THE present volume is the first of two which Mr. Thompson intends to devote to a study of the evil spirits and devils of Babylonia, and it will, we believe, be welcomed by readers of many classes.

Langin-Hooper, Stephanie M. 2024. Making Wonder in Miniature: A New Approach to Theorizing the Affective Properties and Social Consequences of Small-Scale Artworks from Hellenistic Babylonia.

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Plimpton 322 is the name given to a 3,800-year-old clay tablet discovered in Iraq in the early 20th Century by archeologist Edgar J Banks, the man believed to have inspired Indiana Jones.

Ancient objects each tell their own unique stories, the University of Chicago undergraduate has learned. Through her work on Akkadian—the language of ancient Babylonia—the fourth-year student has ...