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Candida
Felli
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Firenze, via Villani 9 - 50124
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EDUCATION
“Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli” (Italy), Ph.D. in Mesopotamian
Studies, dissertation: The funerary practices along the Upper and Middle Euphrates valley
at the time of the Mari archives (in Italian), Advisor Prof. F.M. Fales, 1996-1999 (May
2000);
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University of Pisa (Italy), Diploma of the School of Specialization in
Archaeology, dissertation: Tell Afis and the Middle Bronze Age of Inner Syria (in Italian),
mark 110/110 cum Laude, Advisor Prof. S. Mazzoni, 1993-1994, 1995-1996, 1999-2000
(December 2000);
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University of Cambridge (UK), M. Phil. Degree in Assyriology, dissertation:
Aspects of Contact between North and South Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC.,
Advisor Dr J. Oates, 1994-5 (October 1995);
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University of Firenze (Italy), BA, MA in Humanities, Laurea cum Laude, thesis
in Near Eastern Archaeology: Third millennium pottery from Tell Barri excavations,
Northeastern Syria (in Italian); supervisor Prof P.E. Pecorella (April 1993).
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CURRENT POSITION
Expert of Ancient Near Eastern Art under contract at the Vatican Museums in
charge of the study of the Pontifical Biblical Institute collection of Near Eastern antiquities.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
C. Felli, ed., How To Cope with Death: Mourning and Funerary Practices in the
Ancient Near East, Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the University of
Firenze, December 5-6 2013, ETS, Pisa, forthcoming;
After Death: Funerary Practices in the Middle Euphrates valley at the End of the Early and
in the Middle Bronze Age, (in Italian), Le Lettere, Firenze, ISBN 978-88-6987-723-9, available in
draft, in publication;
D'Agostino, A., Felli, C. and Valentini, S., eds, La collezione orientale del Museo
Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze vol. 2. Anatolia, Siria, Mesopotamia e Iran, Aracne, Roma,
ISBN 978-88-548-6597-6, 2013;
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C. Felli – T. Pedrazzi, Iraq Museum, Baghdad, in the collection “I Grandi Musei del
Mondo”, Scala Group editing, Rome 2004, 13-111, 201-211 (7-9, 212-215 co-authored,
with T. Pedrazzi).
ARTICLES AND ENTRIES IN PERIODICALS AND COLLECTIVE WORKS
The Seal-Impressions, in U. Finkbeiner, ed., Tell el-Abd III – The Objects, AVO
16/3, Münster, Ugarit Verlag, in preparation;
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Mourning and funerary practices in the Ancient Near East: an essay to bridge the
gap between the textual and the archaeological record, in C. Felli, ed., How To Cope with
Death: Mourning and Funerary Practices in the Ancient Near East, Proceedings of the
International Workshop held at the University of Firenze, December 5-6 2013, ETS, Pisa,
forthcoming;
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On Naked Women: A Study-case, in forthcoming Festchrift, submitted, 2014;
A Note on two pottery sherds in the collection of the Pontifical Biblical Institute at
the Vatican Museums, Bollettino dei Monumenti Musei e Gallerie Pontificie, submitted, in
publication;
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Glyptic and Art, in U. Finkbeiner, M. Novak, F. Sakal and P. Sconzo, eds, Middle
Euphrates, Arcane IV, Brepols, Turnhout, 1-29, ISBN 978-2-503-53495-4 (in publication,
2013);
La glittica e altri oggetti di artigianato in pietra, in D'Agostino, A., Felli, C. and
Valentini, S., eds, La collezione orientale del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze
vol. 2. Anatolia, Siria, Mesopotamia e Iran, Aracne, Roma, 301-401, 2013;
