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Freischaffende Forscherin, assoziert mit den Universitäten Basel und Bern

St. Alban-Anlage 39, CH – 4052 Basel

Claudia-E.Suter@clutterunibas.ch

claudia.suter@clutterfaculty.unibe.ch

Forschungsschwerpunkte

Hochkulturen Mesopotamiens, insbesondere des 3. und frühen 1. Jt. v.u.Z.

Visuelle und verbale Kommunikation und Bild-Text Beziehungen

Herrscherideologien

Kulturelle Identitäten

Ausbildung

1995: PhD der University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

1986–1990: Studium der Sprachen (Akkadisch, Sumerisch, Biblisches Hebräisch), Kunstgeschichte, und Archäologie Altvorderasiens an der University of Pennsylvania, Department of Oriental Studies / Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

1985: Lic. Phil. I der Universität Basel. 

1980–1985: Studium der Klassischen Archäologie, Altvorderasiatischen Archäologie, Kunstgeschichte, und Alten Geschichte an der Universität Basel.

Berufliche Tätigkeiten

Seit 2016: Mitherausgeberin der Zeitschrift Altorientalische Forschungen.

2013–2015: Mitglied des Organisationskomitees der 61e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale 2015 in Genf und Bern, Schweiz.

2014: Lehrtätigkeit am Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften der Universität Bern.

Seit 2013: Mitglied der Kommission des Antikenmuseums und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel.

Seit 2008: Freischaffende Forscherin assoziiert mit dem Departement für Altertumswissenschaften der Universität Basel (seit 2008) und am Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften der Universität Bern (seit 2014).

2002–2005: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Université de Fribourg, dann Universität Zürich, für das vom Schweizerischen Nationalfond unterstützte Projekt The Ivories from Samaria: Complete Catalogue, Stylistic Classification, Iconographic Analysis, Cultural-Historical Evaluation (c. 12,000 Stücke, hauptsächlich kleine Fragmente).

2001–2004: Lehrtätigkeit im Doktorandenprogramm für Geschichte an der Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

2000, 1999, 1994: Mitarbeit auf Grabungen in Syrien, namentlich in Tell Shiyukh Tahtani (Università di Palermo), Tell Arbit (Uniwersytet Warszawski), und Qara Qûzâq (Universitat de Barcelona).

1995–1999: Research Associate am Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, für die Koordination des Diyala Project (digitaler Katalog der ca. 15,000 Objekte aus der Oriental Institute's Iraq Expedition im Diyala Flussgebiet in den 1930iger Jahren).

1997: Lehrtätigkeit im Adult Education Program of the Oriental Institute der University of Chicago.

1993–1994: Lehrtätigkeit an der University of Pennsylvania (am Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies und im Special Programs of the School of Arts and Sciences).

1987–1990: Research Assistant am University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, für das Catalogue Project of the Babylonian Section (ca. 30,000 Keilschrifttafeln) und Editing Assistant für das Journal of Cuneiform Studies.

1979–1982: Mitarbeit auf Ausgrabungen in Tell Dor (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Octodurus/Martigny (Service cantonal des monuments historiques et recherches archéologiques du canton de Valais), Schellenberg (Landesmuseum Zürich), und Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire (University of Oxford).

Monographien und Herausgeberschaft

In Vorbereitung:

Ivory Artifacts of the Iron Age Near East with Special Reference to the Levant: Creating a New Basis for Future Research. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Series Archaeologica. Leuven: Peeters.

The Ivory Carvings from Samaria, Ancient Israel: Complete Publication and Reassessment. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Series Archaeologica. Leuven: Peeters. Zusammen mit: 

The Electronic Catalogue of the Samaria Ivory Artifacts and Related Material (Samaria Ivories) [Database]. DaSCH.

