A. Ancient Near East I: AOS/NACAL: Linguistics. John Huehnergard, Harvard University, Chair (2:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.)

In Memory of Carleton Hodge

11.

Charles Yim-tze Kwong, Lingnan University

Man and Religious Nature in Ancient Chinese Poetry

C. Inner Asia. Denis Sinor, Indiana University, Chair

12.

Denis Sinor, Indiana University

Women in Medieval Inner Asia

13.

Ruth I. Meserve, Indiana University

Punishments for Livestock Theft in Inner Asia

14.

Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, Frei Universität Berlin

Russia and the Nogays in the 18^th Century: Documents from the Arkhiv Vneshney Politiki Rossiyskoy Imperii in Moscow

D. Islam I: Literature and Linguistics. Everett K. Rowson, University of Pennsylvania, Chair (1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.)

15.

Majd Y. Al-Mallah, Indiana University

Panegyric Poetry and Court Ceremonial: al-Mutanabb¯i's "Victory Ode''

16.

Elizabeth M. Bergman, College of William and Mary

Metrics by the Meter in Ibn al-H¯ajib and al-Khazraj¯i

(Break )

17.

Nitza Maoz, Kaye College of Education, Beer-Sheva, and Levinski College of Education, Tel Aviv

The Emergence of a System of Arabic Books for Children, 1826-1918, and Its Role in Building the Child Image

18.

John C. Eisele, College of William and Mary

Mistaking the Map for the Territory: Representations of Arabic in Arab grammatical and modern linguistic traditions

E. South and Southeast Asia I: Literature and Religion. Madhav M. Deshpande, University of Michigan, Chair (1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.)

19.

Signe Cohen, University of Pennsylvania

The Katha Upanisad Reconsidered

20.

Natalie Gummer, Harvard University

Potent language: Translating the Heart S¯utra

21.

Maria Hibbets, Harvard University

Altruism, Violence, and Generosity: Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain reflections on the gift of fearlessness (abhayad¯ana )

22.

Peter M. Scharf, Brown University

Variations in the Story of R¯ama in Sanskrit

(Break )

23.

Jerome H. Bauer, University of Pennsylvania

The Origin of the Harivam\'sa Lineage

24.

George Thompson, Monserrat College of Art

On the Language of the Da¯euuas

25.

P. Oktor Skjærvø, Harvard University

G¯athic Entanglements

26.

Rahim Shayegan, Harvard University

The Kayaanian Cycle and History

6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Cocktail Party for Members and Guests. Harbor Gallery

6:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Sunday Evening Sectional Meeting

Ancient Near East II: Religion, Science, Law and Society. Robert D. Biggs, University of Chicago, Chair (6:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.)

27.

Paul-Alain Beaulieu, Harvard University

Babylonian Uranography

28.

Francesca Rochberg, University of California, Riverside

On Prediction in Babylonian Science: The Case of celestial divination

29.

John M. Steele, Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology

Eclipse Prediction in Late Babylonian Astronomical Texts

30.

Ktziah Spanier, New York University

Aspects of Feminine Authority: The ana abb¯uti Texts from Nuzi

31.

Raymond Westbrook, Johns Hopkins University

Hard Times: CT 45 37

(Break )

32.

Peggy J. Boden, Institute for Minnesota Archaeology

"If the workmanship of that god is not suitable for repair... you send it to Ea''

33.

Timothy J. Collins, University of Chicago

Theurgical Elements in Babylonian Medical Incantations

34.

Anne Marie Kitz, Kenrick School of Theology

Divination in Ancient Near Eastern Religion

35.

Jack M. Sasson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ancestors Divine

36.

James Evans, United Technologies (by title only)

Cycle Theory in Ancient Literature

8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon. Morning Registration Harbor Room II

8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon & 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Book Exhibit Harbor Room II

8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Breakfast for Graduate Students and Recent Ph.D.'s

9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Monday Morning Sectional Meetings

A. Ancient Near East III: Archaeology I: Textiles, Gender, and Early States: The Archaeology of Near Eastern Specialized Pastoralism. Glenn M. Schwartz, Johns Hopkins University, Chair (9:30 a.m.-12:00 noon.)

37.

Patricia Wattenmaker, University of Virginia

Specialized Economies of Ancient Mesopotamia: Herders, Farmers and Artisans

38.

Melinda Zeder, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

The Role of Pastoralism in Developing Specialized Urban Economies in the Ancient Near East

39.

Anne Porter and Thomas L. McClellan, Independent Scholars

Funerary Practices and Pastoralism at Third Millennium Tell Banat

(Break )

40.

Michael D. Danti and Richard L. Zettler, University of Pennsylvania

Pastoralism and the Evolution of the Tell es-Sweyhat (Syria) Settlement System in the Third Millennium bc

41.

