Ancient Near East studies (or ANE studies) is the field of academic study of the

Ancient Near East The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, southeast Turkey, southwest Iran and northeastern Syria), ancient Egypt, ancient Iran ( Elam, ...

(ANE). As such it is an umbrella term for

Assyriology Assyriology (from Greek , ''Assyriā''; and , ''-logia'') is the archaeological, anthropological, and linguistic study of Assyria and the rest of ancient Mesopotamia (a region that encompassed what is now modern Iraq, northeastern Syria, southea ...

, in some cases extending to

Egyptology Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native relig ...

History of ANE studies

In Britain the first Assyriological appointments in the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree- ...

date to 1904, when T. G. Pinches of the

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docu ...

was appointed to a professorship.

Societies

American Oriental Society The American Oriental Society was chartered under the laws of Massachusetts on September 7, 1842. It is one of the oldest learned societies in America, and is the oldest devoted to a particular field of scholarship. The Society encourages basic ...

* ARAM – ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies * ASOR –

American Schools of Oriental Research The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR), founded in 1900 as the American School of Oriental Study and Research in Palestine, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Alexandria, Virginia which supports the research and teaching of ...

, Boston * British Institute for the Study of Iraq * CEHAO – Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente, Argentina * Council for British Research in the Levant *

Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft The Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (, ''German Oriental Society''), abbreviated DOG, is a German voluntary association based in Berlin dedicated to the study of the Near East. The DOG was officially founded in January 1898 to foster public interest ...

* The Melammu Project The Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project, Helsinki. *

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS), was established, according to its royal charter of 11 August 1824, to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the e ...

Société Asiatique The Société Asiatique (Asiatic Society) is a French learned society dedicated to the study of Asia. It was founded in 1822 with the mission of developing and diffusing knowledge of Asia. Its boundaries of geographic interest are broad, ranging ...

, Paris

Universities with major ANE centres

Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina A pontifical ( la, pontificale) is a Christian liturgical book containing the liturgies that only a bishop may perform. Among the liturgies are those of the ordinal for the ordination and consecration of deacons, priests, and bishops to Holy ...

University of Chicago Oriental Institute The Oriental Institute (OI), established in 1919, is the University of Chicago's interdisciplinary research center for ancient Near Eastern ("Orient") studies and archaeology museum. It was founded for the university by professor James Henry Br ...

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, t ...

Institute for Study of the Ancient World

Common abbreviations of cited journals, sources and lexicons

The following list does not include journals in the field of Old Testament studies. * Abzu – Bibliography From the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago * Ancient Near East Monographs (ANEM) * ANES – ''Ancient Near Eastern Studies'' Annual journal from the University of Melbourne dedicated to the languages and cultures of the ancient Near East. *

ANET Anet () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It lies 14 km north-northeast of Dreux between the rivers Eure and Vesgre, the latter flowing into the former some 4 km no ...

& ANEP – ''Ancient Near East Texts'' (Princeton 1950, 1955, 3rd ed. 1969) * AntOr – Antiguo Oriente * BASOR – ''

Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research The ''Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research'' is one of three academic journals published by the American Schools of Oriental Research The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR), founded in 1900 as the American School of O ...

'' * CAD – ''Chicago Assyrian Dictionary'' * CHD – ''Chicago Hittite Dictionary'' *

ETANA Etana (, ''E.TA.NA'') was the probably fictional thirteenth king of the first dynasty of Kish. He is listed in the '' Sumerian King List'' as the successor of Arwium, the son of Mashda, as king of Kish. The list also calls Etana "the shepher ...

– Electronic Tools and Ancient Neareastern Archives * ETCSL – Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, OxfordElectronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
/ref> * JEOL – ''Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux'' * JESHO – ''Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient'' * JCS – ''

Journal of Cuneiform Studies The ''Journal of Cuneiform Studies'' was founded in 1947 by the Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins o ...

'' * JNES – ''

Journal of Near Eastern Studies The ''Journal of Near Eastern Studies'' is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press, covering research on the ancient and medieval civilisations of the Near East, including their archaeology, art, history, literature, li ...

'' * JSS – '' Journal of Semitic Studies'' * KTU² - ''

Keilschrift Texte aus Ugarit ''Keilalphabetische Texte aus Ugarit'' or ''Keilschrifttexte aus Ugarit'', abbreviated ''KTU'', is the standard source reference collection for the cuneiform texts from Ugarit. The German names for this collection literally mean "Wedge-Alphabetical ...

'' * LAPO – ''Littératures anciennnes du Proche-Orient'' 1967–2002 * NEA – Near Eastern Archaeology Magazine * Revista del Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental * RLA – '' Reallexikon der Assyriologie'' *

TUAT Tuat, or Touat, is a natural region of desert in central Algeria that contains a string of small oases. In the past, the oases were important for caravans crossing the Sahara. Geography Tuat lies to the south of the Grand Erg Occidental, ...

– ''Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testament'' 1982–1995, 2002

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History of ANE studies

Societies

Universities with major ANE centres

Common abbreviations of cited journals, sources and lexicons

See also

References

Further reading