Thin End of the Wedge
by Jon Taylor
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84. Gioele Zisa: The plant world
Jun 19, 2026
45m 06s
83. David Kertai: The palaces of Assyria
Apr 11, 2026
37m 40s
82. IAA prize winners 2025
Jan 28, 2026
35m 47s
81. Lisa Wilhelmi: Bronze Age Diplomacy
Dec 3, 2025
33m 50s
80. Ea-nasir: everyone's favourite copper merchant
Nov 4, 2025
59m 08s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/19/26 | archaeobotanyeconomic roles of plants+3 | Gioele Zisa | PlANET ProjectPlants in the Ancient Near East Texts | — | PlANET Projectarchaeobotanical evidence+3 | — | 45m 06s | ||
| 4/11/26 | Neo-Assyrian palacesarchitecture+3 | David Kertai | Ruba HillawiPatreon+3 | — | Assyriapalaces+5 | — | 37m 40s | ||
| 1/28/26 | AssyriologyMesopotamian Archaeology+4 | — | International Association for AssyriologyLes diagrammes mathématiques paléo-babyloniens : catalogue, propriétés matérielles, rôles dans les raisonnements+1 | — | AssyriologyMesopotamian Archaeology+4 | — | 35m 47s | ||
| 12/3/25 | Bronze Agediplomacy+3 | Lisa Wilhelmi | Amarna | Middle EastEgypt+2 | Bronze Agediplomacy+5 | — | 33m 50s | ||
| 11/4/25 | copper tradeDilmun traders+4 | Gina KonstantopoulosAndrew Deloucas+2 | Ea-nasir | DilmunBabylonia | Ea-nasircopper merchant+5 | — | 59m 08s | ||
| 9/13/25 | Babylonpublic ritual+3 | Rocío Da RivaNathan Wasserman | — | — | BabylonDivine Love Lyrics+5 | — | 45m 20s | ||
| 7/31/25 | gates of Ninevehsustainable conservation+3 | Mustafa Faraj | — | NinevehMosulis | NinevehMustafa Faraj+3 | — | 28m 50s | ||
| 6/14/25 | archaeologyexcavations+5 | Augusta McMahon | — | NippurNeo-Babylonian+1 | Nippurexcavations+6 | — | 45m 55s | ||
| 5/14/25 | zooarchaeologyancient diet+3 | Tina Greenfield | — | MesopotamiaIraq | zooarchaeologyMesopotamia+3 | — | 45m 23s | ||
| 3/30/25 | outreach workMesopotamia+3 | Moudhy Al-Rashid | — | Mesopotamia | outreachMesopotamia+5 | — | 37m 36s | ||
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| 2/21/25 | post-conflict archaeologyIraq Heritage Stabilization Program+5 | Michael DantiJohn MacGinnis | Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program | MosulNimrud+1 | archaeologyIraq+5 | — | 57m 53s | ||
| 1/24/25 | 73. Zoltán Niederreiter, Erika Roboz: Kingdom of Gods and Demons | Zoltán and Erika introduce us to their exhibition about gods and demons. This exhibition, and the extensive catalogue that accompanies it, are major landmarks in Hungarian assyriology. What is it about, how did it become a reality, and what impact will it have? 2:40 the exhibition 8:11 key objects 10:47 why this topic, and why now? 12:56 reaction 15:15 preparing an exhibition 21:19 about the displays 23:19 significance for Hungary 24:52 the museum's own collection 27:45 favourite object htt... | 33m 13s | ||||||
| 12/23/24 | 72. Christopher Jones: Court politics in the Neo-Assyrian empire | Christopher discusses new ideas around the murder of King Sennacherib. Who really killed him and why? Was it a coup? Where was Esarhaddon and why wasn't he in Nineveh? [Much of this first section of the episode was published as part of Episode 71. 8:03-10:30 is not found there. And everything from 25:19 is also new] Next he addresses the question of how the kings of this dynasty ran their empire. What does social network analysis reveal about how they coped with information flow? Who wa... | 56m 21s | ||||||
| 11/21/24 | 71. 2024 IAA Prize winners | This is a special episode presenting the prize-winning research of three early career scholars: William McGrath, Alessia Pilloni, and Christopher Jones. What prizes did they win, and what was their research about? We hear about the latest news from Isin II period history, astrology in the Late Babylonian period, and a military coup in the Neo-Assyrian period. 1:24 William McGrath 2:10 dissertation 6:08 key conclusions 9:10 publication plans 10:48 what's next? 13:45 Alessia Pillon... | 53m 52s | ||||||
| 10/11/24 | 70. Simo Parpola and the State Archives of Assyria project | This episode was recorded live at the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale conference held in Helsinki in July 2024. Simo Parpola reflects on his long and momentous career. He explains how he became an assyriologist, and how he came to focus on the Assyrians. A key collaboration led to one of the most significant projects in assyriological history. What was it like to study large groups of tablets in the days before bulk digitisation? How did they identify so many joins remotely? Si... | 29m 25s | ||||||
| 9/11/24 | 69. Carolyne Douché: Carpology in the archaeology of ancient western Asia | Carolyne introduces us to the study of ancient plant remains, especially carpology--the study of seeds, fruits, and flowers. In her case study she takes us to the site of Logardan in the Kurdish region, and explains what she could learn from the remains found in kilns. We discuss the role and uses of dung. 2:02 archaeobotany 4:08 how to train 5:09 site of Logardan 6:37 role of archaeobotany 9:47 comparison with results from other fields 12:30 main results from Logardan 14:00 why use dung? 18... | 32m 59s | ||||||
