The State Hermitage and the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of Russian Academy of Sciences invite to participate in regular Dyakonov’s Readings
Program

Beginning of sessions: morning sessions - 10.30, afternoon sessions - 15.00

12 January
Morning session

The Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of RAS, the Green Hall
N. V. Kozyreva (St. Petersburg, Saint-Petersburg State University). Territorial “Expansion” of Archeological Cultures in the Ancient Middle East in Preliterate Age (6,000-4,000 B.C.) and Development of Mesopotamian Civilization
Ye. V. Markina (Moscow, Russian State Universities for the Humanities). Archive of Mesaga: Timing Specification
N. V. Kozlova (St. Petersburg, State Hermitage). Labor Organization in the Epoch of the Third Dynasty of Ur: some Results and Prospects of Research
I. S. Arkhipov (Moscow, Institute of General History of RAS). Archives of Mari: New Discoveries
L. Ye. Kogan (Moscow, Russian State Universities for the Humanities). West Semitic Term na'r- "Boy" in Old Babylonian Writing from Mari
A. O. Moskalyova. (St. Petersburg, Saint-Petersburg State University). Comparison of Kingly Commemorative Inscriptions of Southern and Northern Mesopotamia of the 2,000 B.C.

Afternoon session
The Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of RAS, the Green Hall
V. K. Afanasjeva (St. Petersburg, State Hermitage). Poem Inanna and Ebikh – creation of Enheduana
V. V. Yemeljyanov (St. Petersburg, Saint-Petersburg State University). The World of Restrictions in Sumerian Hymn to Nungal
R. M. Nurullin (Moscow, Russian State Universities for the Humanities). Notes to the First Tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh
I. O. Khait (Moscow, Pushkin State Institute of Fine Arts/ Russian State Universities for the Humanities). On One Inquisitive Finding in the Cuneal Collection of the Pushkin State Institute of Fine Arts: Distant Join to Table 12b 1653
V. A. Yakobson (St. Petersburg, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of RAS). The Cult of the God of Ashur
L.Ye. Kogan, R. M. Nurullin, I.O. Khait (Moscow, Russian State Universities for the Humanities). Gilgamesh of Dyakonov: What was done in 2008-2009 (Report on the Work under the Project)

13 January
Morning session
The State Hermitage, the Council Hall
M. A. Redina (St. Petersburg, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of RAS). Administrative and Economic Management of Kassitian Babylonia (1595-1157 B.C.) on the Mayterial of Documents from Nippur
M. V. Sologubova (St. Petersburg, Saint-Petersburg State University). Kassitian Symbols on Stamps and Kudurru
V. Yu. (Moscow, State Academic University of the Humanitarian Sciences). Ritual of Tsuvi and Opposition of the Ancient Hittites
D. N. Gromova (Moscow, Moscow State University). Archive of Idanda and Syrian Campaigns of Suppiluiluma: New Fragments of the Mosaic
B. Ye. Alexandrov (Moscow, Moscow State University). States of North Syria between Hittite and Assyrian Empires in the end of XIII – beginning of XII century B.C.
N. –O. Chekhovich (St. Petersburg, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of RAS). Children of Nebuchadnezzar II and Temple of Eanna (Uruk)

Afternoons session
The State Hermitage, the Council Hall
A. V. Nemirovskaya (St. Petersburg, Saint-Petersburg State University). Law and History in Mesopotamian and Biblical Traditions
Yu. B. Tsirkin (St. Petersburg). Kingdom of Palmyra as an Attempt of Hellenistic Monarchy Revival
A. K. Lyavdansky (Moscow, Russian State Universities for the Humanities). Mesopotamian and Aramaic Elements in the Language of “Later” Syrian Incantations
M. M. Dandamayeva (St. Petersburg, State Hermitage). How did they “stake up”? To the Issue of Interpretation of New Assyrian Reliefs