Christine K. Kimbrough, New York University

Spinning a Yarn: Textile production in third millennium bce northern Mesopotamia

42.

Piotr Michalowski, University of Michigan

Pastoralism and Ethnicity: the Urban perspective

B. East Asia II: East Asian Literature and History. Robert Joe Cutter, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chair

43.

Paul W. Kroll, University of Colorado

Forgotten Poets of the T'ang Dynasty, III: Liu Shen-hsü

44.

Michael R. Drompp, Rhodes College

The T'ang Debate on the Settlement of the Türks

45.

Jonathan Pease, Portland State University

Why Couldn't Prime Minister Wang Ride through the Palace Gate?

C. Islam II: Law. David S. Powers, Cornell University, Chair (9:30 a.m.-12:30 noon)

46.

Joseph E. Lowry, University of Pennsylvania

Ijm¯a` in Sh¯afi`¯i's Ris¯ala

47.

Susan Spectorsky, Queens College

What Kind of Jurist Was Ibn Rahwayh?

48.

Devin Stewart, Emory University

Notes on the Early History of the U¯sul al-Fiqh Genre

49.

M. G. Carter, Oslo University

Legal Reasoning in Tenth-Century Grammar-A Missing Link

D. South and Southeast Asia II: Linguistics and Philology. P. Oktor Skjærvø, Harvard University, Chair

50.

Norman Zide, University of Chicago

The Tense/aspect Systems in the Gta? (South Munda) Language

51.

Gregory D. S. Anderson, University of Chicago

A New Classification of the Munda Languages: Evidence from the verb

52.

Kengo Harimoto, University of Pennsylvania

On the Manuscripts of the P¯atañjalayoga\'s¯atravivarana

(Break )

53.

Masato Kobayashi, University of Pennsylvania

Deocclusion of Sanskrit dh after Front Vowels

54.

Madhav M. Deshpande, University of Michigan

Fluidity of Early Grammatical Categories in Sanskrit

55.

Joshua T. Katz, Princeton University

How the Mole Got His Name

56.

Richard Salomon, University of Washington

A Fragment of a Sanskrit Manuscript in Kharosth¯i Script Found in Xinjiang

1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Afternoon Registration Harbor Room II

1:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday Afternoon Sectional Meetings

A. Ancient Near East IV: History I. Mark Chavalas, University of Wisconsin, Chair (1:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m.)

57.

Judy Bjorkman, Independent Scholar

Writing and the Crafts: The `Great Smith' ( simug.gal)

58.

Glenn R. Magid, Harvard University

Quantitative Reflections on the `Temple-State'

59.

Atsuko Hattori, University of Pennsylvania

A Textile Archive from Ur III Nippur

60.

Tonia Sharlach, Harvard University

The Bala of the Province of Lagash in Ur III Times

61.

William W. Hallo, Yale University

Carcasses for the Capital

B. Ancient Near East V: History and Archaeology II. Peter B. Machinist, Harvard University, Chair (3:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.)

62.

John M. Russell, Massachusetts College of Art

A Remarkable House at Til Barsip

63.

Clemens Daniel Reichel, University of Chicago

The `Seal of the Ruler' at Eshnunna (Tell Asmar)

64.

Samuel M. Paley, State University of New York at Buffalo

The Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal at Nimrud. A Multimedia interactive publication project.

65.

Grant Frame, University of Toronto

The Rock Relief at Tang-i Var

(Break )

66.

K. R. Veenhof, Leiden University, The Netherlands

The Archive of the Old Assyrian Trader Elamma

67.

Gary Beckman, University of Michigan

Matriarchy in Hatti?

68.

Daniel A. Nevez, University of Chicago

Seal Ownership and Use in the Kassite Period

69.

Matthew W. Stolper, University of Chicago

Lèse Majesté

70.

Daniel E. Fleming, New York University

On the Yaminites and the Sim'alites at Mari

71.

Peter Feinman, Columbia University (by title only)

The Kings of the East in Genesis 14: Chedorlaomer of Elam as Attila the Hun

C. Islam III: History I. Jonathan Rodgers, University of Michigan, Chair (2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.)

72.

Patricia Crone, Institute for Advanced Study

Tracing the Emergence of Im¯am¯i Sh¯i`ism

73.

Paul E. Walker, University of Chicago

The Relationship between Chief Judge (Q¯ad¯i al-Qud¯at ) and Chief Religious Propagandist ( D¯a`¯i al-Du`¯at ) under the Fatimids

74.

Maya Shatzmiller, University of Western Ontario

Society at War: Women and property in fifteenth-century Granada before and after the Conquest

75.

Alan M. Guenther, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University

D¯ar al-Harb or D¯ar al-Isl¯am : The Controversy regarding the British presence in India, 1870-72

D. Islam IV: History II: In Memory of David Ayalon. William M. Brinner, University of Claifornia, Berkeley, Chair (4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.)

