Dr. Matthias Adelhofer, BA MA

T: +43-1-4277-43452

matthias.adelhofer@univie.ac.at

Consultation hours: Wednesdays 10:30-11:00

Discipline: Ancient Near Eastern Philology and Near Eastern Archaeology

Summer term 2025

141032 SE Philological Seminar

Winter term 2024

141049 VO STEOP: Introduction to Babylonian I

Adelhofer, M. (2025). Imbedded in Tenacious Earth: The Archives of Atû and Sîn-tabni . Archiv für Orientforschung: internationale Zeitschrift für die Wissenschaft vom Vorderen Orient, 56, 185-227.

Adelhofer, M. (2024). Introduction to the Near East Ancient Origins. In The Ancient Near East: Ancient Origins (pp. 18-45). Flame Tree Publishing.

Adelhofer, M. (2024). Invoking Relations in Old Assyrian and Old Babylonian Letters: The Rhetoric of Aḫī Atta, Abī Atta etc. In F. Kulakoğlu, & C. Michel (Eds.), Kültepe at the Crossroads between Disciplines: Society, Settlement and Environment from the Fourth to the First Millennium BC Brepols.

Adelhofer, M. (2022). Review of Kulakoğlu, Fikri & Michel, Cécile & Öztürk, Güzel (eds.): Integrative Approaches to the Archaeology and History of Kültepe-Kaneš. Kültepe, 4–7 August 2017 (KIM 3, SUBARTU 45). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 112.

Adelhofer, M. (2020). On the Old Assyrian Letter Heading: Playing with Social Hierarchy for Rhetorical Effect. CHATREŠŠAR, (2), 5-18. https://chatressar.ff.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/89/2022/01/Matthias_Adelhofer_5-18.pdf

Adelhofer, M. (2020). Review of Karlsson, M. (ed.): The Rod and Measuring Rope. Festschrift for Olof Pedersén. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 110, 415-417.

Adelhofer, M. (2016). Tamītu ‘oath’ and uˀiltu ša tamīti ‘oath summons’ in Uruk. Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires: NABU, (3), 130-131. Article 78.

Matthias Adelhofer

Non-academic staff, Academic third-party funded project staff

Department of Near Eastern Studies
Department of Near Eastern Studies

Employment

Predoc

Department of Near Eastern Studies

University of Vienna

Wien, Austria

1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2023

Independent contractor/trainee

Department of Near Eastern Studies

University of Vienna

Wien, Austria

5 Dec 2013 → 7 Nov 2018

Academic third-party funded project staff

Department of Near Eastern Studies

University of Vienna

Wien, Austria

1 May 2016 → present

Non-academic staff

Department of Near Eastern Studies

University of Vienna

Wien, Austria

15 May 2023 → present

External lecturer

Department of Near Eastern Studies

University of Vienna

Wien, Austria

1 Mar 2021 → 31 Aug 2025

Publications

Imbedded in Tenacious Earth: The Archives of Atû and Sîn-tabni

Adelhofer, M., 2025, In: Archiv für Orientforschung: internationale Zeitschrift für die Wissenschaft vom Vorderen Orient. 56, p. 185-227

Introduction to the Near East Ancient Origins

Adelhofer, M., Jun 2024, The Ancient Near East: Ancient Origins. London: Flame Tree Publishing, p. 18-45 27 p. ( Flame Tree Collector's Editions ).

Invoking Relations in Old Assyrian and Old Babylonian Letters: The Rhetoric of Aḫī Atta, Abī Atta etc.

Adelhofer, M., 2024, Kültepe at the Crossroads between Disciplines: Society, Settlement and Environment from the Fourth to the First Millennium BC. Kulakoğlu, F. & Michel, C. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols, (Subartu, Vol. 51).

Review of Kulakoğlu, Fikri & Michel, Cécile & Öztürk, Güzel (eds.): Integrative Approaches to the Archaeology and History of Kültepe-Kaneš. Kültepe, 4–7 August 2017 (KIM 3, SUBARTU 45)

Adelhofer, M., 2022, In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 112

On the Old Assyrian Letter Heading: Playing with Social Hierarchy for Rhetorical Effect

Adelhofer, M., 2020, In: CHATREŠŠAR. 2, p. 5-18 14 p.

Review of Karlsson, M. (ed.): The Rod and Measuring Rope. Festschrift for Olof Pedersén

Adelhofer, M., 2020, Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 110, p. 415-417.

Tamītu ‘oath’ and uˀiltu ša tamīti ‘oath summons’ in Uruk

Adelhofer, M., 2016, In: Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires: NABU. 3, p. 130-131 2 p., 78.