1. Old Sumerian literary texts and the origins of literary activity
in ancient Mesopotamia.
2. Medium and message: uses and functions of the various classes of
inscribed objects in the ancient Near East.
3. Cuneiform sources relating to the history and geography of the
Gulf region in pre-classical times.
4. The decipherment of Linear Elamite writing.
5. The voice of the Other: the royal inscriptions of ancient Elam.
