Andrew A.N. Deloucas

@aandeloucas.com

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Postdoc Associate, Yale Ph.D. (Assyriology), Harvard visit me at www.aandeloucas.com

The spine of a book that says "DELOUCAS ELITE PERSISTENCE IN OLD BABYLONIAN NIPPUR & UR (2026-1700 BCE) PROQUEST"
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Map of Iraq during the Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BCE).
ELITE PERSISTENCE IN OLD BABYLONIAN NIPPUR & UR (2026-1700 BCE) A DISSERTATION PRESENTED BY ANDREW ALBERTO NICOLAS DELOUCAS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES AND CIVILIZATIONS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE SUBJECT OF ASSYRIOLOGY HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS APRIL 2026
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
Big day tomorrow!
Searching "andrew deloucas" on ProQuest, oldest first.
Barley Porridge with Apples, Dates, and Bacon recipe, with an image of the meal.
Stew of lamb. Meat is used. You prepare water. You add fat. Fine-grained salt, dried barley cakes, onion, Persian shallot, and milk you add. [You crush] (and add) leek and garlic.
Some Assyriologists and Dr. Julia Puglisi
Celine Debourse, Repekka Uotila, and Andrew Danielson
Images of the tablets found in situ from OIP 114 (Cole 1996).
Daily Telegraph 1, obverse.
Elite Persistence in Old Babylonian Nippur & Ur (2026-1700 BCE). A dissertation presented by Andrew Alberto Nicolas Deloucas to the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of Assyriology. Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts. April 2026.
Dawn of the First Day, 72 Hours Remain
Nine majors "sunsetting": Classical civilization, Classics (Greek and Latin), Digital Humanities, Fine arts, German, Latino-Latin American studies, Middle Eastern studies, Modern Jewish studies, Russian
A lot of snow. A shadowed figure walks away from a lit street. Parked cars are peppered with snow. The snow banks are thick, compacted with weeks' worth of snow and an additional twelve inches added on top. A small dog hardly is able to look above them.
The restaurant Ziggurat
My bluesky handle is split between Classical Studies, Archaeology, and (British) Historians.
Number of texts at Nippur associated by genre (y-axis) by date (x-axis). From 1740-1735, there is a massive spike in property sales.
Cuneiform tablet P283585
Cuneiform tablet P283584
Cuneiform tablet P283586
Three floor plans of House I of Nippur's area TA, with labels of individuals pointing to their associated space as it changes over time. To the right of the floor plans are three tablets associated with the house.
More agents gather; I can see them only dimly through the fence, but the crowd begins to prepare. “Do you have a mask?” a woman asks calmly, and before I can answer she has placed a disposable mask with a respirator in my gloved hands. I am standing next to Liz, a 37-year-old in a pom-pom beanie who recently quit her job in corporate event planning. “You should put your mask on,” she says pleasantly. “You should probably put that on,” another man says. “Do you have goggles?” A sign behind me reads YOUR GRANDMA HATES YOU.
Perfect arepas
"There are people who theorize on TikTok that Labubu is an idol of the Mesopotamian demon Pazuzu."
Jonathan Swan reaction meme
First page of Sebastian Fink's "Divine Servants on Strike! Not Serving the Gods in Ancient Mesopotamia."
Everything in the world is about Antigone. Except the play Antigone, which is about Ismene,
A hand copy of a tablet with writing on one side and the impression of a child's foot on the back.
Handcopy of a foot imprint with the inscription "foot(print) of Shanin'lanua, daughter of Satamma, son of Karbi he Satappian // Seal of Dagan-belum, son of Madi-Dagan."
Stele of the Vultures, reconstructed. On the left are two registers that equate state violence as will of the gods.
MS 2021/1 or CUSAS 39, 85. An unsealed Ur III clay tablet.
The Institutional Economy of Early Old Babylonian Nippur and Ur (2016-1840 BCE) by Andrew Deloucas of Harvard University for the Towards A Working Ancient Economy Session of ASOR annual meeting 2025
GSANES 8 CALL FOR PAPERS The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, in cooperation with Brown University, Harvard University, and Yale University, and with the added support of the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and the Center for Ancient Studies at New York University, is pleased to announce the eighth annual Graduate Symposium in Ancient Near Eastern Studies (GSANES). This symposium brings together graduate students of the ancient world to foster intellectual exchange and build lasting scholarly connections across institutions and disciplines. Presentations are shared in a collegial setting and receive constructive feedback from peers, attendees, and established scholars in attendance. The event will take place on March 26-27, 2026 at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW NYU), 15 East 84th St (New York City, USA). We welcome submissions from graduate students in both the coursework and dissertation phase. This is an in-person event, meaning that we are not accepting virtual presentations. Registration is free for all presenters and attendees, with funding for one night available to accepted speakers. We warmly encourage colleagues and faculty from nearby institutions to attend. Registration to come.