Publications

Below is a selection of publications I have worked on. They are focused on articles I am the first-name author of. A full list can be found on my CV.

2024: ‘Arabian ‘queens’ or ‘woman kings’ ? Defining šarratu during the Neo-Assyrian period’, In: P. Kim & A. Tchaplyghine (eds.) Queens in Antiquity and the Present: Speculative Visions and Critical Histories.

2024: Bennett, E., Tambs, L. and Lindén, K. ‘Letters have weight: weighted k-shells in a Neo-Assyrian co-attestation network’, Journal of Historical Network Research, 10(1), p. 150-197. Available at: https://doi.org/10.25517/jhnr.v10i1.95.

2023: ‘Age and Masculinities during the Neo-Assyrian Period’, Journal for Cuneiform Studies, 75. 123-154 https://doi.org/10.1086/725222

2022: ‘Beards as a marker of status during the Neo-Assyrian period.’, In: J. Bach & S. Fink (eds.) The King as a Nodal Point of Identity. Kasion 8. Munster: Zaphon. 81-105. Available open access.

2022: ‘The Masculinities of the Neo-Assyrian Queens of the Arabs’, Hebrew Studies 63: 79-98.

2021. The ‘Queens of the Arabs’ During the Neo-Assyrian Period. Monograph. University of Helsinki.

2019: ‘“I Am A Man”: Masculinities in the Titulary of the Neo-Assyrian Kings in the Royal Inscriptions.’, KASKAL 16, 373–392.

Popular History

Co-host of Thin End of the Wedge, a podcast about ancient Mesopotamian history. I host alongside Jon Taylor.

2024: ‘Samsi, “Queen of the Arabs”, and Her Fight Against Assyria.’ The Ancient Near East Today 12.11. Accessed at: https://anetoday.org/samsi-queen-arabs/.

2024: Lahnakoski, J., & Bennett, E. 2024. ‘To ancient Assyrians, the liver was the seat of happiness’. Psyche. https://psyche.co/ideas/to-ancient-assyrians-the-liver-was-the-seat-of-happiness