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Oriental Institute Publications (OIP)
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•  OIP 141. Bir Umm Fawakhir 3. Excavations 1999–2001. By By Carol Meyer, with contributions by Lisa A. Heidorn, Salima Ikram, Richard L. Jaeschke, Thomas C. Roby, and Wendy Smith. 2014.
• OIP 140. Ancient Settlement Systems and Cultures in the Ram Hormuz Plain, Southwestern Iran: Excavations at Tall-e Geser and Regional Survey of the Ram Hormuz Area. Abbas Alizadeh, with contributions by Loghman Ahmadzadeh and Mehdi Omidfar, and appendices by John R. Alden, Leah Minc, Jacques Connan, John Zumberge, and Kendra Imbus. 2014
• OIP 139. Early Megiddo on the East Slope (the “Megiddo Stages”): A Report on the Early Occupation of the East Slope of Megiddo (Results of the Oriental Institute’s Excavations, 1925-1933). Eliot Braun, with David Ilan, Ofer Marder, Yael Braun, and Sariel Shalev. 2013.
• OIP 138. Bismaya: Recovering the Lost City of Adab. Karen Wilson, with Jacob Lauinger, Monica Louise Phillips, Benjamin Studevent-Hickman, and Aage Westenholz. 2012.
• OIP 137. Tell Hamoukar, Volume 1. Urbanism and Cultural Landscapes in Northeastern Syria: The Tell Hamoukar Survey, 1999-2001. Jason A. Ur. 2010.
• OIP 136. Medinet Habu IX. The Eighteenth Dynasty Temple, Part I: The Inner Sanctuaries. With Translations of Texts, Commentary, and Glossary.By The Epigraphic Survey. 2009.
• OIP 135. Kerkenes Special Studies 1: Sculpture and Inscriptions from the Monumental Entrance to the Palatial Complex at Kerkenes Dag, Turkey. Catherine M. Draycott and Geoffrey D. Summers, with contribution by Claude Brixhe and Turkish summary translated by G. Bike Yazıcıoglu. 2008.
• OIP 134. The Archaeology and Geography of Ancient Transcaucasian Societies, Volume 1: The Foundations of Research and Regional Survey in the Tsaghkahovit Plain, Armenia. Adam T. Smith, Ruben S. Badalyan, Pavel Avetisyan. With contributions by Alan Greene and Leah Minc. 2009.
• OIP 133. Baked Clay Figurines and Votive Beds from Medinet Habu. Emily Teeter. 2010.
• OIP 132. The Egyptian Coffin Texts, Volume 8. Middle Kingdom Copies of Pyramid Texts. James P. Allen. 2006.
• OIP 131. The Amuq Valley Regional Projects, Volume 1 - Surveys in the Plain of Antioch and Orontes Delta, Turkey, 1995–2002. Kutlu Aslihan Yener. 2005.
• OIP 130. Chogha Mish, Volume II. The Development of a Prehistoric Regional Center in Lowland Susiana, Southwestern Iran: Final Report on the Last Six Seasons of Excavations, 1972–1978. Abbas Alizadeh. 2008.
• OIP 129. The Early Dynastic To Akkadian Transition: The Area WF Sounding At Nippur. Augusta McMahon. 2006.
• OIP 128. The Origins of State Organizations in Prehistoric Highland Fars, Southern Iran: Excavations at Tall-e Bakun. Abbas Alizadeh. 2006.
• OIP 127. Megiddo 3: Final Report on the Stratum VI Excavations. Timothy P. Harrison, with contributions by Douglas L. Esse, Andrew Graham, Ronald G. V. Hancock, and Patricia Paice. 2004.
• OIP 126. Taxes, Taxpayers, And Tax Receipts In Early Ptolemaic Thebes - Demotic and Greek Ostraca from the Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago. Brian P. Muhs. 2005.
