Open Access Oriental Institute Miscellaneous Publications

• Islamic Bindings & Bookmaking

  A Catalogue of an Exhibition in the Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, May 18-August 18, 1981. By Gulnar Bosch, John Carswell, and Guy Petherbridge. Originally published in 1981. 

• The Babylonian Genesis: The Story of Creation

  By Alexander Heidel. Originally published in 1951. 

• The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels.

  By Alexander Heidel. Originally published in 1949.

• Egypt through the Stereoscope: A Journey through the Land of the Pharaohs.

  By James Henry Breasted. Originally published in 1908. Electronic publication in 2010. 

• Pioneer to the Past: The Story of James Henry Breasted, Archaeologist, Told by His Son Charles Breasted.

  By Charles Breasted. Reprint of the Charles Scribner's Sons 1943 Edition with New Foreword and Photographs. Published in 2009. 

• An Adventure of Great Dimension: The Launching of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary.

  Erica Reiner. Originally published in 2002. 

• Letters from Egypt and Iraq, 1954.

  Margaret Bell Cameron. Originally published in 2001. 

• Changing Watercourses in Babylonia: Towards a Reconstruction of the Ancient Environment in Lower Mesopotamia Volume 1.

  Hermann Gasche and Michel Tanret, editors. Originally published in 1998.

• Dating the Fall of Babylon: A Reappraisal of Second-Millennium Chronology.

  J. A. Armstrong, S. W. Cole, and V. G. Gurzadyan. Originally published in 1998.

• Ayla: Art and Industry in the Islamic Port of Aqaba.

  D. Whitcomb. 1994.

• Letters from Turkey, 1939-1946.

  G. Maynard. 1994.

• Uch Tepe II: Technical Reports.

  McG. Gibson, ed. 1990.

• The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute: Introduction and Guide.

  The Oriental Institute. Originally published in 1990.

• Aqaba: "Port of Palestine on the China Sea."

  D. Whitcomb. 1988.

• Egyptology at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

  The Oriental Institute. Originally published in 1983. 

• Feasts for Pharaohs & Kings: A Cookbook by the Oriental Institute Museum, The University of Chicago.

  Edited and compiled by Anne S. Blomstrom. Originally published in 1983.

• Quseir al-Qadim 1980: Preliminary Report.

  By Donald S. Whitcomb and Janet H. Johnson. Originally published in 1982. 

• A Guide to the Oriental Institute Museum.
Written by Leon Marfoe, edited by Peter T. Daniels and Valerie M. Fargo. Originally published in 1982. 

• Uch Tepe I: Tell Razuk, Tell Ahmed Al-Mughir, Tell Ajamat.

  McG. Gibson, ed. 1981.

• Heartland of Cities: Surveys of Ancient Settlement and Land Use on the Central Floodplain of the Euphrates.

  Robert McC. Adams. Originally published in 1981.

• United with Eternity: A Concise Guide to the Monuments of Medinet Habu.

  William J. Murnane. Originally published in 1980. 

• Prehistoric Research in Southeastern Anatolia -- Guneydogu Anadolu Tarihoncesi Arastirmalari.

  Halet Cambel and Robert J. Braidwood. Originally published in 1980.

• Remembrances of the Near East: The Photographs of Bonfils, 1867-1907.

  The Bonfils Firm.. Originally published in 1980.

• Quseir Al-Qadim 1978: Preliminary Report.

  D. S. Whitcomb and J. H. Johnson. 1979.

• Ancient Textiles from Nubia: Meroitic, X-Group, and Christian Fabrics from Ballana and Qustul.

  Christa C. Mayer Thurman and Bruce Williams. Originally published in 1979.

• Early Hydraulic Civilization in Egypt: A Study in Cultural Ecology.

  Karl W. Butzer. Originally published in 1976.

• Old Babylonian Contracts From Nippur: Selected Texts From the University Museum University of Pennsylvania.

  Catalogue by Elizabeth C. Stone. Photos by Paul E. Zimansky. Originally published in 1976.

• John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Centenary Exhibition: A Productive Collaboration 1919–1935.

  Originally published in 1974.

• The Uruk Countryside: The Natural Setting of Urban Societies.

  Robert McC. Adams and Hans J. Nissen. 1972.

• Letters From Mesopotamia: Official, Business, and Private Letters on Clay Tablets from Two Millennia.

  A. Leo Oppenheim. Originally published in 1967.

• Most Ancient Egypt.

  William C. Hayes. Originally published in 1965. 

• Land Behind Baghdad: A History of Settlement on the Diyala Plains.

  Robert McC. Adams. Originally published in 1965.

• Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization.

  A. Leo Oppenheim. Revised edition completed by Erica Reiner. Originally published in 1964; revised edition in 1977.

• Signs and Wonders upon Pharaoh: A History of American Egyptology.

  John A. Wilson. Originally published in 1964. 

• Land Behind Baghdad: A History of Settlement on the Diyala Plains.