76.

William M. Brinner, University of California, Berkeley

Remarks and Reminiscences on David Ayalon

77.

Jacob Lassner, Northwestern University

More Reflections on the Reign of al-Mutawakkil

78.

Reuven Amitai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Conversion of the Ilkhan Tegüder to Islam

79.

Rudi Lindner, University of Michigan

Ottomans as Mamluks

E. South and Southeast Asia III: History. Richard Salomon, University of Washington, Chair

80.

James L. Fitzgerald, University of Tennessee

p¯ita and \'saikya : Two terms of iron and steel technology in the Mah¯abh¯arata

81.

Theodore Proferes, Harvard University

The Mah¯abh¯arata Citations in Early Landgrants

82.

Stella Sandahl, University of Toronto

The M¯anasoll¯asa by Some\'svara III: An Encyclopedia of social history

(Break )

83.

David Pingree, Brown University

The Amrtalahar¯i of Nity¯ananda

84.

Christopher Minkowski, Cornell University

The Uses of Inconsistency

Addendum: Report on some unknown Johns Hopkins University Sanskrit manuscripts

85.

Donald R. Davis, Jr., University of Texas, Austin

The Formation and Reformation of Law in Early British Malabar: Remarks on words for "law'' in the Tellicherry records

86.

Bruce C. Robertson, Johns Hopkins University and St. Marys Seminary and University

Comparison of a Brahmo Bengali and a Christian Hindi Translation of the Luke and Matthew Versions of "The Beatitudes''

6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Reception and Exhibits for Members and Guests at the George Peabody Library: "Orientalist Treasures from the Johns Hopkins Collections" at the George Peabody Library (17 E. Mount Vernon Place) and the Asian Collection of the Walters Art Gallery (on Charles St., across from the Peabody) (Sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Walters Art Gallery, Johns Hopkins University) Transportation provided.

8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon. Morning Registration Harbor Room II

8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon & 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Book Exhibit Harbor Room II

9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Plenary Session: Crime. James Bellamy, University of Michigan, Chair

87.

Martha Roth, University of Chicago

Crime and punishment (Ancient Near East)

88.

Carl F. Petry, Northwestern University

Crime and Punishment? The Prosecution of criminal acts in the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt (Islamic Near East)

89.

Ludo Rocher, University of Pennsylvania

"I am surprised that there is so little crime in India'' (Megasthenes) (South & Southeast Asia)

90.

Stephen H. West, University of California, Berkeley

Crime and the Commoner: The Web of the law, the web of relations (East Asia)

11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Business Meeting

2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Tuesday Afternoon Sectional Meetings

A. Ancient Near East VI: Egypt in the Ancient Near East. Betsy Bryan, Johns Hopkins University, Chair (2:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.)

91.

Marian Feldman, University of California, Berkeley

Transcending Regionalism: The Iconography of kingship in Egypt and the Near East during the Late Bronze Age

92.

Leo Depuydt, Brown University

Did Taharqa Kill Shabataka?

93.

Richard Jasnow, Johns Hopkins University

Egyptological Remarks on P. Amherst 63

94.

Christine Lilyquist, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Egypt's Material Culture Abroad

(Break )

95.

Mu-chou Poo, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

The Demonization of Foreigners: A Comparative view

96.

Carolyn R. Higginbotham, Muskingum College

Elite Emulation in Ramesside Palestine

97.

Ogden Goelet, Jr., Independent Scholar

Elmar Edel's Vertrag : More on the treaty between Ramesses II and Hattuili III: The Egyptian language version

98.

Baruch A. Levine, New York University

Elmar Edel's Vertrag : More on the Treaty between Ramesses II and Hattuili III: The Akkadian language version

B. Islam V: Religion, Philosophy, Medicine. A. Kevin Reinhart, Dartmouth College, Chair (2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.)

99.

Irfan A. Shahid, Georgetown University

Al-Nasr¯aniyy¯at

100.

Sidney H. Griffith, The Catholic University of America

Greek Theology, Arabic Culture: The `Other' Translation Movement in the Early Abbasid Period

101.

Brian M. Hauglid, Brigham Young University

A Study of the Creation Narrative in the Qisas al-anbiy¯a' of al-Tha`lab¯i

102.

Jon McGinnis, University of Pennsylvania

Ibn Sînâ and the Paradox of the Changing Now

(Break )

103.

Jawid A. Mojaddedi, Institute for Advanced Study

Legitimizing Authority in Sufism: The Biographies in al-Qushayr¯i's Ris¯ala

104.

Timothy J. Gianotti, Pennsylvania State University

Making Sense of the Heretic and the Saint in al-Ghaz¯al¯i's Ihy¯a'

105.

