Amanda Hills Podany

@ahpodany.bsky.social

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Author of Weavers, Scribes, and Kings, Professor Emeritus of History at Cal Poly Pomona, Assyriologist, and occasional bass player

Photo of a bookshelf containing non-fiction books from a NY Times article
Akkadian cylinder seal showing a man riding an equid, among other figures. From Collon, 1987, First Impressions, image 685.
Old Babylonian terra cotta plaque showing two divine male figures next to a tree
Circular clay tablet with three lines of cuneiform text across the middle. Modern ID in ink at the bottom reads UET 6/225
Terracotta plaque showing a bearded man in profile wearing a kilt and playing a harp. Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum, University of Chicago-DSC07336
Photo shows the pre-Bangles group, Those Girls, performing on stage in 1980 in front of an audience at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. From left: Vicki Peterson (guitar), Amanda Hills (bass), Debbi Peterson (drums).
Image of clay imprints of children's feet with inscriptions and seal impressions. From Lewis, Theodore J. "Family religion at Ugarit." In Household and family religion in antiquity (2008): 78
A clay tablet with the following cuneiform inscription: 334 able-bodied men; 38 children of 5 spans' height; 41 children of 4 spans' height; 40 children of 3 spans' height; 28 children, weaned; 25 children, sucklings. Total 172 boys. 349 women; 8 females, of 5 spans' height; 22 females, of 4 spans' height; 49 females, of 3 spans' height;17 females, weaned; 25 females, sucklings. Total 121 girls. Grand total 977 people, deportees, from Que. http://oracc.org/saao/P335907/
A clay cuneiform text with Old Babylonian recipes inscribed on it, 18th century BCE.
Ancient stone stele with an image of Ushumgal, a bearded male figure wearing a skirt and standing in front of a building, with a cuneiform inscription above him.
A black and white photo of a lump of clay bearing the impression of a cylinder seal which has a cuneiform inscription, a figure of a goddess, and gold caps. There are fingerprints on the clay.
Book cover showing a sculpture of an ancient king carrying a basket on his head, against a brown background, overlaid with the text: "Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New HIstory of the Ancient Near East, Amanda H. Podany"
A cuneiform tablet crushed by an ancient scribe, with fingerprints