Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East No 8 1-2, 2024

Laura Battini is an archaeologist specialised in the Ancient Near East. She is currently a researcher at the French National Centre of Scientific Research (Laboratory PROCLAC, UMR 7192, directed by Thomas Römer). Laura created a new journal for the Ancient Near East (Ash sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East, Archaeopress), and is the editor of the archaeological series Archaeopress Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology.

• Vol 8 No 1, 2024Sutton Hoo, St. Sergius and the Sasanians: Anglo-Saxon finds re-interpreted from an eastern perspective – St John SimpsonTêtes coupées : une primauté éblaïte ? Considérations et autres remarques sur la frise à incrustations d’Ebla – Rita DolceQuelques notes sur l’architecture mésopotamienne des IIe et Ier millénaires av. J.-C. : l’ensemble de réception des palais – Laura BattiniUnpublished examples of lead miniature vessels from Turkey – Ergün Laflı and Maurizio BuoraVol 8 No 2, 2024Introduction to Animal Symbolism and Representations in Western Asia – Laura BattiniFaunal deposits and displays in the early Neolithic, new evidence from Ganj Dareh, central Zagros – Pernille Bangsgaard, Lisa Yeomans, Hojjat Darabi and Tobias Richter The bear in ancient Mesopotamia – Lorenzo VerderameThe Presence and Roles of Cats, Monkeys, and Donkeys at Deir el-Medina, Egypt: A Comparison of Representational and Textual Evidence – Krystal V.L. PierceAnimal Depictions in Philistia and Judah during the Iron Age – David Ben-ShlomoThe Arc of the Horn Part II: Sacral powers of the ibex on the seals of Persepolis – Margaret Cool Root

'The latest issue of Ash-sharq includes a particularly thought-provoking contribution by Dr St John Simpson, senior curator to the British Museum's Department of the Middle East, which focuses on artefacts from Anglo-Saxon England... Other papers in this eclectic collection comprise a well-illustrated discusssion of 24 previously unpublished lead miniature vessels from various museum collections in Turkey (by Ergun Lafli and Murizio Buora), and transcripts of two lectures in French, one by Rita Dolce, about the 'Victory Panel' from Elba, the other by Laura Battini, exploring the architectural context of the palace of Adad-Nitari I.' – Carly Hilts (2025): Current Archaeology, Issue 418