• OIP 125. Excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat, Syria, Volume 2: Archaeology of the Bronze Age, Hellenistic, and Roman Remains at an Ancient Town on the Euphrates River. Thomas A. Holland. 2006.
• OIP 124. Excavations at Tell Es-Sweyhat, Syria, Volume 1: On the Margin of the Euphrates: Settlement and Land Use at Tell Es-Sweyhat and in the Upper Lake Assad Area, Syria. Tony J. Wilkinson. 2004.
• OIP 123. Temple of Khonsu, Volume 3. The Graffiti on the Khonsu Temple Roof at Karnak: A Manifestation of Personal Piety. Helen Jacquet-Gordon. 2003.
• OIP 122. Neo-Babylonian Texts in the Oriental Institute Collection. David B. Weisberg. 2003.
• OIP 121. Cuneiform Texts from the Ur III Period in the Oriental Institute, Volume 2: Drehem Administrative Documents from the Reign of Amar-Suena Markus Hilgert. 2003.
• OIP 120. Excavations at the Prehistoric Mound of Chogha Bonut, Khuzestan, Iran, Seasons 1976/77, 1977/78, and 1996. Abbas Alizadeh. 2003.
• OIP 119. Theban Desert Road Survey in the Egyptian Western Desert, Volume 1: Gebel Tjauti Rock Inscriptions 1-45 and Wadi el-Hôl Rock Inscriptions 1-45. J. C. Darnell, with the assistance of D. Darnell. 2002.
• OIP 118. Scarabs, Scaraboids, Seals, and Seal Impressions from Medinet Habu. Emily Teeter. 2003.
• OIP 117. Seals on the Persepolis Fortification Tablets, Volume I: Images of Heroic Encounter. Mark B. Garrison and Margaret Cool Root. 2001.
• OIP 116. Reliefs and Inscriptions at Luxor Temple, Volume 2: The Facade, Portals, Upper Register Scenes, Columns, Marginalia, and Statuary in the Colonnade Hall. The Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1998.
• OIP 115. Cuneiform Texts from the Ur III Period in the Oriental Institute, Volume 1: Drehem Administrative Documents from the Reign of Shulgi. M. Hilgert. 1998.
• OIP 114. Nippur, Volume 4: The Early Neo-Babylonian Governor’s Archive from Nippur. S. W. Cole. 1996.
• OIP 113. The Oriental Institute Hawara Papyri: Demotic and Greek Texts from an Egyptian Family Archive in the Fayum (Fourth to Third Century B.C.). G. R. Hughes and R. Jasnow. 1997.
• OIP 112. Reliefs and Inscriptions at Luxor Temple, Volume 1: The Festival Procession of Opet in the Colonnade Hall. The Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1994.
• OIP 111. Nippur, Volume 3: Kassite Buildings in Area WC-1. R. L. Zettler. 1993.
• OIP 110. Town and Country in Southeastern Anatolia, Volume 2: The Stratigraphic Sequence at Kurban Höyük. G. Algaze, ed., et. al. 1990.
• OIP 109. Town and Country in Southeastern Anatolia, Volume 1: Settlement and Land Use at Kurban Höyük and Other Sites in the Lower Karababa Basin. T. J. Wilkinson, et. al. 1990.
• OIP 108. The Holmes Expeditions to Luristan. E. F. Schmidt, et. al. 1989.
• OIP 107. Reliefs and Inscriptions at Karnak, Volume IV: The Battle Reliefs of King Sety I. The Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1986.
• OIP 106. The Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, Volume 1, Part 1: The Wall Reliefs. By Harold Hayden Nelson. Edited by William J. Murnane. Originally published in 1981
• OIP 105. Prehistoric Archeology Along the Zagros Flanks. L. S. Braidwood, et. al. 1983.
• OIP 104. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus. I. J. Gelb, et. al. 1989, 1991.
• OIP 103. The Temple of Khonsu, Volume 2: Scenes and Inscriptions in the Court and the First Hypostyle Hall. The Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1981.
