Colloque Topography and Toponymy in the Ancient Near East: Perspectives and Prospects
Louvain-la-Neuve, 27-28 February 2014
Organizing Committee
Prof. Jan Tavernier, Prof. Em. René Lebrun, Dr. Charlotte Lebrun, Dr. Alexandre Tourovets, Dr. Julien De Vos, Agnès Degrève, Elynn Gorris, Etienne Van Quickelberghe
Contact address: Jan.Tavernier@uclouvain.be
The research on Historical Geography is extremely important for the understanding of the history of the Ancient Near East, as the geographical setting and structures are essential for the course of history a region has taken. Therefore the identification of ancient geographical places, names of watercourses and their ever evolving courses as well as the developments of coastlines is a scientific discipline which merits the profound attention of modern scholarship. Within the frame of the Interuniversity Attraction Pole project VII/14 (2013-2017): Greater Mesopotamia. Reconstruction of its environment and history, the UCLouvain team under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jan Tavernier is coordinating the Work package III: Historical Geography.
Therefore, it has appeared to us a challenging idea to bring a group of international specialists together having each their specific geographical region of interest in order to discuss the subject of topography and topo
nymy within greater Mesopotamia. With this conference, we hope to encourage and inspire cross-regional collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches (textual and archaeological research), leading to new developments and future collaborations within the field of historical geography.
Programme :
Jeudi 27 février / Thursday 27 February
Introduction
IAP 7/14 Greater Mesopotamia. Reconstruction of its Environment and History
Session 1 : Les Eaux / Water (Président de session / Chair : Massimo Forlanini)
Kathleen Abraham (KU Leuven)
Perennial Water for Nippur: The Location of the Sumundar Canal
Karel Van Lerberghe (KU Leuven)
Where’s Waldo ?
Guy Labarre (Université de Franche-Comté)
Les cités littorales de la Pisidie
Stéphane Lebreton (Université d’Artois)
Réflexions sur les hydronymes d’Asie Mineure
Session 2 : Les Régions / The Lands (Président de session/Chair : Alexandre Tourovets)
Éric Gubel (RMAH)
La topographie historique de la plaine du Akkar : bilan provisoire
Danièle Michaux-Colombot (Académie d’Orléans)
Locating the country Meluḫḫa mentioned in cuneiform sources and identifying it with that of MḎ# from Egyptian sources
Julien De Vos (Université catholique de Louvain)
La localisation du pays de Qedy/Qode : Une évidence à réévaluer
Laurent Colonna d’Istria (Université de Liège) et Sébastien Rey (Université de Liège)
Mari et son terroir à l’époque des šakkannakū
Hadrien Bru (Université de Franche-Comté)
Topographie et toponymie de la Phrygie Parorée
Étienne Van Quickelberghe (Université catholique de Louvain)
Entre Assyrie et Anatolie : La topographie du pays d’Isuwa
Vendredi 28 février / Friday 28 February
Session 3 : Les Itinéraires / Routes (Président de session/Chair : Mikko Luukko)
Massimo Forlanini (Milano)
La route des « Portes ciliciennes » et ses embranchements avant l’âge classique
Elynn Gorris (Université catholique de Louvain) & Greta Van Buylaere (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
Elamites on the Road to Hara(n)
Alexandre Tourovets (Université catholique de Louvain)
The Assyrians in the Zagros : Problems concerning the localisations of toponyms
Gian Pietro Basello (L’Orientale - University of Naples)
Administrative Topography in Comparison: Overlapping Jurisdictions in the Acropole Tablets from Susa and in the Persepolis Fortification Tablets (6th Century BC)
Session 4 : Les champs / The Fields (Président de session/Chair : Gian Pietro Basello)
Anne Goddeeris (Universiteit Gent / KU Leuven)
The Fields of Nippur
Katrien De Graef (Universiteit Gent)
In Susa’s Fields. On the Topography of Fields in Old Babylonian Administrative Documents from Susa
Session 5 : / (Président de session/Chair : Guy Labarre)
Mikko Luukko (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
Observations on Neo-Assyrian Practices of Naming Places
Lauriane Locatelli (Université catholique de Louvain)
Ariassos et Pergé, deux toponymes anatoliens. Hypothèses et tentatives d’interprétation
Conclusion / Concluding remarks (René Lebrun)
Conférence inaugurale d’Oriental Lecture Series. Prof. Christian Robin (CNRS Paris)
Toponymes et ethnonymes du Yémen : permanences et changement