Developing Complexity. Early Mid-fourth Millennium Investigations: the
Northern Middle Uruk Period, in R. Matthews, ed., Excavations at Tell Brak. Vol. 4:
Exploring a regional centre in Upper Mesopotamia, 1994-1996, McDonald Institute
Monographs 4, Cambridge 2003, 53-95;
Entries: Tell Hajj, Gebel Aruda, Tell Kerma, Tell Haalula, Tell Kashkashouk III,
Tawi, Wreide, Habuba Kabira, Tell Abu Hamad, in S. Anastasio - M. Lebeau eds,
Analytical Repertory of Pre-Classical Upper Mesopotamian Sites, Brepols, Bruxelles
2003;
Some Notes on the Akkadian Glyptic from Tell Brak, in D. Oates et al., Tell Brak
2: Nagar in the third millennium BC, McDonald Institute Monographs 2 Cambridge 2001,
142-151.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Funerary practices from the end of the Early to the Middle Bronze Age in
Northwestern Syria: the Middle Euphrates valley, in Peter Pfälzner - Herbert Niehr – Ernst
Pernicka – Anne Wissing, eds., (Re-)Constructing Funerary Rituals in the Ancient Near
East, Proceedings of the First International Symposium of the Tübingen Post-Graduate
School “Symbols of the Dead” in May 2009, Qatna Studien Supplementum 1,
Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2012, 79-110;
EB-MB Afis: a single cultural tradition between two phases?, co-authored with
Emanuela Merluzzi, in H. Kühne - R. M. Czichon - F. J. Kreppner, eds, Proceedings of the
4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 29 March – 3
April 2004, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2008, vol. 2, 97-110 (98-102);
Bridging the third/second millennium divide: the Ebla and Afis evidence, coauthored with Stefania Mazzoni, in C. Kuzucuoğlu - C. Marro, eds, Sociétés humaines et
changement climatique à la fin du troisième millénaire: une crise a-t-elle eu lieu en HauteMesopotamie?, Actes du Colloque International de Lyon, 5-8 décembre 2005, Varia
Anatolica XIX, Institut Français d’études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumezil, Istanbul, 2007,
205-224, (209-218);
Sigilli di scriba: riflessioni sul legame tra potere e comunicazione visiva nel
periodo accadico, in C. Mora/P. Piacentini, eds, L’ufficio e il documento. I luoghi, i modi,
gli strumenti dell’amministrazione in Egitto e nel Vicino Oriente antico, Quaderni di Acme
83, Milano, Cisalpino Editore, 2006, 239-256;
“Lugalušumgal: an Akkadian governor and his two masters”, in P. Taylor, ed.,
The Iconography of Cylinder Seals. Warburg Institute Colloquia, London – Turin, Warburg
Institute - Nino Aragno Editore, 2006, 35-50 (peer reviewed);
Middle Uruk Pottery from Area HS1, Tell Brak. Aspects of Cultural Continuity
and Change”, in P. Matthiae, et al., eds, Proceedings of the First International Congress of
Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Rome 2000, 411-418;
REVIEW ARTICLES
H. Keel-Leu e B. Teissier, Die vorderasiatischen Rollsiegel der Sammlungen
«Bibel+Orient» der Universität Freiburg Schweiz, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 200,
Freiburg 2004, in Orientalia, 75, fasc. 2, 2006, 162-165;
E. Rova, Ricerche sui sigilli a cilindro Vicino-Orientali del periodo di
Uruk/Jemdet Nasr, Roma 1994, in Archiv für Orientforschung, 44-45, 1997/1998, 455-457,
co-authored with Roger Matthews.
EXCAVATION PRELIMINARY REPORTS
Harim, Area G: a stratigraphical account, in S. Gelichi, ed., Excavations at Tell
Harim, Syria, in print;
Area E3: lo scavo del quartiere artigianale, in S. Mazzoni et al., Tell Afis, Siria –
2002-2004, Egitto e Vicino Oriente XXVIII, 2005, 45-52, co-authored with E. Merluzzi
(46-48; 49-51);
Area E: l’occupazione del Bronzo Medio, in S. Mazzoni et al., Tell Afis, Siria –
2000-2001, Egitto e Vicino Oriente XXV, 2003, pp. 24-29, co-authored with E. Merluzzi;
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Area E: l’occupazione del Bronzo Medio, in S. Mazzoni et al., Tell Afis, Siria -
1999, Egitto e Vicino Oriente XXII, 2000, 12-14.
