The ancient craft of granulation

A Discussion of the Use of im-babbar2 by the Craft Workers of Ancient Mesopotamia1

§1.1. im-babbar2 is often listed amongst the materials supplied to craft workers in the Ur III and Isin periods.2 The term literally means “white clay,” but it is more frequently translated, with its Akkadian correspondence ga‡‡u, as “gypsum, whitewash” (CAD G s.v.). This already introduces a problem, since gypsum and whitewash are not clay. However, this can readily be removed if we relax the ...

ترجمه و نقد چهار فصل کتاب «quranic hermeneutics al-tabrisi and the craft of commentary

پژوهش حاضر ترجمه و نقد چهار فصل نخست از کتاب «هرمنوتیک قرآنی، طبرسی و مهارت تفسیر قرآن» نوشته ی برویس فاج، اسلام شناس کانادایی است.

The Craft of Modeling

The craft of programming

The Craft Consumer : Culture , craft and consumption in a postmodern

This article proposes that social scientists should explicitly recognize the existence of consumers who engage in ‘craft consumption’ and, hence, of an additional image of the consumer to set alongside those of ‘the dupe’,‘the rational hero’ and the ‘postmodern identity-seeker’. The term ‘craft’ is used to refer to consumption activity in which the ‘product’ concerned is essentially both ‘made ...