John A. C. Greppin, Cleveland State University

Two Armenian Pharmaceutical Dictionaries

C. South and Southeast Asia IV: Philosophy. Joel Brereton, University of Missouri, Chair

106.

John Taber, University of New Mexico

Kum¯arila and Dharmak¯irti, Once again

107.

Jeson Woo, University of Pennsylvania

Oneness and Manyness: Ratnak¯irti and V¯acaspatimi\'sra on an aspect of causality

108.

Frederick M. Smith, University of Iowa

The Hierarchy of Philosophical Systems according to Vallabh¯ac¯arya

109.

Priyawat Kuanpoonpol, Harvard University

Utpaladeva on Memory: An Argument for the validity of memory from private experiences and public rationality

(Break )

110.

Patrick Olivelle, University of Texas, Austin

Sanskrit Commentators and the Transmission of Texts: The Example of Haradatta

111.

Alex Wayman, Columbia University

An Evaluation of the Translation Emptiness for the Sanskrit Term \'s¯unyat¯a

112.

Akira Yuyama, Soka University: International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology

Some Philological Problems of the Mah¯avastu-Avad¯ana

113.

Christian K. Wedemeyer, Columbia University

¯Aryadeva's Lamp of Integrated Practice (Cary¯amel¯apakaprad¯ipa) : A Missing link in studies of Indian Guhyasam¯aja literature

3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Book Sale Harbor II

6:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Social Hour (Cash Bar)

7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Annual Subscription Dinner

Presidential Address (Near the Conclusion of the Dinner, at approximately 9:30 p.m.)

Chauncey S. Goodrich, Santa Barbara

Animal Voices from Ancient China

9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Book Sale Continues Harbor II

8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday Morning Sectional Meetings

A. Ancient Near East VII: Literature. Erica Reiner, University of Chicago, Chair (9:00 a.m-12:30 p.m.)

114.

Mary R. Bachvarova, University of Chicago

Successful Birth, Unsuccessful Marriage: Applying Near Eastern birth texts to Aeschylus Suppliants

115.

Walter Bodine, Yale University

YBC 11736: A Literary legal text?

116.

Janice Polonsky, University of Pennsylvania

Fate Determining Ceremonies in the Cylinders of Gudea

117.

Gonzalo Rubio, Johns Hopkins University

Ur III Literary Texts Within the History of Sumerian Literature

118.

Niek Veldhuis, University of Pennsylvania

Sumerian Proverbs in their Curricular Context

(Break )

119.

Philip Jones, University of Pennsylvania

Kingship and the Anunna-Gods in the Old Babylonian Scribal Curriculum

120.

Jorge Silva Castillo, El Colegio de México

The Term isd¯i in the New Fragment of the Gilgamesh Epic

121.

Joan Goodnick Westenholz, University of Chicago

Heroes of Sumer and Akkad

122.

Steve Tinney, University of Pennsylvania

A Set of Elementary Schoolbooks from Larsa?

B. Islam VI: The Qur'¯an. Barbara Stowasser, Georgetown University, Chair (9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon)

123.

Alford Welch, Michigan State University

The Cumulative Schematic Form of S¯urat al-A`r¯af and S¯urat H¯ud

124.

Andrew Rippin, University of Calgary

The Symbolism of Numbers in the Qur'¯an

125.

Leah Kinberg, Tel Aviv University

Qur'¯an and Had¯ith -The Struggle for Supremacy (An Examination of Dreams)

126.

Jane Dammen McAuliffe, University of Toronto

From Censure to Praise: The Transformation of Qu'anic Jadal

127.

Michael Cook, Princeton University

What Do We Know about the Later History of the Qir¯a'a Traditions?

C. South and Southeast Asia V: Vedic Studies. Christopher Minkowski, Cornell University, Chair

128.

Hartmut Scharfe, University of California at Los Angeles

The Sacred Thread of the Brahmins

129.

Edeltraud Harzer Clear, University of Texas, Austin

Reciprocal birth: The case of Aditi Utt¯anapad

130.

Joel Brereton, University of Missouri, Columbia

The Rbhus and the Sacrifice

131.

Rahul Peter Das, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg

Indra and \'Siva/Rudra

(Break )

132.

Arlo Griffith, Leiden University

The Study of the Paippal¯ada Branch of the Atharva Veda (in light of recent fieldwork in Orissa)

133.

Edwin D. Floyd, University of Pittsburg

\'Sravahin the Context of Áks itam: Rig-Veda 9.100.5

134.

Stanley Insler, Yale University

The Structure of the Indra Hymn, RV II 12

135.

Stephanie W. Jamison, Harvard University

`Let a Sleeping Boss Lie': A Sanskrit maxim and its ritual and legal applications