INVITED CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS and MEETINGS
Workshop “How to Cope with Death: Mourning and Funerary Practices in the
Ancient Near East”, University of Firenze, 5th - 6th December 2013, with the presentation
“How to cope with Death: an Introduction” (with Stefania Mazzoni) and the paper:
“Mourning and funerary practices: an attempt to bridge the gap between the textual and
archaeological record”;
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ARCANE project interregional meeting, Western Regional Meeting, Durham
University, 24th-26th March 2011, with a presentation on the work on the glyptic of the
Middle Euphrates region;
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Conference (Re-)constructing funerary rituals in the Ancient Near East, 21st-23rd
May 2009, Tübingen University, with the paper “Funerary practices during the Middle
Bronze Age in Northern Syria”;
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ARCANE project meeting of the TG02 Group “Glyptic and Art History”, Pilsen,
(21-24 April 2009), with a presentation on the work on the glyptic and artistic production
of Middle Euphrates region;
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Workshop: “Dopo la crisi: rigenerazione e sviluppo. La Siria e il Levante
settentrionale dopo le fasi di transizione”, organized by Stefania Mazzoni, University of
Florence, with the paper “Pratiche funerarie nella valle dell'Eufrate siriano fra Bronzo
Antico e Bronzo Medio: una parabola discendente?” ( 24th February 2009);
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Workshop: “Il passaggio fra III e II millennio a.C. in Siria e Anatolia” organized
by Stefania Mazzoni, University of Florence, with the paper “Bridging the 3rd/2nd
millennium divide: the Afis evidence” (14th March 2008);
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ARCANE project meetings of the TG07 group “Middle Euphrates” at Blaubeuren
(April 2007 and February 2009), Agrigento (May 2008) and Tübingen (November 2010),
as topic coordinator for Art and Glyptic;
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Conference: Haute-Mesopotamie. La crise de 2100 av. J.-C. a-t-elle eu lieu?
Apport des données nouvelles en archéologie et etudes paléoenvironmentales, Lyon, 5th-8th
December 2005, with the paper “Bridging the 3rd/2nd millennium BC divide: the evidence
from Afis and Ebla” (with Stefania Mazzoni);
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Conference: L’ufficio e il documento. I luoghi, i modi, gli strumenti
dell’amministrazione in Egitto e nel Vicino Oriente Antico, University of Pavia, (17th-19th
February 2005), with the paper “Non solo scriba: riflessioni sul legame tra potere e
comunicazione visiva nel periodo accadico”;
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Conference: Iconography and Cylinder Seals (16th-18th October 2002), the
Warburg Institute, London with the paper “Glyptic imagery as intellectual property”;
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Workshop organized by Prof Paolo Matthiae on the activities of the Italian
Archaeological Missions Abroad, Università “La Sapienza” - Roma (19th May 2000), with
a report on the excavations of the Late Chalcolithic and Middle Bronze Age levels at Tell
Afis.
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CONFERENCES
Fourth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East,
Berlin (April 2004), with the paper “EB-MB Afis: a single cultural tradition between two
phases?”;
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Second International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East,
Copenhagen (May 2000) with the paper “On the Scribe’s seal from Tell Brak and other
related matters” and participation into the workshop Landscape and Human Settlement
Along the Orontes Valley During the Fifth Through Third Millennia organized by T.
Harrison and S. Graff, University of Chicago;
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First International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East a
Roma, (May 1998) with the paper “Middle Uruk Pottery from Area HS1, Tell Brak.
Aspects of Cultural Continuity and Change”.
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WORKSHOPS and MEETINGS ORGANIZED
International Workshop “How to Cope with Death: Mourning and Funerary
Practices in the Ancient Near East”, University of Firenze, 5th - 6th December 2013;
Workshop on the archaeology of ritual, University of Pisa, with an oral
presentation on funerary practices and rituals (12 March 2003);
First meeting of the ARCANE project (“Associated Regional Chronologies for
the Ancient Near East”) at the Department of Historic Sciences of the Ancient World,
University of Pisa (22nd-23rd April 2002);
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Workshop on the 2001 excavation activities of the archaeological expedition at
Tell Afis at the University of Pisa, with an oral presentation on the excavations of area E3
results (22nd February 2002).
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INVITED TALKS AND SEMINARS
“Riflessioni sull'uso del sigillo nel periodo accadico”, at the School of
Specialization in Archaeology (Universities of Trieste, Udine and Ca' Foscari, Venice) in
Aquileia, 20 April 2012;
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“L’immagine del re. Rapporto fra arte e potere nell’Assiria del I millennio a.C.”
at the Gipsoteca, University di Pisa, invited by the Archeoclub d’Italia (30th March 2009);
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“Le pratiche funerarie nella valle dell'Eufrate siriano fra Bronzo Antico e Bronzo
Medio: spunti di riflessione”, at the University of Cà Foscari, Venice, invited by prof. L.
