Open Access Monograph Series: Oriental Institute Communications (OIC)

[First posted in AWOL 21 April 2014, updated 5 March 2017]

Oriental Institute Communications (OIC)
ISSN: 0146-678X

•  OIC 31. Barda Balka. Bruce Howe, with Foreword by Yorke M. Rowan. 2014.
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• OIC 30. Bir Umm Fawakhir, Volume 2: Report on the 1996-1997 Survey Seasons. Carol Meyer, with contributions by Lisa Heidorn, Alexandra A. O'Brien, and Clemens Reichel. 2011.
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• OIC 29. Catalog of Demotic Texts in the Brooklyn Museum. George R. Hughes. 2005.
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• OIC 28. Bir Umm Fawakhir Survey Project 1993: A Byzantine Gold-Mining Town in Egypt. C. Meyer, L.A. Heidorn, W.E. Kaegi, and T. Wilfong.
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• OIC 27. The Registry of the Photographic Archives of the Epigraphic Survey, with Plates from Key Plans Showing Locations of Theban Temple Decorations (H. H. Nelson). The Epigraphic Survey. 1995.
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• OIC 26. Publications of the Oriental Institute, 1906-2014: Exploring the History and Civilizations of the Near East. Edited by Thomas G. Urban and Leslie Schramer. 2014.
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• OIC 25. Figurines and Other Clay Objects from Sarab and Cayönü. V. B. Morales. 1990.
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• OIC 24. The American Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus 1973-1980. L. E. Stager and A. M. Walker, eds. 1989.
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• OIC 23. Excavations at Nippur: Twelfth Season. McGuire Gibson, Judith A. Franke, Miguel Civil, Michael L. Bates, Joachim Boessneck, Karl W. Butzer and Ted A. Rathbun, and Elizabeth Frick Mallin. 1978.
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• OIC 22. Excavations at Nippur: Eleventh Season. McG. Gibson, with appendices by M. Civil. J. H. Johnson, and S. A. Kaufman. 1976.
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• OIC 21. The Treasury of Persepolis and Other Discoveries in the Homeland of the Achaemenians Erich F. Schmidt. 1939.
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• OIC 20. Progress of the Work of the Oriental Institute in Iraq, 1934/35: Fifth Preliminary Report of the Iraq Expedition. Henri Frankfort. 1936.
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• OIC 19. Oriental Institute Discoveries in Iraq, 1933/34: Fourth Preliminary Report of the Iraq Expedition. Henri Frankfort, with a chapter by Thorkild Jacobsen. 1935.
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• OIC 18. Work in Western Thebes, 1931-33. By Harold H. Nelson and Uvo Hölscher with a Chapter by Siegfried Schott. Originally published in 1934.
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• OIC 17. Iraq Excavations of the Oriental Institute 1932/33: Third Preliminary Report of the Iraq Expedition. Henri Frankfort. 1934.
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• OIC 16. Tell Asmar, Khafaje and Khorsabad: Second Preliminary Report of the Iraq Expedition. Henri Frankfort. 1933.
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• OIC 15. Excavations at Ancient Thebes, 1930/31. By Uvo Hölscher. Originally published in 1932.
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• OIC 14. Discoveries in Anatolia, 1930-31. Hans Henning von der Osten. Originally published in 1933.
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• OIC 13. Tell Asmar and Khafaje: The First Season’s Work in Eshnunna 1930/31. Henri Frankfort, Thorkild Jacobsen, and Conrad Preusser. 1932.
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• OIC 12. The Alphabet: Its Rise and Development from the Sinai Inscriptions. By Martin Sprengling. Originally published in 1931.
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• OIC 11. Anatolia Through the Ages: Discoveries at the Alishar Mound 1927-29. Erich F. Schmidt. Originally published in 1931.
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• OIC 10. Medinet Habu Reports – Third Preliminary Report. Part 1. The Epigraphic Survey, 1928-31. By Harold H. Nelson Part 2. The Architectural Survey, 1929/30. By Uvo Hölscher Originally published in 1931.
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• OIC 9. New Light from Armageddon: Second Provisional Report (1927-29) on the Excavations at Megiddo in Palestine.P. L. O. Guy. Originally published in 1931.
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• OIC 8. Explorations in Hittite Asia Minor, 1929. Hans Henning von der Osten. Originally published in 1930.
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• OIC 7. Medinet Habu 1928-29. Part 1: The Architectural Survey. By Uvo Hölscher Part 2: The Language of the Historical Texts Commemorating Ramses III. By John A. Wilson Originally published in 1930. Download Terms of Use
• OIC 6. Explorations in Hittite Asia Minor 1927-28. Hans Henning von der Osten. Originally published in 1929.
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• OIC 5. Medinet Habu 1924-28. Part 1: The Epigraphic Survey of the Great Temple of Medinet Habu (Seasons 1924-25 To 1927-28). By Harold H. Nelson, Part 2: The Architectural Survey of the Great Temple and Palace of Medinet Habu (Season 1927-28). By Uvo Hölscher.
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• OIC 4. The Excavation of Armageddon. By Clarence S. Fisher. Originally published in 1929.
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• OIC 3. First Report of the Prehistoric Survey Expedition. First Report of the Prehistoric Survey Expedition.
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• OIC 2. Explorations in Hittite Asia Minor: A Preliminary Report. H. H. von der Osten. Originally published in 1927.
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• OIC 1. The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: A Beginning and a Program. James Henry Breasted. Originally published in 1922.
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