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Education
February 2019 - January 2022
Field of study
- Ancient History; PhD thesis – “Authority and Ideology in the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire (934–745 B.C.)”
October 2016 - February 2018
Field of study
- Archaeology; MA thesis – “Near Eastern Influence in Hellas during 9th–6th c. B.C.”
October 2016 - June 2017
Field of study
- Ancient History; MA thesis – “Relations and Interactions of Assyria with Urartu and Neo-Hittite Kingdoms during the Reigns of Ashurnasirpal II and Shalmaneser III (883–824 B.C.)”
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25th Melammu Workshop
Divination Techniques in the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean World
29–30 May 2025, Sofia
http://www.melammu-project.eu/workshops/mw25prog.html
In the article introducing this special issue, we consider the prospects of cultural diffusionism. We show that diffusion is not a uniform phenomenon since it includes direct, partial, multi-layered, and reverse forms. The complex approach to diverse forms of diffusions is called by us the crossroads concept. It aligns with cultural relativism whic...
The present paper investigates the Assyrian patterns and ideological motifs, which were adopted and adapted in Urarṭian royal inscriptions. Additionally it discusses the toponyms Nai’ri, Urarṭu and Bia (the latter often referred to as Biainili in modern studies) in the Assyrian and Urarṭian sources, the relationship between these toponyms, and thei...
This paper presents the feasts which were provided by the Neo-Assyrian king. The secular and cultic characters are discussed in the course of the study. Written and iconographic sources are examined and analysed. Regarding the written ones the research uses the following types of sources: royal inscriptions, explaining different occurrences of feas...
Tarhan, Z., 2023: Divination Techniques in Ancient Mesopotamia. Reconsidering the Terms and Divinatory Process. – Annual of Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of History, 2023, vol. 106, pp. 87–104
ISSN 1312-9406
The present study examines the divination techniques in Ancient Mesopotamia, the sources, main characteristics of some certa...
This paper discusses the divination motif in the scene of the amphora-rhyton part of the Panagyurishte golden treasure, namely divination performed by reading the signs on a liver of a sacrificed animal. Textual and archaeological sources preserve the evidence of the earliest emergence of this type of divination, which took place in Ancient Mesopot...
This monograph is on the topic of my successfully defended PhD dissertation. The book examines the royal authority and ideology in the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire (934–745 B.C.) and its aims can be summarized as follows: 1) Study of the reign of each Assyrian king of the period, his military and political actions, including the dynamics of contacts w...
This paper discusses the relations between Assyria and Urartu during the reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 B.C.) and Shalmaneser III (858–824 B.C.). The first part of the study is dedicated to political relations. The analysis here is based mainly on the written sources, which describe (military) campaigns and their results. The second part of the...
The purpose of the present paper is to research the scenes of worship and ritual sacrifices before the deities, which are a part of the Mesopotamian cylinder seals. The research concerns the time from Early Dynastic Period until Neo-Assyrian Period. This type of scenes are represented at the earliest during the EDP III (c. 2600-2334 B. C.), but the...
Object of the present paper is a research on the elements of Near Eastern influence on a bronze tympanon from Crete, found as a votive deposit at the Idaen cave and two shields – the first one is found as a votive deposit at the Idaen cave again, the second shield is discovered in the necropolis of Orthi Petra, in tomb A1/K1, near to Eleutherna. Th...
