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  • The Urartian Onomasticon: A prosopographic study
    Vol. 17 No. 2 (2023)

    Urartian prosopography until present remains one of the poorly studied directions of Urartology, especially if one takes into account available linguistic data which testifies that Urartu was home to numerous ethnic groups whose linguistic affiliation still is a subject for special studies, not to mention possible foreign enclaves in different parts of the Empire, especially on its periphery.
    The present study offered by Dr. Yervand Grekyan, one of leading experts in Urartology, is the first attempt to gather all available onomastic and biographical data of individuals known so far from Urartian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo- and Late Babylonian texts and Achaemenid royal inscriptions. Thus, the study covers approximately 300 years, from the first half of the IX until the VI century BC.
    The catalogue presented in five Appendixes, includes three hundred names of individuals from Urartu and its neighbouring countries, as well as those, the inhabitants of Assyria, who are in some way related with Urartu, figuring in the sources either as ‘Urartians’ or bore ‘Urartian’ names. The etymological section presents the main discussion and aims to clarify the ethno-linguistic character of Urartu and its neighbours in the Armenian Highland.
    It goes without saying that the ‘Prosopography’ is a highly valuable contribution in Urartology that offers well-founded study based upon wide textual data coming from Urartu proper and neighbouring Near Eastern states.

  • Vol. 17 No. 1 (2023)

    Contents: The Bronze Age fortresses of the Southern Urals – Ivan Semyan; Hittite mi-e-nu-us: Humans as ‘meek’ or ‘lesser’ – Jaan Puhvel; Hartapu – Hittite afterlife following the empire – Michael Banyai; Not hostile but loyal kings in Tabal, c. 735 BC. A new interpretation of TOPADA §§ 3-4 – Martien Dillo; Stamp impressions from ancient Artashat in Armenia – Achim Lichtenberger, Torben Schreiber, Carmen Ting and Mkrtich H. Zardaryan; Reinforcement of Medieval infrastructure: Medieval castles and caravanserais in Aruch and Dashtadem along the Dvin-Ani transit route – Astghik Babajanyan; Widder- und pferdeförmige Grabsteine: ein religions- und völker-übergreifendes Phänomen – Diether Schürr; Nurnus monastery and its excavations – Avetis Grigoryan, Artak Ghulyan and Hasmik Simonyan; Obituaries.

  • Paradise Lost: The Phenomenon of the Kura-Araxes Tradition along the Fertile Crescent
    Vol. 16 No. 1-2 (2022)

    This special issue of ARAMAZD presents a collection of papers dedicated to Ruben S. Badalyan, a leading specialist in prehistoric archaeology of the Caucasus region. Born September 23, 1957 in Yerevan, he obtained his Master of Arts in History from Yerevan State University in 1979. Upon completion of his studies, he began working at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (IAE) of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR and in 2007 he was appointed as the Head of the Department of Early Archaeology of the IAE NAS RA, a role he continues to perform to date.

  • Vol. 15 No. 1-2 (2021)

    Contents: The Paleolithic archaeology of Shirak Province and the open-air site of Aghvorik; Newly discovered Early and Middle Bronze Age tombs in Shirak, Armenia; On some Late Helladic migrants into Anatolia named in Hittite and Luwian sources, their migration to Iron Age Cilicia and their return to Greece in legend; On the origin and meaning of the Assyrian toponym Tabal; Die Mär vom griechischen und/oder wölfischen Ursprung von Lykiern, Lykaonen, Lukkā und Luwija; A recently discovered Urartian stele dedicated to the god Ua from Avnik/Erzurum in East Turkey; A metal belt in the Orumiyeh museum, Iran; New observations on Urartian quarrying in Lake Van Basin; Achaemenid ceramics from the site Beniamin II (Shirak, Armenia): the end of the 6th to the mid 4th centuries BC

  • ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies
    Vol. 14 No. 1-2 (2020)

    Established in 2006 by the Association for Near Eastern and Caucasian Studies in corporation with Institute of Oriental Studies and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) AJNES is the only periodical in the Republic of Armenia devoted exclusively to the investigation of ancient and medieval cultures of the Near East and the Caucasus. Articles appearing in its pages are contributions of scholars of international reputation in history, archaeology, philology, art, religion and science. Archaeopress has been publishing the journal since Volume XI in 2017.

  • Armenian Archaeology: Past Experiences and New Achievements
    2020

    Established in 2006 by the Association for Near Eastern and Caucasian Studies in corporation with Institute of Oriental Studies and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) AJNES is the only periodical in the Republic of Armenia devoted exclusively to the investigation of ancient and medieval cultures of the Near East and the Caucasus. Articles appearing in its pages are contributions of scholars of international reputation in history, archaeology, philology, art, religion and science. Archaeopress has been publishing the journal since Volume XI in 2017.

  • ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies
    Vol. 13 No. 2 (2019)

    Established in 2006 by the Association for Near Eastern and Caucasian Studies in corporation with Institute of Oriental Studies and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) AJNES is the only periodical in the Republic of Armenia devoted exclusively to the investigation of ancient and medieval cultures of the Near East and the Caucasus. Articles appearing in its pages are contributions of scholars of international reputation in history, archaeology, philology, art, religion and science. Archaeopress has been publishing the journal since Volume XI in 2017.

  • ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies
    Vol. 13 No. 1 (2019)

    Established in 2006 by the Association for Near Eastern and Caucasian Studies in corporation with Institute of Oriental Studies and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) AJNES is the only periodical in the Republic of Armenia devoted exclusively to the investigation of ancient and medieval cultures of the Near East and the Caucasus. Articles appearing in its pages are contributions of scholars of international reputation in history, archaeology, philology, art, religion and science. Archaeopress has been publishing the journal since Volume XI in 2017.

  • ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies
    Vol. 12 No. 2 (2018)

    Established in 2006 by the Association for Near Eastern and Caucasian Studies in corporation with Institute of Oriental Studies and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) AJNES is the only periodical in the Republic of Armenia devoted exclusively to the investigation of ancient and medieval cultures of the Near East and the Caucasus. Articles appearing in its pages are contributions of scholars of international reputation in history, archaeology, philology, art, religion and science. Archaeopress has been publishing the journal since Volume XI in 2017.

  • ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies
    Vol. 12 No. 1 (2018)

    Established in 2006 by the Association for Near Eastern and Caucasian Studies in corporation with Institute of Oriental Studies and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) AJNES is the only periodical in the Republic of Armenia devoted exclusively to the investigation of ancient and medieval cultures of the Near East and the Caucasus. Articles appearing in its pages are contributions of scholars of international reputation in history, archaeology, philology, art, religion and science. Archaeopress has been publishing the journal since Volume XI in 2017.

  • ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies
    Vol. 11 No. 1-2 (2017)

    Established in 2006 by the Association for Near Eastern and Caucasian Studies in corporation with Institute of Oriental Studies and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (National Academy of Sciences of Armenia) AJNES is the only periodical in the Republic of Armenia devoted exclusively to the investigation of ancient and medieval cultures of the Near East and the Caucasus. Articles appearing in its pages are contributions of scholars of international reputation in history, archaeology, philology, art, religion and science. Archaeopress has been publishing the journal since Volume XI in 2017.