Assoz. Prof. Dott. ric. Nicla De Zorzi, BA MA

T: +43-1-4277-43411

nicla.de.zorzi@univie.ac.at

http://homepage.univie.ac.at/nicla.de.zorzi/

Summer term 2024

140227 SE Philological Seminar - Babylonian prayers and wisdom texts

Winter term 2023

140226 SE Mesopotamian Literature (Reading of Literary Texts) - Introduction to divination in early cultures: the case of Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient China

Summer term 2023

141032 SE Philological Seminar

De Zorzi, N. (Accepted/In press). Ominous Animals: The Construction of Human-Animal Relationship in Babylonian Divination. In Der altorientalische Mensch in seiner Umwelt

De Zorzi, N. (2022). Ancient Mesopotamian Animal Omens: Structure and Patterns of Meaning. Near Eastern Archaeology, 85(4), 270-278. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/722366

De Zorzi, N. (2022). Raving Dogs and Promiscuous Pigs: Rethinking the Representation of Animals in Mesopotamian Animal Omens. In Zoon magikon: Animal et magie dans l’Antiquité et au Moyen Âge (pp. 85-115). Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes. Bibliothèque d’Histoire des Textes http://books.openedition.org/irht/537

De Zorzi, N. (2022). Die Ähnlichkeitsmagie der Babylonier. Der Standard.

De Zorzi, N. (2022). Parallelism and Analogical Thought in Babylonian Poetry: Case Studies from Ludlul bēl nēmeqi, the Babylonian Theodicy, and the Šamaš Hymn. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 112, 367-394. https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.371

De Zorzi, N. (2021). Written on the lungs: the Neo-Assyrian lung model Rm 620 and Ancient Mesopotamian lung divination. Die Welt des Orients, 51(2), 181-220. https://doi.org/10.13109/wdor.2021.51.2.181

De Zorzi, N. (2021). Ancient Mesopotamian divinatory series in the British Museum: New texts and joins. Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 73, 193-209. https://doi.org/10.1086/714660, https://doi.org/https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1405268

De Zorzi, N. (2021). News on Enūma Anu Enlil 47 and its Nuzi forerunner. Kaskal: rivista di storia, ambienti e culture del Vicino Oriente antico, 17, 211-221. https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1188989

De Zorzi, N. (2020). Explanatory texts related to the extispicy series Bārûtu: BM 131658 joins K 10877 (Koch 2005, 412-428 no. 65 ms. B). Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires: NABU, 253-255.

De Zorzi, N. (2020). If a pig carries a reed and enters a man’s house ... Observations on some structuring devices in Babylonian omen lists. https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.230

De Zorzi, N. (2020). Literature as scholarship: some reflections on repetition with variation and the construction of meaning in the Šamaš Hymn 112-117. Kaskal: rivista di storia, ambienti e culture del Vicino Oriente antico, 16, 159-182.

De Zorzi, N. (2019). Rude Remarks not Fit to Smell: Negative Value Judgements Relating to Sensory Perceptions in Ancient Mesopotamia. In A. Schellenberg, & T. Krüger (Eds.), Sounding Profiles in the Ancient Near East (Vol. 25, pp. 217-252). Society of Biblical Literature.

De Zorzi, N. (2019). L’eroe e l’effeminato: osservazioni sul corpo ideale, il corpo normale e il corpo disabile nell’antica Mesopotamia. In S. Crippa (Ed.), Corpi e saperi: riflessioni sulla trasmissione della conoscenza (pp. 25-52). Pendragon. https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1405162

De Zorzi, N. (2019). Review of U. Koch, Mesopotamian Divination Texts: Conversing with the Gods. Orientalistische Literaturzeitung : Zeitschrift für die Wissenschaft vom ganzen Orient und seinen Beziehungen zu den angrenzenden Kulturkreisen, 114(3), 204-207.

De Zorzi, N., & Jursa, M. (2017). A new suggestion for the crux in the Akkadian version of the Hittite treaty CTH 41 §52. Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires: NABU, 2017/2/45, 79-80.

De Zorzi, N. (2017). Another Teratomantic Tablet from Tigunānum. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 11-18.

De Zorzi, N. (2017). Teratomancy at Tigunanum: Structure, Hermeneutics, and Weltanschauung of a Northern Mesopotamian Omen Corpus. Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 69, 125-150.

De Zorzi, N., Coró, P., Devecchi, E., & Maiocchi, M. (Eds.) (2016). Libiamo ne' lieti calici: Ancient Near Eastern Studies Presented to Lucio Milano on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday by Pupils, Colleagues and Friends. Ugarit-Verlag. Alter Orient und Altes Testament Vol. 436

De Zorzi, N. (2016). Of Pigs and Workers: a Note on Lugal-e and a Late Babylonian Commentary on Šumma ālu 49. Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires: NABU, 2016(3), 131-134. [79].

De Zorzi, N. (2016). The Death of Utu-hegal and other historical omens. Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 129-151.

Nicla De Zorzi

Professor, Academic third-party funded project staff

Department of Near Eastern Studies
Department of Near Eastern Studies

Postal address:

Austria

Research Interests

Ancient Near Eastern studies, in particular Babylonian literatur, religion and the history of mentalities

Curriculum vitae

Apr 2009 - Feb 2012 University Assistant, Department of Near Eastern Studies of the University of Vienna

Jan 2014 - Sep 2018 University Assistant, Department of Near Eastern Studies of the University of Vienna

Okt 2018 - Nov 2020 Assistant Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies of the University of Vienna

Dez 2020 - Associated Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies of the University of Vienna

May 2022 - Guest Professor at the University of Florence

Awards

2007–2010 Full PhD scholarship gained through a competitive examination process (36 months), Doctoral School in Humanities, section of Ancient History and Archeology (XXIII), Ca’ Foscari University, Venice

2012–2015 Marie Curie Fellowship (24 months), M4HUMAN “Mobility for experienced researchers in historical humanities including Islamic studies,” MC-COFUND, Gerda Henkel Foundation and European Commission (FP7), Destination: Institute of Assyriology and Hittitology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich. Project’s title: “Mesopotamian Lung Omens: the Chapter šumma hašû of the Extispicy Series bārûtu”

2012 Research award granted by Ca’ Foscari University Venice

2017 FWF Stand Alone Grant for the project “Bestiarium Mesopotamicum: Animal Omens in Ancient Mesopotamia” (370,826.75 EUR)

2018 ERC Starting Grant for the project “Repetition, parallelism and creativity: an inquiry into the construction of meaning in Ancient Mesopotamian literature and erudition” (REPAC; SH6) (1,494,198 EUR)

2018 Italian National Scientific Habilitation for the role of Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (10/N1) granted by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (D.D. 1532/2016; 22.08.2018 to 22.08.2024).

2019 Member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)