• OIP 102. The Tomb of Kheruef: Theban Tomb 192. The Epigraphic Survey.
• OIP 101. Chogha Mish, Volume 1: The First Five Seasons, 1961-1971. Helene Kantor and P. Delougaz. 1996.
• OIP 100. The Temple of Khonsu, Volume 1: Scenes of King Herihor in the Court. The Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1979.
• OIP 99. Inscriptions from Tell Abu Salabikh. R. D. Biggs. 1974.
• OIP 98. Old Babylonian Public Buildings in the Diyala Region. Part One: Excavations at Ishchali, Part Two: Khafajah Mounds B, C, and D. H. D. Hill, et. al. 1990.
• OIP 97. Nippur, Volume 2. The North Temple and Sounding E: Excavations of the Joint Expedition to Nippur of the American Schools of Oriental Research and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. D. E. McCown, et. al. 1978.
• OIP 95. Excavations in the Plain of Antioch, Vol. II: The Structural Remains of the Later Phases: Chatal Hüyük, Tell Al-Judaidah, and Tell Tayinat. R. C. Haines. 1970.
• OIP 94. Medinet Habu, Vol. VIII: The Eastern High Gate with Translations of Texts. The Epigraphic Survey. 1970.
• OIP 93. Medinet Habu, Vol. VII: The Temple Proper, Pt. III: The Third Hypostyle Hall and All Rooms Accessible from It with Friezes of Scenes from the Roof Terraces and Exterior Walls of the Temple. The Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1964.
• OIP 92. Persepolis Fortification Tablets. R. T. Hallock. 1969.
• OIP 91. Aramaic Ritual Texts from Persepolis. R. A. Bowman. 1970.
• OIP 90. Ptolemais: City of the Libyan Pentapolis. Carl H. Kraeling. 1962.
• OIP 88. Private Houses and Graves in the Diyala Region. Pinhas Delougaz, Harold D. Hill, and Seton Lloyd. 1967
• OIP 87. The Egyptian Coffin Texts 7, Texts of Spells 787-1185. By Adriaan de Buck. Originally published in 1961
• OIP 86. The Tomb of Tjanefer at Thebes. By Keith C. Seele. Originally published in 1959
• OIP 85. A Byzantine Church at Khirbat al-Karak. Pinhas Delougaz and Richard C. Haines. Originally published in 1960.
• OIP 84. Medinet Habu, Volume VI. The Temple Proper, Part II: The Re Chapel, the Royal Mortuary Complex, and Adjacent Rooms with Miscellaneous Material from the Pylons, the Forecourts, and the First Hypostyle Hall. By The Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1963.
• OIP 83. Medinet Habu, Volume V. The Temple Proper, Part I: The Portico, the Treasury, and Chapels Adjoining the First Hypostyle Hall with Marginal Material from the Forecourts. By the Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1957. 
• OIP 82. The Egyptian Book of the Dead: Documents in the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago. Edited by Thomas George Allen. Originally published in 1960
• OIP 81. The Egyptian Coffin Texts, Volume 6: Texts of Spells 472-787. By Adriaan de Buck. Originally published in 1956.
• OIP 80. Demotic Ostraca from Medinet Habu. By Miriam Lichtheim. Originally published in 1957. 
• OIP 79. Soundings at Tell Fakhariyah. C. W. McEwan, et. al. 1957.
• OIP 78. Nippur I, Temple of Enlil, Scribal Quarter, and Soundings: Excavations of the Joint Expedition to Nippur of the University Museum of Philadelphia and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Donald E. McCown and Richard C. Haines, assisted by Donald P. Hansen. 1967
• OIP 77. Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri, Volume III: Language and Literature. N. Abbott. 1972.
• OIP 76. Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri II: Qur'anic Commentary and Tradition. N. Abbott. 1967.
