Volume 8 Issue 2

Published: 2025-06-25

Contents


Research Paper
Ophthalmology in Ancient Civilizations

Asmaa Khalil Suliman, Yasir Abdul-Jawad Al-Mashhadani,

The great development that we see today in the field of mental sciences was not the result of recent experiments and research. It was rather that most of these sciences including medicine date back...

Pages: 207-219
Urban Areas in Iraq and The World During (1st – 3rd) Centuries A.D. According to The Syriac Recourses Part I

Mazin Zara,

Urban areas or cities emerged around 3500 B.C. The first of these urban areas were Warka, Ur and Lagash in Mesopotamia. Five centuries later, cities appeared in Egypt such as Memphis and Thebes...

Pages: 235-265
Discovered Funeral Content in the Graves and Cemeteries of Tell Hanas

Yasmin Abdulkareem Abdulkareem Mohameed Ali Alasady, Sara Sulaiman Younis,

The funeral contents discovered in the ancient graves and cemeteries are considered an important source of the archaeological finds in different ages and one of the information sources that shows...

Pages: 87-116
Craftsmen and Professions in Implementing the Architectural Projects in Light of the Administrative Messages of the Sargonic Dynasty Kings

Rami Ahmad Younis, Amir Abdullah Najm,

The people who undertook the implementation of architectural projects of the Sargon dynasty kings and we mean by this the craftsmen and professions who were assigned for the tasks of work and...

Pages: 41-57
Islamic Glazed Pottery Discovered in the City of Balad (Aski Mosul) Selected Samples

Ali Ikhdhayyir Mahmood, Farhan Mahmoud Elias,

The pottery of the city of Balad (Aski Mosul) was distinguished by its many types in terms of manufacture and use. Many types of it appeared that simulate the purpose for which it was made. It...

Pages: 152-175
Unpublished Ration texts from Iri-Sagrig (iri-sag-rig7 ki )

mahmood hamid ahmed, Ali Yassin Al-Jubouri,

The research includes a study of three unpublished cuneiform texts from the Ur III period which are about the ration kept in the Iraqi Museum. These texts came by confiscations as a result of...

Pages: 3-25
New Economic Cuneiform Texts from Ur III period

Mohammed Hamza Hussein,

Due to the significance of cuneiform texts of ancient Iraq, the researcher selected three Neo Economic Sumerian (unpublished) texts. These texts were amongst a collection that were confiscated....

Pages: 58-72
An Analytical Study of a Group of Gypsum Boards from the City of Samarra Preserved in the Iraqi Museum (Selected Samples)

Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed AL-Joburi, Jamal Abdulraheem Ibrahim,

The study of the stucco (gypsum board) decorative elements of the city of Samarra revealed that it included three artistic styles that were classified and named by archaeologists and specialists as...

Pages: 132-151
The Natural Environment and Its Impact On Human Life Patterns In The Ancient Maghreb During Prehistoric Times

Hussein Yousif Hazim, Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Jomard,

The natural environment in the countries of the ancient Maghreb had a clear impact on the population inhabited in those areas in terms of social life and relations between them as well as relations...

Pages: 117-131
The Significance of the Linguistic Root (k f r) in the Semitic Languages (A Comparative Lexical Semantic Study)

Farouk Ismail, Drgham Abdul-Hamid ِAl-Omar,

This research aims to study the linguistic root (kfr) in Semitic languages as a comparative semantic lexical study and its development according to its textual context. The research highlights the...

Pages: 26-40
Excavations of the Palace of King Adad-Narari III

Muzahim Mahmood Hussien,

The palace of King Adad-nrri III (810-783 BC) occupied the western part of the center of Kalu (Nimrud) which is bordered from the north by the palace of King Aur-naer-apli II and from the lower...

Pages: 73-86
A pottery Lamp Foundation Deposit from a Post-Assyrian Context at Nineveh

Noemi La Cara,

The article discusses a Post-Assyrian foundation deposit containing a complete pottery lamp which was found during the Iraqi-Italian excavations by the SBAH and the University of Bologna in the...

Pages: 281-288
Šāt-kukuti The Daughter of King Šulgi in a New Text from the Iraqi Museum

Khalid Salim Ismael, Basil Bashar Ali,

The topic of this study deals with the publication of a confiscated cuneiform text kept in the Iraqi Museum from Ur III period. It dates back to the reign of King ulgi, and it is very likely that...

Pages: 266-280
The Impact of European Columns on Traditional Iraqi Architecture - Selected Samples

Salahalddin Mohsen Zayer,

The column is considered as one of the important architectural elements in most of the archaeological and heritage buildings. The column is one of the ceiling levers and is used to raise ceilings...

Pages: 176-206
The Unpublished Seleucid Coins of King Demetrius Soter (162-150–BC) in the Sreshma Treasure in the Northeast of Arbil

Abdulwahab Soleiman Hassan, DLshad Aziz Marf,

In the district of Soran, North-east of the city of Erbil, there are many archaeological sites that date back to different periods that start from the Stone Ages to the Kurdish princedom of Soran...

Pages: 220-234