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Z. Tarhan

 

Curriculum Vitae

  • October 2012 – July 2016: BA programme “Archaeology”, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
  • October 2016 – June 2017: MA programme “Antiquity and Middle Ages”, major in Ancient History, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. MA thesis defended in September 2018 – “Relations and Interactions of Assyria with Urartu and Neo-Hittite Kingdoms during the Reigns of Ashurnasirpal II and Shalmaneser III (883–824 B.C.)”
  • October 2016 – February 2018: MA programme “Archaeology”, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. MA thesis defended in February 2019 – “Near Eastern Influence in Hellas during 9th–6th c. B.C.”
  • 1st February 2019 – 24th January 2022: PhD candidate in Ancient History, Department of Ancient History, Thracian Studies and Mediaeval History, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
  • 24th January 2022: Doctor in the research area of Humanities (PhD). PhD thesis – “Authority and Ideology in the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire (934–745 B.C.)”
  • since March 2022: Recognised researcher (R2), Faculty of History, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

Fellowships and Grants

  • February 2022: The Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Institute of Assyriology (Federal Republic of Germany). Research Laboratory, Masterclass: Cuneiform Epigraphy
  • June 2021: Support grant for Sylff fellows, funded by The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff) Programme
  • March 2021: The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Institute of Ancient Studies, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Federal Republic of Germany). Research based on the PhD thesis, funded by The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund Programme
  • August–September 2020: The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Institute of Ancient Studies, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, within “Erasmus+” traineeship programme. Preparation of e-Learning materials in the field of Ancient Near East for students and participation in The Martin von Wagner Museum’s initiatives.
  • April–July 2020: Technische Hochschule Nürnberg, Institut für Sprachen und Interkulturelle Kompetenz, VHB e-Learning Deutschkurse
  • October 2019 – July 2020: The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Institute of Ancient Studies, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, within the “Erasmus+” programme
  • September 2019 – September 2020: The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Zentrum für Sprachen, Deutschkurse
  • September 2017 – February 2018: University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology, Departments of “Archaeology of Ancient Near East” and “Classical Archaeology” (Republic of Poland), within the “Erasmus+” programme
  • September 2015 – January 2016: Trakya University, Departments of “Protohistory and Archaeology of Ancient Near East” and “Classical Archaeology” (Republic of Turkey), within the “Erasmus +” programme

Projects

• “Royal Rituals and Cultic Festivals in the Neo-Assyrian Empire”, Supervisor, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of History, National programme “Early Career Scholars and Postdoctoral Researchers – 2”, Ministry of Education and Science (Republic of Bulgaria), October 2022 – October 2023.

Archaeological Experience

  • 2013–2021: numerous sites in the regions of Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Kardzhali, Lovech, Pleven, Shumen, Sofia, Vidin, Yambol and Strandzha Mountain (Republic of Bulgaria); Ulucak Höyük, near Izmir (Republic of Turkey)

Membership in Scholarly Organizations

  • International Association for Assyriology
  • Sylff Association

Teaching Courses

  • Authority and Ideology in the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire (934–745 B.C.)” during the winter semester, MA programme “Antiquity and Middle Ages”, Department of Ancient History, Thracian Studies and Mediaeval History, Faculty of History, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridsk
  • “Thrace and the Ancient Near East” during the summer semester, MA programme “Antiquity and Middle Ages”, Department of Ancient History, Thracian Studies and Mediaeval History, Faculty of History, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

Research Interests

Cuneiform sources and studies; Akkadian; Sumerian; Neo-Assyrian Empire; Assyrian royal ideology; Mesopotamian ritual, cultic and divination texts; ancient Semitic languages and cultures; relations and interactions in the Ancient Near East; archaeology and glyptics of the Ancient Near East; Near Eastern influence in Hellas during the Geometric and Archaic periods; contacts between Ancient Thrace and the Ancient Near East; contacts in the Eastern Mediterranean