• OIP 75. Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri I: Historical Texts. N. Abbott. 1957.
• OIP 74. Reliefs and Inscriptions at Karnak, Volume III. The Bubastite Portal. By the Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1954. 
• OIP 73. The Egyptian Coffin Texts 5: Texts of Spells 355-471. By Adriaan de Buck. Originally published in 1954. 
• OIP 72. Stratified Cylinder Seals from the Diyala Region. Henri Frankfort with a chapter by Thorkild Jacobsen. 1955
• OIP 71. Coptic Ostraca from Medinet Habu. By Elizabeth Stefanski and Miriam Lichtheim. Originally published in 1952 
• OIP 70. Persepolis III: The Royal Tombs and Other Monuments. E. F. Schmidt. 1970.
• OIP 69. Persepolis II: Contents of the Treasury and Other Discoveries. Erich F. Schmidt with contributions by Sydney P. Noe et al., Frederick R. Matson, Lawrence J. Howell, and Louisa Bellinger. 1957
• OIP 68. Persepolis I: Structures, Reliefs, Inscriptions. Erich F. Schmidt with contribution by F. R. Matson. 1953
• OIP 67. The Egyptian Coffin Texts, Volume 4: Texts of Spells 268-354. By Adriaan De Buck. Originally published in 1951. 
• OIP 66. Post-Ramessid Remains. The Excavation of Medinet Habu, Volume 5. By Uvo Hölscher. Originally published in 1954
• OIP 65. Persepolis Treasury Tablets. George G. Cameron. 1948
• OIP 64. The Egyptian Coffin Texts 3: Texts of Spells 164-267. By Adriaan de Buck. Originally published in 1947
• OIP 63. Pottery from the Diyala Region. Pinhas Delougaz. 1952
• OIP 62. Megiddo 2. Seasons of 1935-39: Text and Plates. Gordon Loud. Originally published in 1948.
• OIP 61. Excavations in the Plain of Antioch I: The Earlier Assemblages Phases A-J. By Robert J. Braidwood and Linda S. Braidwood. Originally published in 1960.
• OIP 60. More Sculpture from the Diyala Region. Henri Frankfort. 1943
• OIP 59. Tall-i-Bakun A: Season of 1932. Alexander Langsdorff and Donald E. McCown. 1942
• OIP 58. Pre-Sargonid Temples in the Diyala Region. Pinhas Delougaz and Seton Lloyd with chapters by Henri Frankfort and Thorkild Jacobsen. 1942
• OIP 57. Nuzi Personal Names. Ignace J. Gelb, Pierre M. Purves, and Allan A. MacRae. Originally published in 1943.
• OIP 56. Key Plans Showing Locations of Theban Temple Decorations. By Harold Hayden Nelson. Originally published in 1941.
• OIP 55. The Excavation of Medinet Habu, Volume IV. The Mortuary Temple of Ramses III, Part II. By Uvo Hölscher. With contributions by Rudolf Anthes. Originally published in 1951.
• OIP 54. The Mortuary Temple of Ramses III, Part 1. The Excavation of Medinet Habu, Volume 3. By Uvo Hölscher. Originally published in 1941
• OIP 53. The Temple Oval at Khafajah. Pinhas Delougaz, with a chapter by Thorkild Jacobsen. 1940
• OIP 52. The Megiddo Ivories. Gordon Loud. Originally published in 1939.
• OIP 51. Medinet Habu, Volume 4. Festival Scenes of Ramses III. By the Epigraphic Survey.Originally published in 1940.
• OIP 50. The Rise of the North Arabic Script and Its Kur'anic Development, with a Full Description of the Kur'an Manuscripts in the Oriental Institute. By Nabia Abbott. Originally published in 1939.
• OIP 49. The Egyptian Coffin Texts, Volume 2: Texts of Spells 76-163. By Adriaan De Buck. Originally published in 1929. 