2015 (ed.): Levantine Ivories of the Iron Age: New Perspectives – Proceedings of the Workshop Levantine Ivories of the Iron Age: Production, Consumption, and Style held during the 61e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale 2015. Altorientalische Forschungen, 42.1: 26–125. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

2005 mit Christoph Uehlinger (eds.): Crafts and Images in Contact: Studies on Eastern Mediterranean Art of the First Millennium BCE. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 210. Fribourg / Göttingen: Academic Press / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

2000 Gudea's Temple Building: The Representation of an Early Mesopotamian Ruler in Text and Image. Cuneiform Monographs, 17. Groningen: Styx Publications.

Artikel

2025 “The Repertoire of Motifs and their Composition on Ivory Furniture from Samaria: An Updated Inventory and Reflections on Egyptianizing Trends in Ancient Israel.” In Mortals, Deities and Divine Symbols: Rethinking Ancient Imagery from the Levant to Mesopotamia: Studies offered to Tallay Ornan. Eds. Benjamin Sass & Laura Battini. 611–624. Oxford: Archaeopress.

2024 “Change of Scene: From Communal Feast to Individualized Ceremony.” In Katherine Blanchard, Yelena Rakic, and Paul Zimmerman (eds.), Archaeology from Every Angle: Papers in Honor of Richard L. Zettler. 220–235. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

2023 “The Woman at the Window on Levantine Ivory Carvings: An Update of Extant Sets, Their Variation and Possible Production Modes.” In Stefan Münger, Nancy Rahn, and Patrick Wyssmann (eds.), “Trinkt von dem Wein, den ich mischte!” Festschrift für Silvia Schroer zum 65. Geburtstag. 517–538. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 303. Leuven: Peeters.

2023 “In the Beginning: The First 1200 Years in Mesopotamia.” In Arlette David, Rachel Milstein, and Tallay Ornan (eds.), Picturing Royal Charisma: Kings and Rulers in the Near East from 3000 BCE to 1700 CE. 6–22. Oxford: Archaeopress.

2023 mit Mary Frazer, Joost Hazenbos, Jana Matuszak, Mirko Novák: “Vorwort der Herausgeberinnen und Herausgeber,” Altorientalische Forschungen 50.1: 1–5.

2022 “An Unusual Ivory Panel from Samaria and the Composition and Realia of Banquet Scenes in the Iron Age Levant.” In John Curtis and Dirk Wicke (eds.), Ivories, Rock Reliefs and Merv: Studies on the Ancient Near East in Honour of Georgina Herrmann. 71–88. Marru 15. Münster: Zaphon.

2020 “The Play with Throne Designs in Third Millennium BCE Mesopotamia.” In Liat Naeh and Dana Brostowsky Gilboa (eds.), The Ancient Throne: The Mediterranean, the Near East, and Beyond from the 3rd Millennium BCE to the 14th Century CE. Proceedings of the Workshop held at 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016. 21–36. Oriental and European Archaeology, 14. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

2019 “A Recycled Ivory Panel from Samaria.” In Agnieszka Pieńkowska, Dariusz Szelag, and Iwona Zych (eds.), Stories told around the fountain. Papers offered to Piotr Bieliński on His 70th Birthday. 671–686. Warsaw: University of Warsaw Press.

2019 “Statuary and Reliefs.” In Ann C. Gunter (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Art. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Blackwell. 385–410.

2018 “Feasting and Elite Women in Early Mesopotamia: A Contribution from the Visual Record.” KASKAL 15: 139–154 (Proceedings of the Workshop “Feasting and Festivals in Ancient Mesopotamia” at the Center for Advanced Studies, LMU Munich, 11–12 May 2017).

2018 “The Victory Stele of Dadusha of Eshnunna: A New Look at its Imagery and Ekphrasis in view of Historical Circumstance.” Ash-Sharq 2.2: 1–29.

2018 “Imágenes, visibilidad y agencia de las mujeres de la realeza en la Mesopotamia arcaica.” In Josué J. Justel, and Agnès Garcia-Ventura (eds.), Las mujeres en el Oriente cuneiforme. 313–345. Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá.

