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/

Sommersemester 2023

141032 SE Philologisches Seminar

Wintersemester 2022

141015 SE Philologisches Seminar zur Akkadistik: Die babylonische Theodizee

Sommersemester 2022

141003 PS Mesopotamische Literatur: Babylonische Literarische Texte - Der Anzu-Mythos

420003 SE Quellen und Quellenkritik in orientalistischen und verwandten Fächern

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 (S. 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 (Hrsg.), Sounding Profiles in the Ancient Near East (Band 25, S. 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 (Hrsg.), Corpi e saperi: riflessioni sulla trasmissione della conoscenza (S. 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. (Hrsg.) (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 Band 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.

De Zorzi, N. (2015). Jupiter Omens: An Addendum to BPO 4. Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires: NABU, 2015(1), 27-29. [24].

Nicla De Zorzi

Institut für Orientalistik
Institut für Orientalistik

Postadresse:

Österreich

Forschungsinteressen

Altorientalistik, insbesondere babylonische Literatur, Religions- und Mentalitätengeschichte

Lebenslauf

Apr 2009 - Feb 2012 Universitätsassistentin, Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien

Jan 2014 - Sep 2018 Universitätsassistentin, Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien

Okt 2018 - Nov 2020 Assistenzprofessorin, Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien

Dez 2020 - Assoz. Prof., Institut für Orientalistik

Preise und Auszeichnungen

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)