Dr. Laurie Pearce

Yale University, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., 1977-1982

Yale University, B.A., 1977, cum laude and with departmental honors

BOOKS

In preparation. Tablets from the Reign of Nabopolassar. Yale Oriental Series. Publication in hard-copy of 200 cuneiform documents from the late 7th century BCE.

ARTICLES

In press. "‘Judean:’ A Special Status in Neo-Babylonian and Achemenid Babylonia?" To appear in M. Oeming and O. Lipschits, eds. The Judeans in the Achaemenid Age: Negotiating Identity in an International Context. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.

2006. "Secret, Sacred, Secular: Mesopotamian Intertextuality." The Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies Journal/ La Société canadienne des études mésopotamiennes Journal (formerly Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies) 1/1 (2006): 11-14.

2006. "New Evidence for Judeans in Babylonia," Pp. 399-411 in M. Oeming and O. Lipschits, eds. Judah and Judeans in the Persian Period. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.

2005. "No. 54: A Late Babylonian Number-Syllabary," Pp. 222-39 in I. Spar and W.G. Lambert, eds. Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (CTMMA) 2: Literary and Scholastic Texts of the First Millennium B.C. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brepols Publishers.

2004. "Sacred Texts and Canonicity: Mesopotamia," Pp. 626-29 in S. Johnston, ed. Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

2000. "The Activities of Anu-belšunu, Seleucid Scribe," Pp. 331-41 in J. Marzahn and H. Neumann, eds. Assyriologica et Semitica: Festschrift für Joachim Oelsner. AOAT 252. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag). (with L. Timothy Doty).

2000. "SEPI÷RU and lúA.BA: Scribes of the Late First Millennium," Pp. 355-368 in K. van Lerberghe and G. Voet, eds. Languages and Cultures in Contact. At the Crossroads of Civilizations in the Syro-Mesopotamian Realm. Proceedings of the 42th (sic!) RAI. OLA 96. Leuven: Peeters.

1998. "Babylonian Commentaries and Intellectual Innovation," Pp. 331-38 in J. Prosecký, ed. Intellectual Life of the Ancient Near East: Papers Presented at the 43rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Prague, July 1-5, 1996. Prague: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Oriental Institute.

1997- "Contributions to The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire." Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. [Entries in volumes appeared to date: Vol. 1, Part I (A); Vol. 1, Part II (B-G); Vol. 2, Part I (H-K); Vol. 2, Part II (L-N)].

1996. "The Number Syllabary Texts," JAOS 116: 453-74.

1996. "Iron ‘Stars’ in the Neo-Babylonian Period," N.A.B.U. 1996/1: 17.

1995. "Scribes and Scholars in Ancient Mesopotamia," Pp. 2265-78 in J.M. Sasson, G.M. Beckman, K. Rubison, and J. Baines, eds. Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. New York: Scribners.

1993. "Statements of Purpose: Why the Scribes Wrote," Pp. 185-93 in M.E. Cohen, D.C. Snell, and D.B. Weisberg, eds. The Tablet and the Scroll: Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Willliam W. Hallo. Bethesda: CDL Press.

1993. "Bibliography of William W. Hallo," Pp. xi-xvi in M.E. Cohen, D.C. Snell, and D.B. Weisberg, eds. The Tablet and the Scroll: Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Willliam W. Hallo. Bethesda: CDL Press.

1985. "Babylon", "Calah", "Carchemish", "Chaldea", "Elam", "Erech", "Haran", "Kish", "Lagash", "Mesopotamia", "Michtam", "Moon". Entries in Harper's Bible Dictionary, 2nd edition. New York: Harper and Row. [Revised Edition, 1996].

1983. "Cuneiform Number Syllabaries." Iraq 45: 136-37.

1983. "Texts and Fragments: The Bruce Museum Tablets." Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35: 176-78.

1983. "Texts and Fragments: Tablets from Fonthill." Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35: 189-93.

1978. "Clay Reclaimed: Finishing the Scribe's Task." Yale Scientific Fall: 6-9.

BOOK REVIEWS

2007. Review of Philippe Talon, Enuma Eliš: The Standard Babylonian Creation Myth. State Archives of Assyria Cuneiform Texts, vol. 4. Helsinki: Finland. JAOS 127: 371-3.

2005. Review of Amar Annus, The God Ninurta in the Mythology and Royal Ideology of Ancient Mesopotamia. State Archives of Assyria Studies 14. Helsinki: Finland. JAOS 125: 436-7.

2001. Review of "Courtly Ambiguities: Harem and Gender in the Eastern Mediterranean." A symposium held on March 4, 2000 on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. NIN: A Journal of Gender Studies 2 (2001): 149-56.

2001. Review of S.M. Maul, ed. Festschrift für Rykle Borger zu seinem 65. Geburtstag am 24. Mai 1994. Bibliotheca Orientalis 58 (2001): 631-4.

1997. Review of Ronald H. Sack, Cuneiform Documents from the Chaldean and Persian Periods. Selinsgrove: Susquehana Press, 1994. JAOS 117: 167-9.