2017 “On Images, Visibility, and Agency of Early Mesopotamian Royal Women.” In Lluís Feliu, Fumi Karahashi, and Gonzalo Rubio (eds.), The First 90 Years: A Sumerian Celebration in Honor of Miguel Civil. 330–355. Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records, 12. Boston: Walter de Gruyter.

2016 “Images of Queens, High Priestesses, and Other Elite Women in 3^rd Millennium Mesopotamia.” In Stephanie Budin and Jean Turfa (eds.), Women in Antiquity: Real Women Across the Ancient World. London: Routledge. 35–47.

2015 “Classifying Iron Age Levantine Ivories: Impracticalities and a New Approach.” Altorientalische Forschungen 42.1: 31–45.

2015, “Preface (to Levantine Ivories of the Iron Age: New Perspectives),” Altorientalische Forschungen 42.1, 27–30.

2015 “Gudea’s Kingship and Divinity.” In Shamir Yona et al (eds.), Marbeh Hokma: Studies in the Bible and the Ancient Near East in Loving Memory of Victor Avigdor Hurowitz. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. 499–523.

2014 “Human, Divine or Both? The Uruk Vase and the Problem of Ambiguity in Early Mesopotamian Visual Arts.” In Marian Feldman and Brian Brown (eds.), Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. 545–568.

2013 “The Divine Gudea on Ur III Seal Images.” In Billie Jean Collins and Piotr Michalowski (eds.), Beyond Hatti: A Tribute to Gary Beckman. 309–324.

2012 “Gudea of Lagash: Iconoclasm or Tooth of Time?” In Natalie N. May (ed.), Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond. 57–87. Oriental Institute Seminars, 8. Chicago: The Oriental Institute.

2012 “Kings and Queens: Representation and Reality.” In Harriet Crawford (ed.), The Sumerian World. 201–226. London: Routledge.

2012 “The Royal Body and Masculinity in Early Mesopotamia.” In Angelika Berlejung, Jan Dietrich, and Joachim Friedrich Quack (eds.), Menschenbilder und Körperkonzepte im Alten Israel, in Ägypten und im Alten Orient. 433–458. Orientalische Religionen in der Antike, 9. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.

2011 “Images, Tradition and Meaning: The Samaria and other Levantine Ivories of the Iron Age.” In Grant Frame et al. (eds.), A Common Cultural Heritage: Studies on Mesopotamia and the Biblical World in Honor of Barry L. Eichler. 219–241. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press.

2010 “Luxury Goods in Ancient Israel: Questions of Consumption and Production.” In Paolo Matthiae et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (Rome, 5–10 May 2008). 994–1002. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

2010 “Ur III Kings in Images: A Reappraisal.” In Heather D. Baker, Eleanor Robson and Gábor Zólyomi (eds.), Your Praise is Sweet. A memorial volume for Jeremy Black from students, colleagues, and friends. 319–349. London: British Institute for the Study of Iraq.

2008 “Who are the Women in Mesopotamian Art from ca. 2334–1763 BCE?” KASKAL 5: 1–55.

2007 “Between Human and Divine: High Priestesses in Images from the Akkad to the Isin-Larsa Period.” In Marian Feldman and Jack Cheng (eds.), Ancient Near Eastern Art in Context: Studies in Honor of Irene J. Winter. 315–359. Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers.

2006 “F for Fake? Two Early-Mesopotamian-Looking Objects in a Swiss Collection.” In Ann K. Guinan et al. (eds.), If a Man Builds a Joyful House: Assyriological Studies in Honor of Erle Verdun Leichty. 473–485. Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers.

2001 “Gudea of Lagaš: The Sumerian Temple Builder par excellence: The Rites in the Construction of a Temple in 3rd Millennium B.C.” In Pedro Azara et al. (eds.), Mites de fundació de ciutats al món antic: Actes del col.loqui. 81–90. Barcelona: Museu d'Arquelogia de Catalunya.

