About the Journal

Ash-sharq is a journal devoted to short articles on the archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East. It is published twice a year. The principal language of the publication is English; there will be some provision for papers in the languages currently spoken in the Middle East (Arabic, Hebrew, Kurde, Persian, Turkish), accompanied by an English abstract of 500 words.

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025)
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Table of Contents

Reassessment of Northern Kuwait Bay’s Dry-Stone Tombs: Insights into Architecture, Burial Practices, and Socio-Economic Dynamics - Tara Steimer-Herbet, Tobias Hofstetter, Imane Achouche, Łukasz Rutkowski, Alessandra Varalli, Claudine Abegg, Sultan al-Duweish and Marie Besse

New Light on and Scientific Analysis of a Late Neo-Elamite Copper Alloy Fitting Reportedly from Tang-i Sarvak in the Bakhtiyari Highlands of Southwest Iran - St J. Simpson and A.R. Mongiatti

The Ottoman Period in Damascus (18th Century). The al-Sibāʻī Mansion:

Surviving Evidence of a House with Three Courtyards - Imane Fayyad

Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Religious Objects from Cilicia (Southern Turkey) - Ergün Laflı, Maurizio Buora and Alev Çetingöz

Ishtar, her ‘strength’ and her iconographic proposal - Valeria degli Abbati
Babylon in comics - Laura Battini

Published: 07/05/2025

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