1989/1990. Review of Joachim Oelsner, Materialen zur Babylonischen Gesellschaft und Kultur in hellenisticher Zeit. Archiv für Orientforschung XXXVI/XXXVII: 136-8.

"‘Judean’—A Special Identity in Late Babylonian/Achaemenid Babylonia?" Presented at "The Judeans in the Achaemenid Age: Negotiating Identity in an International Context." Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg. 13-16 April 2008.

"Onomastic Clues to Mespotamian-Hellenistic Cultural Interaction." Presented at "Babylonia's Imprint on the Hellenistic World...the interaction of world communities." University of California, Berkeley. October 6, 2007.

"Secret, Sacred, Secular: Mesopotamian Intertextuality." Ronald Morton Smith Memorial Lecture, Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies, Toronto. 2006.

"Judeans in Babylonia." Presented at "Judah and Judeans in the Achaemenid Period." Ruprecht-Karls Universit㲠Heidelberg, Germany. 2003.

"Geheimschrift and Geheimwissen: What is the Secret?" Graduiertenkolleg "Religion und Normativität." Religionswissenschaftlisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany. 1998.

"West Semites in First Millennium Babylonia." Literature and History of the Persian Period Group of the Society of Biblical Literature. San Diego. November 19, 2007.

"The Hellenistic Corpus of Archives and Names: A Who's Who of Hellenistic Babylonia." 53rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Moscow/St. Petersburg, RU. 2007.

"Secret, Sacred and Secular: Integrating Mesopotamian Views." Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Portland, OR. 2000.

"Babylonian Commentaries and Intellectual Innovation." 43rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Prague. 1996.

"sepéμru and lúA.BA: First Millennium Scribes." 42nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Leuven. 1995.

"Statements of Purpose: Why the Scribes Wrote." Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Atlanta. 1990.

"Sin-leqe-unnini's Descendants." Meeting of the American Oriental Society, New Orleans. 1989.

"Numerically Written Omen Texts." Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Los Angeles. 1987.

"Seleucid Uruk's Scribes." Meeting of the American Oriental Society, New Haven. 1986.

"Cuneiform Cryptography." 29th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, London. 1982.

1996-date: Lecturer in Assyriology
Fall 1996, 1998; 2001-2003; Spring 2004; 2005-2009
Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Courses: Cun 100A/B: Elementary Akkadian; Cun 101A/B: Readings in Akkadian; NES 190: Iraq’s Cultural Heritage; Cun 200: Readings in Akkadian: Neo-Babylonian Texts; NES 25: Introduction to Babylonian Mythology

1993-1996: Research Associate
Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley

1985-2008: Research Affiliate
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University

1983-1993: Lecturer
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Connecticut, Stamford. Courses: Classical Mythology; History of the Ancient Near East.

1987-1988: Adjunct Professor
Department of Fine Arts. Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT. Courses: Ancient Art and Archaeology; Archaeology and Bible; Introduction to Archaeology

1985-1986: Lecturer in Bible
School of Sacred Music, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York. Courses: Introduction to Bible

1984-1987: Lecturer in Bible
School of Education, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York. Courses: Archaeology and the Bible

1982-1983: Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Yale University

1982: Teaching Fellow
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Yale University. Courses: Near Eastern Mythology

1981: Teaching Fellow
Department of History, Yale University. Courses: History of the Arab World

HART Initiative, UC Berkeley. Support for development of digital technology for humanities research. Funded by the Mellon Foundation. Primary researcher and supervisor of student researchers. Professor Niek Veldhuis, PI. (2009)

Lecturer Teaching Fellow. Office of Educational Development, University of California, Berkeley. Pedagogy workshops. (2008-2009)

University of California, Berkeley Unit 18 Professional Development Grant, "Images and Texts: Hellenistic Cultural Idiom." For development of HBTIN project and website. (2008-2009)

Project Director, Hellenistic Babylonia: Texts, Iconography, Names. Funded by France Berkeley Fund, University of California, Berkeley. Professors Niek Veldhuis (UCBerkeley) and Francis Joannès (University Paris I Sorbonne), Principal Investigators (2008-2009)

Conference Grant awarded by the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, University of California, Berkeley. Partial funding for conference "Babylonia's Imprint on the Hellenistic World." (2007)

Mellon Travel Grant, awarded by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley. For travel to present paper at the 53rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Russia. (2007)

American Association of University Women American Fellowship: Postdoctoral Research Leave. Research Project entitled: The Hellenistic Cuneiform Archives and Names: A Who's Who of Hellenistic Babylonia (2006-2007)

Ancient Texts...Modern Tools
University of California, Berkeley. January 23-25, 2009.
Conference and workshop supported by the France-Berkeley Fund. (N. Veldhuis and F. Joannès, Principal Investigators). Includes participation of members of Berkeley HART initiative, developing digital tools for humanities research.

Babylonia's Imprint on the Hellenistic World: The Interaction of World Communities
University of California, Berkeley. October 5-6, 2007.
Supported by the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities.

American Oriental Society

International Association of Assyriologists

American Schools of Oriental Research