2000 “The Hittite Seal from Megiddo.” In Arbor Scientiae: Homenaje Gregorio del Olmo Lete. Eds. Manuel Molina et al. Aula Orientalis, 18: 421–430.

1998 “A New Edition of the Lagaš II Royal Inscriptions Including Gudea’s Cylinders.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 50: 67–75.

1997 “Gudeas vermeintliche Segnungen des Eninnu.” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie 87: 1–10.

1991–93 “A Shulgi Statuette from Tello.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 43–45: 63–70.

1992 “Die Frau am Fenster in der orientalischen Elfenbeinschnitzkunst des frühen 1. Jahrtausends v. Chr.” Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen in Baden-Württemberg 29: 7–28.

Lexikabeiträge

2022 “Ivory Carvings.” In Angelika Berlejung et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Material Culture in the Biblical World. 539–556. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag.

2000 “Chicago, Oriental Institute Museum.” Neuer Pauly 13: 632–635.

Katalogbeiträge

2014 “The Samaria Ivories.” In Joan Aruz, Sarah B. Graff, and Yelena Rakic (eds.), Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age. 176–177. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2001 mit Miguel Civil: “Bread and Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt.” In Simone Zimmermann (ed.), Aliments Sagrats: pa, vi i oli a la Mediterrània antiga. 46–61. Barcelona: Museu d’Història.

2000 “Nude Female Figurines in Mesopotamia.” In Pedro Azara et al. (eds.), Deesses: Imatges femenines de la Mediterrània de la prehistòria al món romà. 66–76. Barcelona: Museu d’Història.

Rezensionen

2025 (in press) S. Rey, The Temple of Ningirsu: The Culture of the Sacred in Mesopotamia. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 394: ***.

2014 D. Wicke, Kleinfunde aus Elfenbein und Knochen aus Assur. Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie 103.2: 261–265.

2013 G. Marchesi & N. Marchetti, Royal Statuary of Early Dynastic Mesopotamia. Aula Orientalis 31: 359–361.

2009 J. Gachet-Bizollon, Les Ivoires d'Ougarit et l'art des ivoiriers du Levant au Bronze Récent. American Journal of Archaeology 113: 290.

2008 W. Nagel, E. Strommenger and C. Eder, Von Gudea bis Hammurapi: Grundzüge der Kunst und Geschichte in Altvorderasien. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 98: 394–402.

2007 O. Kaelin, ‘Modell Ägypte’: Adoption von Innovationen im Mesopotamien des 3. Jahrtausends v. Chr. Journal of the American Oriental Society 127: 384–386.

2005 J. V. Canby, The ‘Ur-Nammu’ Stela. American Journal of Archaeology 109: 301–303.

2002 R. Gyselen (ed.), Sceaux d’orient et leur emploi. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 61: 280–282.

2002 S. Amurai-Stark, Wolfe Family Collection of Near Eastern Prehistoric Stamp Seals. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 61: 130–131.

2001 E. Klengel-Brandt (ed.), Mit sieben Siegeln versehen: Das Siegel in Wirtschaft und Kunst des alten Orients. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 60: 280–283.

2001 L. Jakob-Rost, Die Stempelsiegel im Vorderasiatischen Museum/Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 60: 280–283.

2001 I. Beit-Arieh (ed.), Tel ‘Ira: A Stronghold in the Biblical Negev. Aula Orientalis 19: 318–320.

2001 O. Keel, Corpus der Stempelsiegel-Amulette aus Palästina/Israel von den Anfängen bis zur Perserzeit: Einleitung & Katalogband I. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Series Archaeologica, 10 & 13. Aula Orientalis 19: 150–152.

1999 E. Rova, Ricerche sui sigilli a cilindro vicino-orientali del periodo di Uruk/Jemdet Nasr. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 58: 47–53.

1993 Addendum zu B. Lafonts Rezension von H. Steible, Die neusumerischen Bau- und Weihinschriften. Bibliotheca Orientalis 50: 675–682.