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oi.uchicago.edu THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE 2009–2010 ANNUAL REPORT oi.uchicago.edu Cover illustration: Painted pottery sherd showing a procession of animals, including an ostrich. Figure 20 in Tell Zeidan report, below. Ubaid period. Tell Zeidan, Syria. Scale 1:1 The pages that divide the sections of this year’s report feature images of animal paintings gathered from Ancient Egyptian Paintings, Volumes 1 and 2, by Nina M. Davies with Alan H. Gardiner (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1936). Editor: Gil J. Stein Production editor: Maeve Reed, with special thanks to Plamena Pehlivanova. © 2010 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Published 2010. Printed in the United States of America. The Oriental Institute, Chicago iSbN-13: 978-1-885923-77-6 iSbN-10: 1-885923-77-5 Printed by United Graphics incorporated, Mattoon, illinois, USA The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for information Service — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANS i Z39.48-1984 ∞ Overleaf: Feeding the oryxes. Detail from Ancient Egyptian Paintings, Volume I, pl. 8 oi.uchicago.edu CONTENTS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 5 INTRODUCTION. Gil J. Stein................................................................................................................ 7 IN MEMORIAM .................................................................................................................................... 9 RESEARCH ............................................................................................................................................. 11 PROJECT REPORTS ............................................................................................................................... 13 ArchAeology.of.IslAmIc CItIes..Donald Whitcomb ......................................................................................... 13 . center.for.AncIent MIddle EAstern LAndscApes.(cAMEL)..Scott Branting ............................................. 16 . chIcAgo.Assyrian DIctIonAry.(cAd)..Martha T. Roth ................................................................................... 21 . chIcAgo DemotIc DIctIonAry.(CDD)..François Gaudard and Janet H. Johnson ............................................. 22 . chIcAgo HIttIte DIctIonAry.(CHD And.e . chd) .Theo van den Hout .............................................................. 25 . epIgrAphIc Survey..W. Raymond Johnson............................................................................................................ 29 . gIzA PlAteAu MAppIng Project..Mark Lehner................................................................................................... 40 KerKenes DAg. project..Scott Branting................................................................................................................ 65 . mArj RAbbA..Yorke M. Rowan................................................................................................................................ 71 . mummy LAbel DAtAbAse.(MLD)..François Gaudard, Raquel Martín Hernández, and Sofía Torallas Tovar .... 79 nIppur..McGuire Gibson ......................................................................................................................................... 80 . persepolIs FortIfIcAtIon.ArchIve Project..Matthew W. Stolper ................................................................... 83 . slAves.And Households.In.the NeAr EAst..Laura Culbertson........................................................................ 92 tell Edfu..Nadine Moeller .................................................................................................................................... 94 tell ZeIdAn. Gil J. Stein ....................................................................................................................................... 105 INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH .................................................................................................................................. 119 RESEARCH SUppORT ....................................................................................................................................... 140 . computer LAborAtory..John C. Sanders ........................................................................................................... 140 . electronIc Resources..John C. Sanders ............................................................................................................ 143 . publIcAtIons OffIce..Thomas G. Urban .............................................................................................................. 151 reseArch.ArchIves. Foy Scalf ............................................................................................................................. 154 MUSEUM .............................................................................................................................................. 161 MUSEUM. Geoff Emberling ................................................................................................................. 163 SPECIAL EXHIBITS. Emily Teeter .......................................................................................................... 166 . PUBLICITY AND MARKETING. Emily Teeter and Thomas James................................................................ 169 REGISTRATION. Helen McDonald and Susan Allison............................................................................ 173 ARCHIVES. John A. Larson .................................................................................................................. 176 CONSERVATION. Laura D’Alessandro ................................................................................................ 179 PREP SHOP. Erik Lindahl .................................................................................................................... 181 SUQ. Denise Browning ........................................................................................................................ 182 PHOTOGRAPHY. Anna R. Ressman ...................................................................................................... 183 PUBLIC EDUCATION ........................................................................................................................... 185 PUBLIC EDUCATION. Carole Krucoff ................................................................................................. 187 VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. Catherine Dueñas and Terry Friedman ....................................................... 205 DEVELOPMENT AND MEMBERSHIP .................................................................................................. 219 DEVELOpmENT. Steve Camp and Rebecca Silverman .......................................................................... 221 . VISITING COmmiTTEE .............................................................................................................................................. 224 MEMBERSHip. Maeve Reed................................................................................................................... 227 SPECIAL EVENTS. Meghan A. Winston .................................................................................................. 231 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS AND MEMBERS ....................................................................................... 236 2009–2010THE ORIENTAL AINSNNUTITUATLe R2009–2010EPORT ANNUAL REPORT 3 oi.uchicago.edu CONTENTS FACULTY AND STAFF .......................................................................................................................... 251 FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE ............................................................................ 253 INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................... 264 4 THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTe 2009–2010THE OR IENTANNUALAL INSTITUTE REPORT oi.uchicago.edu INTRODUCTION oi.uchicago.edu Overleaf: Birds in acacia tree. Detail from Ancient Egyptian Paintings, Volume I, pl. 9 oi.uchicago.edu INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Gil J. Stein i am honored to present you with this year’s Oriental Institute Annual Report 2009–2010. As you can see from the impressive scope of activities by the faculty, researchers, and staff of the Oriental institute this has been a highly productive year. Our mission is to explore the ancient civilizations of the Near East through archaeological, textual, and art historical research, and to communicate the results of our work to both scholars and the broader public through our museum and programs of education and outreach. The Oriental institute is uniquely valuable in having scholars from complementary disci- plines all under the same roof, sharing their insights and applying them toward a deeper, more holistic understanding of the world’s earliest civilizations. This work of synthesis and integration of knowledge lies at the core of what we do — the creative work of turning “data” into “knowl- edge.” As the famous French mathematician Henri Poincaré put it: “Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. but a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.” This synthetic goal animates the institute’s research in archaeology, textual studies, and public education. The Oriental institute now has eight