Registers and modes of communication in the ancient Near East : getting the message across / edited by Kyle H. Keimer and Gillan Davis.

Communicating in the past; connecting with the past / Gillan Davis and Kyle H. Keimer
Part I. Imperial and court communications
Introduction to part I
The disappearance of cuneiform from the West and elites in the ancient near east / Noel Weeks
Contrasting representations and the Egypto-Hittite treaty / Samuel Jackson
Text and context: the question of audience for Sennacherib's 'Public' inscriptions / Luis R. Siddall
Communication and miscommunication in the Southern sky: the Case of Scorpio and the Southern Cross in cuneiform / Wayne Horowitz
Imperialism and language: observations on bilingual inscriptions from Palmyra / Samuel N.C. Lieu
Part II. Community communications
Introduction to Part II
"Guard it on your tongue!": the Second Rubric in the Deir Alla Plaster texts as an instruction for the oral performance of the narrative / Gareth Wearne
Juxtaposition and narrative evaluation in Joshua 1-2 / Rachelle Gilmour
Literature as flexible communication: variety in Hebrew Biblical texts / Ian Young
The use of paleo-Hebraic script on Jewish revolt coins: a semiotic focus / Rachel Mansfield, Benjamin Overcash, and Stephen Llewelyn
Part III. Communications between families and individuals
Introduction to Part III.
From Dragomans to Babel: the role of interpreters in the ancient near East in the 1st millennium B.C.E. / Peter Zilberg
Sex, lies and beautiful eyes: divine communication and premarital relations in Sumerian poetry / Louise M. Pryke
Communication within a dysfunctional family in late antique Egypt / Alanna Nobbs.