Milano and Dr E. Rova (2nd March 2009);
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“L’esplorazione archeologica in Siria” at the Secondary School “N. Forteguerri”,
Pistoia (February 2003);
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“Some thoughts on Akkadian seals”, Director’s Work in progress Seminar at the
Warburg Institute, London (14th March 2001);
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“Sigilli e amministrazione: così nacque la città” at the Limonaia, Pisa, within the
activities linked to the exhibition “Orizzonti di Siria”, University of Pisa (26 marzo 1999);
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“Alla scoperta della Siria Archeologica”, invited by the Association “Amici dei
Musei di Firenze” (22nd March 1998).
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EXHIBITIONS
Participation into the organization of the exhibition Orizzonti di Siria, University
of Pisa, at the Limonaia, Pisa (20th -28th March 1999);
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Translation into English of the texts of the catalogue of the exhibition Percorrere
le rovine. Lo scavo – il museo - il parco archeologico, organized by the Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Italian Embassy in Syria, University of Pisa, in Damascus, Syria, at the
Cultural Office of the Italian Embassy in Syria, (2nd-31st October 2000);
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Poster «Area E3. La zona artigianale e le fortificazioni della parte ovest
dell'acropoli fra BA e BM» for the photographic exhibition Tell Afis – Vent’anni di scavi in
Siria, L’attività delle Università di Bologna, Pisa e Roma “La Sapienza”, at the University
of Bologna, (15th-23rd November 2007).
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FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH CONTRACTS
Research fellowship at the University of Florence (Italy) (one year contract:
March 2012-March 2013);
Research contract with the Italian National Research Council (CNR) for the
project “Virtual Museum of Iraq”, http://www.virtualmuseumiraq.cnr.it/prehome.htm
(rooms Akkad e Ur III), (1st July -31st December 2007);
Six-month fellowship of the Department of Historic Sciences of the Ancient
World, University of Pisa, for the study of the pottery from area E3, Tell Afis, Syria
(September-February 2006-2007);
Six-month fellowship of the OrMe Foundation – Rome (July-December 2005),
for activities related to the archaeological expedition at Tell Afis;
Research fellowship (“assegno di ricerca”) at the Department of Historic
Sciences of the Ancient World, University of Pisa, for pursuing the research started during
the Ph.D. on Funerary Practices in Late Early Bronze/Middle Bronze Age Syria (20012003);
Henri Frankfort Fellowship at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Studies,
London for research on Akkadian scribe’s seals (2001, three months);
One-year fellowship from the University of Padova for attending a post-graduate
course abroad (1994-1995).
GRANTS
The Accademia dei Lincei, Rome/British Academy, London (1997, declined) for
one-month study period in Cambridge;
The John's Memorial Fund of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge (1995),
contribution towards the costs of reading for the M.Phil. degree in Oriental Studies ;
Darwin College, Cambridge Travel Grant to attend the Rencontre Internationale
Assyriologique at Leuven (1995);
Cambridge European Trust, Trinity College, Cambridge (1994), contribution
towards the costs of reading for the M.Phil.degree in Oriental Studies.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
TEACHING CONTRACTS
Yearly contract for the teaching of Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Ca'
Foscari, Venice (2010-2011);
Yearly contract for the teaching of Institutions of Near Eastern Archaeology,
University of Pisa (2010-2011);
Yearly contracts for the teaching of Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Pisa
(2007-2009);
Yearly contracts for the teaching of Near Eastern Archaeology, Campus di Lucca
(University of Pisa), (2006-2011);
Yearly contracts for the teaching of Near Eastern Archaeology, University of
Tuscia - Viterbo (2003-2009);
Short teaching contract (30 hours), TA to Prof. Stefania Mazzoni, (Chair), Near
Eastern Archaeology, University of Pisa (2000-2001).
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate core course of Near Eastern Archaeology (2010-2011) at the
University Ca' Foscari, Venice;
Undergraduate core course of Near Eastern Archaeology (2007-2009; 2010-2011)
at the University of Pisa;
Undergraduate core course of Near Eastern Archaeology (2006-2012), Campus
Lucca – University of Pisa;
Undergraduate core courses of Near Eastern Archaeology (2004-2009),
University of Tuscia – Viterbo;
Graduate lecture courses of Near Eastern Archaeology on the following subjects,
University of Tuscia – Viterbo: 1) pottery production and the archaeology of manufacturing
areas in the Near East (2005-2006); 2) III millennium glyptic: imagery, styles and use of
seals (2006-2007); 3) funerary practices: a theoretical approach and study-cases from III
millennium Northern Syria (2007-2008); 4) kingship in Ancient Mesopotamia: III to II
millennium B.C. (2008-2009);
Undergraduate course on the Archaeology of third millennium Mesopotamia in
connection to the chair of Archaeology and Art History of the Ancient Near East, prof.
Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa, (2000-2001).
SEMINARS
University of Pisa:
“Kilns and pottery production areas of the Ancient Near East” for postgraduate
and Ph.D. students, 12 and 14th April 2005;
“Meaning and use of images in third millennium B.C. Mesopotamia within the
study of glyptic” for postgraduate and Ph.D. students, 20th and 21st April 2005.
“Middle Bronze Age Ugarit”, for undergraduate students (March 2003);
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“Third Millennium Mesopotamian Art”, for undergraduate students (December
2002);
“Fourth millennium BC occupation at the site of Tell Brak, Northeastern Syria”,
for undergraduate students (December 1999);
“Middle and Late Uruk pottery”, for undergraduate students (December 1998).
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University of Tuscia – Viterbo:
Urban cultures of Syria and Upper Mesopotamia between the III and the II
millennium BC (April 2003).
EXTERNAL CLASSES
Classes in the Near Eastern section at the Louvre Museum, Paris, for
undergraduate students of the University of Tuscia - Viterbo (January 2006);
Classes in the Near Eastern section at the Vaticani Museums, Museo Barracco
and Museo d’Arte Orientale di Roma for undergraduate students of the Universities of
Tuscia - Viterbo (April 2005-2009) and Pisa (October 2007, 2008);
Classes in the Near Eastern section at the British Museum, London, for
undergraduate students of the University of Pisa (January 2004; January 2009);
Classes at the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, for undergraduate students of
the University of Pisa (January 2003)
Classes on Fieldwork activities in the Near East for undergraduate and
postgraduate students of the University of Damascus, within the exchange program
between the latter University and the University of Pisa (May 2002);
Classes in the Near Eastern section at the Louvre Museum, Paris, for
undergraduate students of the University of Pisa (December 2001).
MA THESES SUPERVISION
University of Tuscia, Viterbo:
- “Le porte urbiche degli insediamenti fortificati del Levante settentrionale nell’età del
Bronzo Medio”, (2011-2012);
- “Luristan, Iran occidentale: l'orizzonte ceramico del Ferro II”, (2010-2011);
- “La statuaria paleosiriana: contesti, iconografie, stile”, (2009-2010);
- “Elementi d’ornamento personale nella Siria del III millennio a.C.: Perle, Pendenti e
Applicazioni”, (2008-2009);
- “Aspetti di continuità e cambiamento nell’arte Mesopotamica nel periodo fra il regno
accadico e la III dinastia di Ur”, (2008-2009);
- “Syrian Bottles: lo studio di una produzione ceramica specializzata del III millennio a.C.”,
(2008-2009);
- “Suoni dal I millennio: la musica negli Stati siro-ittiti”, (2007-2008);
- “Le aree di produzione artigianale nell’area dell’alto Eufrate tra III e II millennio”, (20052006)
BA THESES SUPERVISION
Campus Lucca, University of Pisa:
- “I Fenici in Italia: il caso-studio di Mozia, tra archeologia e turismo”, (2009-2010);
- “La Siria tra archeologia e turismo: un itinerario di visita”, (2008-2009);
- University of Pisa:
- “Sennacherib: ‘Il Palazzo senza eguali’ a Ninive”, (2009-2010);
- “I metalli della piana di Antiochia: il passaggio dal Calcolitico all’Età del Bronzo”, (20082009);
- “L’architettura palaziale assira fra il II e gli inizi del I millennio”, (2008-2009);
“Stele e rilievi rupestri neo-assiri: espressione della regalità nella periferia settentrionale e
occidentale dell’impero”, (2008-2009);
- “La Palestina dell’Età del Ferro tra Ideologia e Archeologia: un riesame della questione”,
(2008-2009).