  Robert McC. Adams. Originally published in 1965.

• Studies Presented to A. Leo Oppenheim, June 7, 1964.

  R. D. Biggs and J. A. Brinkman, editors. Originally published in 1964.

• Most Ancient Verse.

  Selected and translated by Thorkild Jacobsen and John A. Wilson. Originally published in 1963.

• The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character.

  Samuel Noah Kramer. Originally published in 1963.

• City Invincible: A Symposium on Urbanization and Cultural Development in the Ancient Near East Held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, December 4-7, 1958.

  Edited by Carl H. Kraeling & Robert McC. Adams. Originally published in 1960.

• The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Volume IV: The Second Hypostyle Hall.

  Copied by Amice M. Calverley, with the assistance of Myrtle F. Broome, and edited by Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1958.

• When Egypt Ruled the East.

  By George Steindorff and Keith C. Seele. Revised by Keith C. Seele. Originally published as second edition in 1957. 

• The Culture of Ancient Egypt: An Interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Culture.

  By John A. Wilson. Reprinted in 1956. 

• Standard Operating Procedure for the Assyrian Dictionary.

  I. J. Gelb. Originally published in 1954.

• Third Century Iran: Sapor and Kartir.

  Martin Sprengling. Originally published in 1953.

• Medieval Islam: A Study in Cultural Orientation.

  Gustave E. von Grunebaum. Originally published in 1953.

• A Study of Writing.

  I. J. Gelb. Originally published in 1952.

• The Burden of Egypt: An Interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Culture.

  By John A. Wilson. Originally published in 1951. 

• Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature.

  By Henri Frankfort. Originally published in 1948. 

• History of the Persian Empire.

  Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead. Originally published in 1948.

• The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man: An Essay on Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East.

  Henri Frankfort, H. A. Frankfort, John A. Wilson, Thorkild Jacobsen, and William A. Irwin. Originally published in 1946.

• Two Queens of Baghdad: Mother and Wife of Harun al-Rashid.

  Nabia Abbott. Originally published in 1946.

• The Problem of Ezekiel: An Inductive Study.

  William A. Irwin. Originally published in 1943.

• Aishah: The Beloved of Mohammed.

  Nabia Abbott. Originally published in 1942.

• The Rayy Expedition.

  Erich F. Schmidt. Originally published in 1942.

• The Expedition to Luristan.

  Erich F. Schmidt. Originally published in 1941.

• The Persepolis Expedition.

  Erich F. Schmidt. Originally published in 1941.

• Flights Over Ancient Cities of Iran.

  Erich F. Schmidt. 1940.

• A Political History of Parthia.

  Neilson C. Debevoise. Originally published in 1938.

• The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Volume III: The Osiris Complex.

  Copied by Amice M. Calverley, with the assistance of Myrtle F. Broome, and edited by Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1938.

• The History of Early Iran.

  George G. Cameron. Originally published in 1938.

• They Wrote on Clay: The Babylonian Tablets Speak Today.

  By Edward Chiera. Edited by George G. Cameron. Originally published in 1938.

• Syrian Expedition: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. The Oriental Institute.

  Originally published in 1937.

• Ancient Egyptian Paintings Selected, Copied, and Described. Volume III: Descriptive Text.

  By Nina M. Davies with the Editorial Assistance of Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1936.

• Ancient Egyptian Paintings Selected, Copied, and Described. Volume II: Descriptive Text.

  By Nina M. Davies with the Editorial Assistance of Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1936.

• Ancient Egyptian Paintings Selected, Copied, and Described. Volume I: Descriptive Text.

  By Nina M. Davies with the Editorial Assistance of Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1936.

• Service in the Memory of James Henry Breasted.

  Originally published in 1936.

• The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: Fifth Edition.

  Originally published between 1936-1946.

• The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Volume II: The Chapels of Amen-Re', Re'-Harakhti, Ptah, and King Sethos.

  Copied by Amice M. Calverley, with the assistance of Myrtle F. Broome, and edited by Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1935.

• The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: Fourth Edition.

  Originally published in 1935.

• The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Volume I: The Chapels of Osiris, Isis and Horus.

  Copied by Amice M. Calverley, with the assistance of Myrtle F. Broome, and edited by Alan H. Gardiner. Originally published in 1933.

• The Oriental Institute.

  James Henry Breasted. Originally published in 1933.

• The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: Third Edition

  Originally published in 1931.

• The Oriental Institute: General Circular No. 2, 1928.

  Originally published in 1928.

• Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia Volume 2: Historical Records of Assyria From Sargon to the End.

  Daniel David Luckenbill. Originally published in 1927.

• Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia Volume 1: Historical Records of Assyria From the Earliest Times to Sargon.

  Daniel David Luckenbill. Originally published in 1926.

• The Oriental Institute: General Circular No. 1, 1926.

  Originally published in 1926.

• History of Assyria.

  Albert T. Olmstead. Originally published in 1923.