• OIP 48. Mounds in the Plain of Antioch: An Archeological Survey. Robert J. Braidwood. Originally published in 1937.
• OIP 47. Ancient Oriental Cylinder and Other Seals with a Description of the Collection of Mrs. William H. Moore. Gustavus A. Eisen. Originally published in 1940.
• OIP 46. Paleolithic Man and the Nile Valley in Lower Egypt with Some Notes upon a Part of the Red Sea Littoral: A Study of the Regions during Pliocene and Pleistocene Times. By K. S. Sandford and W. J. Arkell. Prehistoric Survey of Egypt and Western Asia, Volume IV. Originally published in 1939.
• OIP 45. Hittite Hieroglyphic Monuments. Ignace J. Gelb. Originally published in 1939.
• OIP 44. Sculpture of the Third Millennium B.C. from Tell Asmar and Khafajah. Henri Frankfort. 1939
• OIP 43. The Gimilsin Temple and the Palace of the Rulers at Tell Asmar. Henri Frankfort, Seton Lloyd, and Thorkild Jacobsen, with a chapter by Günter Martiny. 1940
• OIP 42. Megiddo 1. Seasons of 1925-34: Strata I-V. Robert S. Lamon and Geoffrey M. Shipton. 1939
• OIP 41. The Excavation of Medinet Habu, Volume 2: The Temples of the Eighteenth Dynasty. By Uvo Hölscher. Originally published in 1939
• OIP 40. Khorsabad, Part 2: The Citadel and the Town. Gordon Loud and Charles B. Altman. 1938
• OIP 39. The Mastaba of Mereruka, Part II: Chamber A 11-13, Doorjambs and Inscriptions of Chambers A 1-21, Tomb Chamber, and Exterior. By the Sakkarah Expedition. Originally published in 1938.
• OIP 38. Khorsabad, Part 1: Excavations in the Palace and at a City Gate. Gordon Loud. 1936
• OIP 37. Ancient Oriental Seals in the Collection of Mrs. Agnes Baldwin Brett. Hans Henning von der Osten. Originally published in 1936
• OIP 36. Medinet Habu Graffiti: Facsimiles. Edited by William F. Edgerton. Originally published in 1937.
• OIP 35. Reliefs and Inscriptions at Karnak, Volume II. Ramses III's Temple within the Great Inclosure of Amon, Part II; and Ramses III's Temple in the Precinct of Mut. By The Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1936.
• OIP 34. The Egyptian Coffin Texts 1: Texts of Spells 1-75. By Adriaan De Buck. Originally published in 1935.
• OIP 33. Megiddo Tombs. P. L. O. Guy. Originally published in 1938.
• OIP 32. The Megiddo Water System. Robert S. Lamon. Originally published in 1935.
• OIP 31. The Mastaba of Mereruka, Part I. Chambers A 1-10. By The Sakkara Expedition. Originally published in 1938.
• OIP 30. Researches in Anatolia 9. The Alishar Hüyük Seasons of 1930-32, Part 3. Hans Henning von der Osten, with contributions by Wilton Marion Krogman and Others. Originally published in 1937.
• OIP 29. Researches in Anatolia 8. The Alishar Hüyük Seasons of 1930-32, Part 2. Hans Henning von der Osten. Originally published in 1937.
• OIP 28. Researches in Anatolia 7. The Alishar Hüyük Seasons of 1930-32, Part 1. Hans Henning von der Osten. Originally published in 1937.
• OIP 27. Researches in Anatolia 6. Inscriptions from Alishar and Vicinity. Ignace J. Gelb. Originally published in 1935.
• OIP 26. Material Remains of the Megiddo Cult. Herbert Gordon May. Originally published in 1935.
• OIP 25. Reliefs and Inscriptions at Karnak, Volume I. Ramses III's Temple with the Great Inclosure of Amon, Part I. The Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1936.