University of Tuscia, Viterbo:
- “Gli avori del Bronzo Tardo in Siria. Tre casi-studio: Ugarit, Qatna e Tell Fekheriyeh”,
(2009-2010);
- “Il sigillo cilindrico nel periodo Medio Uruk. Caratteri della produzione e sua diffusione”,
(2008-2009);
- “Il tempio di Ištar Kit‰tum a Ishjali: analisi dei materiali archeologici ed epigrafici”,
(2006-2007);
- “L’immagine dei vinti nei rilievi dei palazzi assiri del VII secolo: analisi archeologica e
filologica”, (2006-2007);
- “Le stele di Akkad. Analisi iconografica ed epigrafica”, (2006-2007);
- “I vasi di clorite nel terzo millennio a.C. tra Mesopotamia e Iran”, (2005-2006);
- “Gli intarsi protodinastici di Kish, Mesopotamia: contesti, tematiche e cronologie”, (20052006);
- “Potter’s marks nel Vicino Oriente: alcuni esempi fra IV e III millennio a.C.”, (20052006);
- “Le pratiche funerarie di Tepe Gawra, Mesopotamia Settentrionale, tra V e IV millennio
a.C.”, (2004-2005);
- “L’iconografia del dio lunare Nanna/Sin nel III millennio a.C. in Mesopotamia” , (20042005);
- “I complessi monumentali del III millennio a.C. a Tell Brak, Siria: un caso di dismissione
di aree templari?” (2004-2005).
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JOINT SUPERVISION OF MA THESES
“Gudea di Lagaš (2190-2125 a.C.) Sumer: un sovrano si immortala nella pietra”,
with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2008-2009);
“Iconografia e stile: sigilli e impronte di Siria fra Bronzo Medio e Bronzo Tardo”,
with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of Florence (2008-2009);
“L’iconografia della cosiddetta “Dea/Donna che si svela” nella glittica del kārum
Kaniš”, with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2008-2009);
“Il re nell’arte figurativa mesopotamica del III millennio”, with prof Stefania
Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2008-2009);
“Gli edifici cultuali dell’Età del Ferro nel Vicino Oriente”, with prof Stefania
Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2007-2008);
“Architetture sacre nella glittica minoica e micenea”, with dr Isabella Morabito,
University of Tuscia, Viterbo (2007-2008);
“Le necropoli fenicie del Sulcis e del Campidano”, with prof Sandro Filippo
Bondì, University of Tuscia, Viterbo (2004-2005);
“Le pratiche funerarie nella Siria Nord-Occidentale interna durante l’Età del
Bronzo Medio”, with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2004-2005);
“La ceramica scarlatta: diffusione e caratteri della produzione”, with prof
Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2003-2004);
“Le ceramiche micenee in Siria e Palestina”, with prof Giampaolo Graziadio,
University of Tuscia, Viterbo (2003-2004).
“Il dio Šamaš nella documentazione mesopotamica del periodo paleobabilonese
(secondo millennio a.C.)”, with prof Maria Giovanna Biga, University of Tuscia, Viterbo
(2003-2004);
“Le stele di Sulcis con animale passante”, with prof Sandro Filippo Bondì,
University of Tuscia, Viterbo (2003-2004);
“La glittica di Mari: aspetti di originalità tra Siria e Mesopotamia nel III
millennio a.C.”, with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2002-2003);
“Le ceramiche micenee in Palestina nei loro contesti di rinvenimento”, with prof
Giampaolo Graziadio, University of Tuscia, Viterbo (2002-2003);
“Tombe del periodo Intermedio e del Bronzo Medio: un’analisi a confronto”,
with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (1999-2000).
