Eduardo Torrecilla

· Current Position

2019-2022: Visiting Scholar. Tel Aviv University, Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures.

· Previous Positions

2008: Lecturer in English and Spanish. Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia.

2008-2012: Ph.D. fellow. University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.

2013-2015: Researcher. University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.

2016-2017: Lecturer in History & Geography. Compañía de María, Albacete, Spain.

2017-2018: Post-doctoral fellow. Tel Aviv University, Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures.

2018-2019: Lecturer in Anthropology. Valencian International University, Spain.

· Degrees

B.A. 2007: University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Graduate in Humanities.

M.A. 2014: CEU-San Pablo University, Spain. International Relations.

Ph.D. 2012: University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Assyriology.

· List of Publications

Books

2014. Late Bronze Age Ekalte. Chronology, Society, and Religion of a Middle Euphrates Town. Saarbrücken .

Journal Articles

2012. “Two Remarkable Aspects from Tall Hadidi/Azû”. NABU 2012/3, 65–67.

2015. “A Chronological Link between the Archives from Emar and Ekalte”. Vínculos de Historia 4, 177–194.

Oliva, J.C. (co-author) 2015. “An Appraisal of Ekalte 11 (MBQ-T 65):34 from Tall Munbāqa (Syria)”. ISIMU 13 (‘Fs Liverani’). 9–13.

2017. “Divine Names in the Tall Hadidi/Azû Texts”. KASKAL 14, 1–14.

Cohen, Y. (co-author) 2018. “A Mittani Letter Order from Azu (Had 8) and Its Implications for the Chronology and History of the Middle Euphrates Region in the Late Bronze Age.” RA 112: 149–158.

Cohen, Y. (co-author) 2019. “On the Emar ‘Problem Documents’ and the Practice of (Re)producing Deeds.” AuOr 37: 143–157.

2019. “The Dwellers of Azû: A Study on the Tell Hadidi Society and Chronology”. Altorientalische Forschungen 46, 33–50.

Cohen, Y. (co-author) 2020. “Forging an Empire: The Borders of the Land of Karkemiš According to the Treaty between Šuppiluliuma and Šattiwaza”. Tel Aviv 47, 191–205.

Cohen, Y. (co-author) 2021. “The Campaign against the Suteans and the Project in The Land of Mukiš: A Consideration of Letters RSO 23 28–36, and 39 from the House of Urtenu in Ugarit”. The Israel Oriental Studies Annual Volume 21: 29-49.

2021. “The Toponym ^urua-la-at-ḫa in the Letters RSO 23 28–35 and Elsewhere”. Antiguo Oriente 19: 113-128.

Cohen, Y. (co-author) Forthcoming. “The manahatu and the End of Ugarit”. To appear in BASOR.

Forthcoming. "Reflections on the Qaṭna Letters TT1–5 (I): Hittite Expansionism and the Syrian Kingdoms". To appear in Aula Orientalis.

Forthcoming. "Reflections on the Qaṭna Letters TT1–5 (II): Hittite God-Napping in Syria". To appear in JANER.

Book Chapters

Cohen, Y. (co-author) 2020. “Hittite Cult in Syria: Religious Imperialism or Religious Pluralism?” In: Görke, S. and Steitler, C., eds. Cult, Temple, Sacred Spaces. Cult Practices and Cult Spaces in Hittite Anatolia and Neighbouring Cultures (StBoT 66). Wiesbaden, 221–230.

Reviews

2018. “Yamada, S.; D. Shibata, eds.: Cultures and Societies in the Middle Euphrates and Habur Areas in the Second Millennium BC, I. Scribal Education and Scribal Traditions (StCh 5). Wiesbaden, 2016”. Bibliotheca Orientalis 75, 130–133.

2018. “J.-C. Golvin y A. Gros de Beler: Viaje por el Antiguo Egipto, Madrid, Desperta Ferro Ediciones, 2017 (2ª edición)”. Vínculos de Historia 7, 423–425.

· Participation in Archaeological Missions

2009. Tell Amarneh, Syria. University of Barcelona Archaeological Mission.

2018. Tell Megiddo, Israel. Tel Aviv University Archaeological Expedition.

· Website

https://eduardotorrecilla.academia.edu/