................................................... 236 prep shop. Erik Lindahl..................................................................... 240 photography. Anna R. Ressman ............................................................. 241 suq. Denise Browning........................................................................ 243 2t0h1e3 –o2r0i1e4n AtaNlN UinAsLt iRtEuPtOeR 2T013–2014 annual report 3 oi.uchicago.edu contents public educaTiOn public education and outreach. Catherine Kenyon ......................................... 247 Family and Youth Programs. Moriah Grooms-Garcia ........................................ 251 K–12 Teacher Programs. Carol Ng-He ..................................................... 254 volunteer program. Terry Friedman ....................................................... 257 develOpMenT and MeMbership development. Tracy Tajbl ................................................................. 267 visiting committee ..................................................................... 268 membership. Amy Weber................................................................... 269 Social Media. Amy Weber................................................................. 272 special events. Brittany F. Mullins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 honor roll of donors and members ................................................... 277 faculTy and sTaff Of The OrienTal insTiTuTe ............................. 295 infOrMaTiOn ........................................................................... 304 4 THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE oi.uchicago.edu introduction introduction Gil J. stein i am honored to present you with the Oriental institute’s Annual Report for 2013–2014. This has been a year of unparalleled turbulence and upheaval across the Middle East, affecting Syria, iraq, Turkey, israel, the Palestinian Territories, and Egypt — almost every country in which we conduct our research. The armed conflicts and civil strife across the region have taken a horrific toll on the people of these countries. The impact on the irreplaceable cultural heritage of these areas has also been devastating. As a result, our work is changing. The political situation makes it much more difficult to do our traditional research. We must face these challenges by recognizing the increas- ing importance of cultural heritage protection as a central part of the Oriental institute’s mission, and indeed we have begun to do so. At the same time, the closure of countries and the looting of sites demonstrate, as nothing else can, the importance of our museum as a safe haven for the material remains from the cradle of civilization, and the vastly increased importance of our scientifically excavated museum collections as a research resource that can continue despite the disruptions in the Middle East. When one considers these factors, this Annual Report is a truly impressive accomplish- ment. At 300 pages, this is the longest Annual Report that the Oriental institute has ever published. The length is not due to verbosity (the articles are the same length as always), but rather is a tribute to the scope and energy of the Oriental institute’s talented researchers, who have initiated new projects and made great strides in our existing excavations, textual projects, educational activities, and museum work. As you will see in these pages, the work of discovery continues to have a major impact in the exploration of ancient near Eastern civilizations and the communication of this knowledge to the scholarly and general public. ———————————————————— 2013–2014 ANNUAL REPORT 5 oi.uchicago.edu oi.uchicago.edu ReseaRch oi.uchicago.edu Overleaf: Modern cylinder seal impression showing the god Shamash, identified by the rays of light emanating from his shoulders, journeying in a fantastic boat; and (above) Shell cylinder seal (with modern impression). Akkadian period, ca. 2330–2150 bc. Iraq, Tell Asmar, Houses IVa. Excavated by the Oriental Institute, 1932. 3.7 × 2.1 cm. OIM A11396. D. 000082. Photos by Anna Ressman oi.uchicago.edu Achemenet Project PRoject RePoRts Achemenet Project jack Green and matthew W. Stolper The Achemenet Project at the Oriental Institute began in April 2014, and although it will take just a year to carry out, its results will have effects for years to come, as the first quarter’s work already shows. The aim of the project is to provide an online catalog of more than 2,600 objects of the Achaemenid period (ca. 550–330 bc) in the Oriental Institute Museum’s holdings, and to provide high-quality photographs of up to 300 selected objects, including seals and sealings, coins, architectural fragments, jewelry, stone vessels, and other objects of daily life, for the Achemenet website. Some of the key objects are well known, such as sculptural fragments, inscriptions, and architectural elements from Persepolis (fig. 1) and the iconic Persian roundel thought to be from Hamadan, Iran (fig. 2), but others, particularly objects that have not been displayed or that are only published as entries in lists, have been obscure and until now all but impossible to visualize. In the course of investigating these, the Achemenet Project is already “rediscovering” registered objects in the collections that can be reinterpreted in the light of more recent research. Figure 1. Column capital depicting a human- Figure 2. Gold roundel, ca. 404–359 bc. no provenance; headed bull, ca. 522–486 bc. persepolis, thought to be from Hamadan, Iran. Diameter 11.5 cm. Iran. oIM a24066 (photo by anna ressman) oIM a28582 (photo by anna ressman) 2t0H1e3 –o2r0I1e4n atanln uInaslt rIteuptoer 2t013–2014 annual report 9 oi.uchicago.edu Achemenet Project The project is a new collaboration between the Oriental Institute, the Musée du Louvre, and the Collège de France, Paris. Achemenet is the brainchild of Professor Pierre Briant of Collège de France, who set out around a decade ago to create and direct an online resource for Achaemenid studies which includes an online “museum” of Achaemenid-era material culture from collections around the world. That resource can be found at www.achemenet.com and includes material from collections at the Louvre, the British Museum, and other museums in Europe, North America, and the Middle East. From the inauguration of Achemenet and its companion site, the Musée Achéménide (http://www.museum-achemenet.college-de-france. fr/), Briant has considered material from the Oriental Institute’s collections to be indispens- able. Above all, items displayed in the Robert and Deborah Aliber Persian Gallery and related collections represent the largest, most significant, well-documented and provenanced col- lections from Achaemenid Iran in North America, most significantly those that stem from the work of Oriental Institute’s Persian Expedition at Persepolis, Istakhr, and other sites in Iran (1931–1939). The Oriental Institute Achemenet Project, co-supervised by Jack Green and Matthew Stolper, has been made possible through generous funding provided by the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute to support project researcher Tytus Mikołajczak (a PhD candidate of the Department of NELC) to lead the research and prepare the materials for Achemenet and the Figure 3. project photographer austin Kramer at work using new photographic equipment (photo by austin M. Kramer) 10 tHe orIental InstItute