• OIP 24. Sennacherib’s Aqueduct at Jerwan Thorkild Jacobsen and Seton Lloyd. 1935
• OIP 23. Medinet Habu, Volume III. The Calendar, the “Slaughterhouse,” and Minor Records of Ramses III. By the Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1934.
• OIP 22. Ancient Oriental Seals in the Collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell. Hans Henning von der Osten. Originally published in 1934.
• OIP 21. The Excavation of Medinet Habu, Volume 1: General Plans and Views. 1934 Uvo Hölscher.
• OIP 20. Researches in Anatolia 5. The Alishar Hüyük Seasons of 1928 and 1929, Part 2. Erich F. Schmidt with a chapter by Wilton Marion Krogman. Originally published in 1933.
• OIP 19. Researches in Anatolia 4. The Alishar Hüyük Seasons of 1928 and 1929, Part 1. Erich F. Schmidt. Originally published in 1932.
• OIP 18. Paleolithic Man and the Nile Valley in Upper and Middle Egypt: A Study of the Region during Pliocene and Pleistocene Times. By K. S. Sandford. Prehistoric Survey of Egypt and Western Asia, Volume III. Originally published in 1934. 
• OIP 17. Paleolithic Man and the Nile-Faiyum Divide in Nubia and Upper Egypt: A Study of the Region during Pliocene and Pleistocene Times. By K. S. Sandford and W. J. Arkell. Originally published in 1933. 
• OIP 16. Cuneiform Series, Volume IV: Sumerian Texts of Varied Contents. Edward Chiera. 1934
• OIP 15. Cuneiform Series, Volume III: Sumerian Epics and Myths. Edward Chiera. 1934
• OIP 14. Cuneiform Series, Vol. II: Inscriptions from from Adab. Daniel David Luckenbill. 1930
• OIP 13. Barhebraeus' Scholia on the Old Testament. Part I: Genesis - II Samuel. Martin Sprengling and William Creighton Graham, editors. Originally published in 1931.
• OIP 12. The Proverbs of Solomon in Sahidic Coptic According to the Chicago Manuscript. Edited by William H. Worrell. Originally published in 1931.
• OIP 11. Cuneiform Series, Volume I: Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur. Edward Chiera. 1929
• OIP 10. Prehistoric Survey of Egypt and Western Asia, Vol. I: Paleolithic Man and the Nile-Faiyum Divide: A Study of the Region During Pliocene and Pleistocene Times. K. S. Sandford and W. J. Arkell. 1929
• OIP 9. Medinet Habu, Volume II. The Later Historical Records of Ramses III. The Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1932.
• OIP 8. Medinet Habu, Volume I. Earlier Historical Records of Ramses III. By the Epigraphic Survey. Originally published in 1930.
• OIP 7. Researches in Anatolia 3. The Alishar Hüyük Season of 1927, Part 2. Hans Henning von der Osten and Erich F. Schmidt. Originally published in 1932.
• OIP 6. Researches in Anatolia 2. The Alishar Hüyük Season of 1927, Part 1. Hans Henning von der Osten and Erich F. Schmidt. Originally published in 1930.
• OIP 5.Researches in Anatolia 1. Explorations in Central Anatolia, Season of 1926. H. H. von der Osten. Originally published in 1929.
• OIP 4.The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, Volume 2: Facsimile Plates and Line for Line Hieroglyphic Transliteration. J. H. Breasted. Originally published in 1930, revised in 1991.
• OIP 3. The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, Volume 1: Hieroglyphic Transliteration, Translation, and Commentary. J. H. Breasted. Originally published in 1930, revised in 1991.
• OIP 2. The Annals of Sennacherib. By Daniel David Luckenbill. Originally published in 1924.
• OIP 1. Oriental Forerunners of Byzantine Painting: First-Century Wall Paintings from the Fortress of Dura on the Middle Euphrates. James Henry Breasted. Originally published in 1924.

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