Extraction Control: Studies in Honor of Matthew W. Stolper [Paperback]

Matthew Wolfgang Stolper began working for the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary in 1978 and became full professor in the Oriental Institute 1987, focusing on Neo-Babylonian and Middle Elamite. Matt has worked tirelessly to raise the necessary funding, to assemble a team of scholars, to promote the importance of the Persepolis Fortification Archive to academic and popular audiences, and most significantly, to concisely, passionately, and convincingly place the Persepolis Archives in their Achaemenid, ancient Near Eastern, and modern geo-political contexts. The twenty-six papers from Stolper's colleagues, friends, and students show the breadth of his interests.Matthew Wolfgang Stolper began working for the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary in 1978 and became full professor in the Oriental Institute 1987, focusing on Neo-Babylonian and Middle Elamite. The twenty-six papers from Stolper's colleagues, friends, and students show the breadth of his interests.Bibliography of Publications of Matthew W. Stolper. Charles E. Jones, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago Persepolis Fortification Aramaic Tablet Seal 0002 and the Keeping of Horses. Annalisa Azzoni, Vanderbilt University, and Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre, University of Colorado at Boulder An Episode in the Reign of the Babylonian Pretender Nebuchadnezzar IV. Paul-Alain Beaulieu, University of Toronto Achaemenid Estate(s) Near Pasargadae? Remy Boucharlat, CNRS - University of Lyon Les tablettes de bois du Grand roi (Note sur les communications officielles dans un royaume itinerant). Pierre Briant, College de France Royal Women in Elamite Art. Elizabeth Carter, University of California, Los Angeles Iddin-Nabu sepir sa gardu. Walter Farber, University of Chicago The Royal-Name Seals of Darius I. Mark B. Garrison, Trinity University De vie a trepas. Francoise Grillot-Susini, CNRS - Paris The Estates of Shamash on the Habur. Michael Jursa and Klaus Wagensonner, University of Vienna Elamite and Akkadian Inscribed Brick