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JOINT SUPERVISION OF BA THESES
“Stele celebrative. Dal periodo neo-hittita al neo-babilonese: excursus storicoartistico”, with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2009-2010);
“La cultura Kerma”, with dr Flora Silvano, (2009-2010);
“La ceramica Ubaid di periodo Calcolitico”, with prof Stefania Mazzoni,
University of Pisa (2008-2009);
“Analisi e catalogo dei reperti rinvenuti nell’indagine di superficie a Tell Jernaz e
Tell Sheikh Fadel”, with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2008-2009);
“Le Tombe rupestri nell’Antico Egitto dalla IV alla XII dinastia”, with dr Flora
Silvano, University of Pisa (2008-2009);
“Le immagini del potere nell’iconografia minoica del periodo neopalaziale”, with
dr Isabella Morabito, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, (2008-2009);
“I pettorali dell’Antico Egitto”, with prof Flora Silvano, University of Pisa (20072008);
“I Tabular Scrapers tra Preistoria e Protostoria: il Jazr e Tell Afis nella tradizione
levantina”, with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2007-2008);
“L’uso del legno nell’architettura della Siria nell’Età del Ferro”, with prof
Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2007-2008);
“Lo sviluppo delle strutture difensive nella Palestina nell’Età del Bronzo”, with
prof Stefania Mazzoni, candidate Monica Fanizza, University of Pisa (2007-2008);
“Eshnunna: la città del II millennio a.C.”, with dr Lucia Mori, University of
Tuscia, Viterbo (2007-2008);
“Catalogo e analisi dei materiali raccolti nelle campagne di ricognizione a Tell
Nuwaz”, with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2006-2007);
“Tell es-Sfine 2, sito preistorico del Jazr”, with prof Stefania Mazzoni,
University of Pisa (2006-2007);
“La ceramica Red Black Burnished”, with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of
Pisa (2006-2007);
“La storia dell’Alta Mesopotamia nel III millennio a.C.”, with prof Maria
Giovanna Biga, University of Tuscia, Viterbo (2005-2006);
“Catalogo e analisi della ceramica raccolta nelle campagne di ricognizione a Tell
Serji”, with prof Stefania Mazzoni, University of Pisa (2005-2006);
“Le pitture parietali di Tell el Dab’a”, with dr Isabella Morabito, University of
Tuscia, Viterbo (2004-2005).
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS
Study for publication of the seal-impressions from the site of Tell Abd, Syria,
excavated by prof Uwe Finkbeiner, Tübingen University;
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External referee for Levant, the international peer-reviewed journal of the Council
for British Research in the Levant (2013-present);
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Study and catalogue of the Near Eastern collection of the Pontifical Biblical
Institute of Rome, held in the Vatican Museums (2011-present);
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Catalogue of Near Eastern seals in the collections of the Archaeological Museum in
Firenze, on behalf of the “Soprintendenza dei Beni Archeologici della Toscana” (20112013);
Participation in the research “Dal concepimento alla morte. Il corpo nel Vicino
Oriente e Mediterraneo preclassici” (2011-2013) under the direction of Dr Marco Bonechi
of the Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltà dell'Egeo e del Vicino Oriente (CNR);
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Topic coordinator for Glyptic and Art History of the RG07 group “Middle
Euphrates” within the ARCANE (Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near
East and the Eastern Mediterranean) project on IIIrd millennium BC chronology
synchronization (http://www.arcane.uni-tuebingen.de), 2006-2011;
Participation in the research directed by Prof. Stefania Mazzoni, within the
research programs, funded by the Ministries of the University and Scientific and
Technologic Research and of the Foreign Affairs, University of Pisa 1994-2006, and
University of Firenze, 2009-2012.
FIELD EXPERIENCE
Excavations at Tell Afis (Syria) under the direction of Prof. Stefania Mazzoni of
the University of Pisa, as site-supervisor, in the years 1994 (Iron Age ceremonial area) and
1997-2006 (Area E3), in charge of the study of the stratigraphy and Early/Middle and
Middle Bronze Age pottery of this area and student training;
Excavations at Harim (Syria) under the direction of Prof. S. Gelichi of the
University of Venice (2000);
Excavations at Tell Brak (Syria) under the direction of Dr Roger Matthews of the
British School of Archeology in Iraq as site-supervisor and registrar in charge of the study
of Middle Uruk pottery (1994 and 1996);
Excavations at Tell Barri (Syria) under the direction of Prof. P.E. Pecorella of the
University of Firenze, as site-supervisor and registrar in charge of the study of the third
millennium pottery (1989-91);
Excavation of a Roman villa at Antella (Firenze) under the direction of Dr L.
Lepore of the University of Firenze (1987);
Excavations at the Etruscan site of Macchia del Monte (Massa Marittima,
Grosseto) under the direction of Prof. G. Camporeale of the University of Firenze in the
years 1986-1988, 1990, along with activities of recording, drawing and conservation of the
materials.
FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Teaching qualification for Art History in secondary schools thorugh competition
based on exam and qualifications in 2001.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
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English: fluent;
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French: medium competence;
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Arabic: colloquial;
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German: reading and basic competence.
Firenze, 18th May 2014