| 8/2/24 | 68. Witold Tyborowski: Finding a job during Hammurabi's reign | Witold discusses the labour market under Hammurabi of Babylon. What kind of work could you get, and what would you be paid in exchange? Who would be looking for employment, who would take them on, and who held the balance of power? 1:45 how we know about getting a job 2:54 who are the job seekers? 3:48 how common was it? 4:58 what jobs are there beyond harvest time? 6:17 what kind of people are working? 8:19 how good were conditions? 11:12 different jobs for men and women? 13:03 do workers... | 38m 48s | ||||||
| 6/5/24 | 67. Amy Gansell: Dressing Assyria's queens | Amy discusses the multi-sensory presence of the queens of Assyria. What was queenly dress and what meaning did each part of it convey? How does the evidence from art compare to what we learn from archaeology? Can we identify personal choice? She also talks about what it's like to wear queenly clothes, and what experimental archaeology can tell us. 2:45 sources for textiles 5:13 experimental archaeology 6:37 tombs of the queens 8:35 art versus archaeology 9:50 queenly dress 14:28 symbo... | 42m 28s | ||||||
| 5/10/24 | 66. Rune Rattenborg, Seraina Nett, Gustav Ryberg Smidt: Geomapping Cuneiform | Rune, Seraina, and Gustav discuss their recently completed project on geomapping cuneiform. Where were inscriptions found and where are they now? How many tablets are there? What counts as a tablet anyway? They reveal the challenges of integrating datasets, and explore the potential opened up by knowing where inscriptions really come from. 4:18 GLoW project 7:44 data collection 10:51 how many tablets are there? 13:50 provenance problems 17:06 why 'where' matters 20:50 what distribution tell... | 41m 35s | ||||||
| 4/3/24 | 65. Omar N'Shea: Masculinities in Mesopotamia | Omar discusses the importance of studying gender as part of assyriology. What are the big themes now, and how did we get here? He focuses on two areas of special interest: masculinity, and eunuchism. What can we expect from the conference on gender studies (GeMANE) hosted in Malta this April? And what is the context of assyriology in Malta? 0:37 Introducing Ellie 2:56 the importance of studying gender 5:39 current trends 8:59 gender beyond only women 11:54 masculinities 16:21 eunuchs 2... | 36m 06s | ||||||
| 3/6/24 | 64. Ali Kadhem Ghanem: Managing the site of Ur | The site of Ur is easily one of the most important in Iraq. In this interview, originally recorded in late 2021, we hear from the person responsible for managing that site. Ali talks about Ur's significance, and its role in local life. What are the plans for the development of this key site? 4:18 introducing Lina 7:02 importance of Ur 7:34 what tourists can see 8:39 information for visitors 9:12 what Ur means to Iraqis 10:15 excavations 11:04 site conservation 11:49 future of tourism 12:19 ... | 29m 02s | ||||||
| 2/3/24 | 63: Enrique Jiménez: the electronic Babylonian Library | Enrique introduces us to a major new resource in digital assyriology: The electronic Babylonian Library. What does it offer and what are its aims? He discusses the issues facing the field and the potential of digital tools, including AI, to help solve them. To what extent can Babylonian literature be reconstructed now, and what we can do with it? 2:08 what is the eBL? 4:59 how much Babylonian literature do we have? 6:16 the non-literary fragments 10:27 why launch now? 11:50 what's the react... | 31m 39s | ||||||
| 12/19/23 | 62. Prize-winning assyriology | At the Rencontre in Leiden this summer, the IAA awarded its annual prizes celebrating the excellence of early career scholars. There were prizes for the best dissertation, best first article, and a research subsidy. I tracked down the prize winners to ask them about their work. 2:17 Clélia Paladre 2:57 thesis on Iranian glyptic 4:38 the Proto-Elamite phenomenon 6:14 working at the Louvre 7:31 Tomoki Kitazumi 8:29 translating in the Hittite empire 11:45 interpreters in the ancient Nea... | 30m 55s | ||||||
| 11/17/23 | 61. Shigeo Yamada: Yasin Tepe: on the margins of empire | Shigeo shares the results of fieldwork at a site that was once a key city on the edges of the Assyrian empire. How do we know which city it was? He describes the key finds, and interprets their significance. What can we learn from a necklet? 2:22 Yasin Tepe 4:54 goals 6:38 identification as Dur-Ashur 9:12 results 12:44 who lived there? 13:44 inscribed necklet of a slave 18:49 future work 23:20 Tsukuba Shigeo's Academia Shigeo's ResearchGate Music by Ruba Hillawi Website: http://wedgepod.... | 27m 53s | ||||||
| 10/13/23 | 60. Susanne Paulus: Back to School in Babylonia | Susanne pulls back the curtain on how exhibitions are made. She explains how the topic was chosen, and how that vision is translated into reality. How long does it take, how many people are involved, and just what needs to be done? 2:17 about Back to School 3:27 goals 5:37 what's on show? 7:16 star pieces 10:10 recreating an ancient school 11:05 how to display tablets 17:06 why school and why now? 19:10 return to Nippur and the Nippur Tablet Pr... | 46m 19s | ||||||
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Chart history for Thin End of the Wedge
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