ABSTRACTS

Michela PICCIN (IHAC, NENU, Changchun)MORTALITY AND FAME IN AKKADIAN TEXTS (pp. 1–25)

Not all topics can be treated in the same way. Some are too intimate or thorny to be discussed without precautions in our use of language. One of these topics is undoubtedly death, a timeless and placeless taboo in which psychological,religious, and social interdictions are embodied. The aim of this paper is to explore the linguistic devices that Akkadian speakers used to tone down the taboo and cope with death. To address the issue, written sources, belonging to different genres and time periods, are examined.

例8中译文保留关键词“治理国家能力”和“中国特色社会主义制度”，用动词improve表示“不断提高运用”。 这里译者根据原文的含义进行调整使译文体现出英文的简洁表达特点，又如：

David A. FALK (CNRS, UBC, Vancouver)“MY PUTREFACTION IS MYRRH:” THE LEXICOGRAPHY OF DECAY,GILDED COFFINS, AND THE GREEN SKIN OF OSIRIS (pp. 27–39)

While the ancient Egyptian practice of mummification inhibited physical decomposition, the Egyptians believed that there was a liminal state during decomposition where the dead were vulnerable to spiritual attack. Spells and incantations were used as a measure to preserve the deceased by ritually converting and transforming the products of decomposition. This paper explores the lexicography of rot and decay in order to study idiomatic expressions that anticipate outcomes that preserve the dead, reverse decomposition, and transfigure the deceased. The paper relates the ritual conversion presumed through some of the Coffin Texts to religious beliefs and practices that include apotheosis, gilded coffins, and the green skin of Osiris.

Mohamed Gamal RASHED (Damietta University)A NEW CONCEPT AND EXHIBITION PROGRAM FOR THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM IN CAIRO (pp. 41–82)

This article presents a new concept for the future permanent display of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and discusses different practical ideas and concepts.Throughout the discussion, recent challenges and opportunities are considered,particularly the conflicts and duplication among the three major museums in Greater Cairo, the Egyptian Museum (EMC), the Grand Egyptian Museum(GEM), and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC). Different ideas are introduced, while selected options are then discussed. The author argues his suggestion to develop a concept that combines archaeological fieldwork,masterpieces, and visible storage in a presentation that varies from aesthetic,contextual and systematic display. This comes from the author’s understanding of the expected audiences, their interests, the strengths of the collection, the exhibition space, and EMC’s mission.

Houliang LÜ (Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)DRAMATIC ELEMENTS IN POLYBIUS’ GENERAL HISTORY: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE MODEL OF CONNECTIVITY OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD (pp. 83–112)

The Histories composed by Polybius is the only extant historical work from the ancient world which directly criticizes the historical tradition “tragic history.” Modern researchers generally agree that the reflections and criticism of Polybius on tragic history is one predominant feature of his “objective history.”Nevertheless, in the structure of general history in The Histories, Polybius himself also uses certain dramatic elements, such as stage props, selection of historical materials, fictional asides and the tragic theme of tyche, to rationalize Romans’dramatic conquest of the whole Mediterranean within fifty-three years. Polybius’failure to exclude dramatic elements from The Histories reflects the limitation of the historiographic thoughts of Greek historians as well as the complex relationship between literature and history in the Hellenistic cultural context.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SURVEY: GLOBAL HISTORY

Raimund SCHULZ / Uwe WALTER (University of Bielefeld)

At present, Global, Entangled and Transcultural History are commonly used key words in modern history, and also ancient history has partly taken over their ideas and concepts. With the present bibliographical survey of recent literature on the topic with regard to antiquity, the chances and challenges of conducting research under this perspective are examined.

GLOBAL HISTORY, ENTANGLED AREAS, CULTURAL CONTACTS –AND THE ANCIENT WORLD (pp. 115–130)

Xueliang SHI (IHAC, NENU, Changchun)

我家地方紧窄，容不出一间独立书房，所以每个卧室包括阳台都有书架。几屋子书，我由她任意翻看，反正绝无珍贵典籍，怎么看我也不会心疼。显然我会把一些书藏在小书柜里并且上锁——但锁得住青春期的好奇吗？

低收入家庭在获得住房救助方面，主要是获得住房改造补贴，占比18.2%，且主要集中在农村地区；获得廉租房/公租房的比例为8.9%，主要集中在中心城市、城乡郊区城乡结合部以及县城和建制镇；仅有0.2%的低收入家庭获得经济适用房/限价房。这跟低收入家庭住房来源密切相关，农村地区低收入家庭主要居住自建房，获取住房改造补贴较多，而中心城市居住租赁房较多，购房比例较少，因此获取廉租房/公租房的较多。值得留意的是，低收入家庭购买经济适用房/限价房的比例极低，即使房价比市场价更低，但是并没有因房价的降低而缩小低收入家庭自身资本与房价之间的差距。

REVIEW OF VICTOR H. MAIR ET AL. (EDS.). 2014. RECONFIGURING THE SILK ROAD: NEW RESEARCH ON EAST-WEST EXCHANGE IN ANTIQUITY. PHILADELPHIA, PA: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY (pp. 131–135)