List of publications

Monographs

  • Власт и идеология в Ранната новоасирийска империя (934–745 г. пр.Хр.) / Authority and Ideology in the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire (934–745 B.C.). Sofia: Gutenberg Publishing, 2022. (in Bulgarian with an English summary, pp. 306–336)

Papers

  1. Neo-Assyrian Kings’ Perceptions of Assyrian and Non-Assyrian (Royal) Authority. In: DUBSAR, Cultural Contact – Cultures of Contact. Proceeding of the 66th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Mainz and Frankfurt am Main, July 25–29 2022. Münster: Zaphon. (forthcoming)
  2. The Divination Motif on the Panagyurishte Amphora-Rhyton in Eastern Mediterranean Context. – Archaeologia Bulgarica, 2022 (3). (forthcoming)
  3. Гадателският мотив върху Панагюрската амфора ритон в контекста на Източното Средиземноморие. – В: Thracia. София: Българска академия на науките, 2022. (под печат)
  4. Secular and Cultic Feasts Provided by the Neo-Assyrian King. – In: DUBSAR, Eating and Drinking in the Ancient Near East. Proceeding of the 67th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Turin, July 12–16 2021. Münster: Zaphon. (forthcoming)
  5. Ролята на царя като жрец в Ранната новоасирийска империя / The Role of the King as Priest in the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire. – In: Societas Classica XI. Veliko Turnovo: St. St. Cyril and Metodius University Press, 2021. (in Bulgarian with an English abstract; forthcoming)
  6. Отношения и взаимодействия между Асирия и Урарту в епохата на Ашурназирпал II и Салманасар III / Relations and Interactions between Assyria and Urartu during the Reign of Ashurnasirpal II and Shalmaneser III. – In: Jubilaeus VIII: Back to the Sources. Sofia: The Sofia University Press, 2021, pp. 237–253. (in Bulgarian with an English abstract)
  7. Ритуалните жертвоприношения в Древна Елада – форма на източно влияние / The Ritual Sacrifices in Ancient Greece: А Form of а Near Eastern Influence. – In: Studia Archaeologica Universitatis Serdicensis. Sofia: The Sofia University Press, 2019–2020. (in Bulgarian with an English abstract; forthcoming)
  8. The Origin, Diffusion and Significance of the Scene of the Lion-Bull Combat. – Orpheus, Journal of Indo-European and Thracian Studies, 26–27. Sofia: The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Press, 2019–2020, pp. 76–88.
  9. Сцени на поклонение и ритуални жертвоприношения пред божествата върху месопотамските цилиндрични печати / Scenes of Worship and Ritual Sacrifices before Deities on the Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals. – In: Societas Classica X. Veliko Turnovo: St. St. Cyril and Metodius University Press, 2019, pp. 288–307. (in Bulgarian with an English abstract)
  10. Отношения и взаимодействия между Асирия и Новохетските царства в епохата на Ашурназирпал II / Relations and Interactions between Assyria and Neo-Hittite Kingdoms during the Reign of Ashurnasirpal II. – In: Thracia XXIII. Sofia: The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Press, 2018, pp. 249–265. (in Bulgarian with an English abstract)
  11. Елементи на източно влияние по предмети на критската торевтика / Elements of Near Eastern Influence on Objects of the Cretan Toreutics. – In: Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology, Supplementum 6. Sofia: Association of Bulgarian Archaeologists, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, National Institute of Archeology with Museum – BAS, 2018, pp. 91–101. (in Bulgarian with an English abstract)
  12. Елементи на източно влияние по тимпан от остров Крит / Elements of Eastern Influence on a Tympanon of the Island of Crete. – In: Societas Classica IX. Veliko Turnovo: St. St. Cyril and Metodius University Press, 2017, pp. 224–235. (in Bulgarian with an English abstract)
  13. Анализ на сцена върху печат MS 0689 от новоасирийската епоха / Analysis of the Scene of a Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal MS 0689. – In: Societas Classica VIII. Veliko Turnovo: St. St. Cyril and Metodius University Press, 2016, pp. 345–354. (in Bulgarian with an English abstract)

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