Dr. Enrico Ascalone

Summary

Enrico Ascalone was awarded the title of Associate Professor in “Cultures of Ancient Near East” in 2014 (he is now candidate for full professor). He is at the Georg-August-Universität of Göttingen from 2017 and he is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Archaeological Italian Project at Shahr-i Sokhta (Sistan-va-Bauchistan, Iran). Achieved Master (University of Rome “Sapienza”, 1999), Ph.D. (University of Naples “L’Orientale”, 2002), post-graduate specialization (University of Rome “Sapienza”, 2003), Post-Doc. (Istituto di Scienze Umane of Florence [= SUM], 2008) and the position of Expert (University of Salento, 2012-2016) in “Archaeology of Ancient Near East”, he has been researcher at the “Sapienza” University of Rome (2010-2013), ASET Institute of Berlin (2014-2015), University of Copenhagen (Saxo Institute, 2016-2017); he has been Professor at the University of Milan (2001-2006), Messina (2005-2006) and Palermo (2008-2010). Author of books on the Mesopotamia Civilization (2005), the Archaeology of Ancient Iran (2006 and 2015), the Eblaite Weighing System (2006), the Elamite Glyptic Art (2011), the Archaeological Methodology (2001 and 2004) and the Oxus-Jiroft Intercultural Relations (in press), he has edited volumes regarding the Archaeology (1999) and the commercial and cultural relations in the Ancient Near East during the Bronze Age period as seen from the Weighing and Metrological systems (2006 and 2011); he has published studies (more than ninety) principally focused to the Elamite cylinder seals, the Bronze Age Iranian history, the Ancient Near Eastern Weighting Systems and the commercial role of the Iranian and Syrian sites during Early and Middle Bronze Age periods. He has been Co-director of the Italian-Iranian Joint Archaeological Mission at Qaleh Kuchek, Kerman province, South-Eastern Iran, in 2009 and he is member of the Italian Archaeological Mission at Tell Mardikh/Ebla and Tell Tuqan, Syria, since 1993; he has also participated at the Italian-Palestinian Archaeological Mission at Tell es-Sultan/Jericho in 1998 and 1999. Organizer of two international congress (2004 and 2010) held at Rome (Weights in Context. Bronze Age Weighing Systems of Eastern Mediterranean: Chronology, Typology, Material) and Palermo (The City Before and After its Foundation), he is the scientific responsible for publication of weights, seals and sealing coming from the Iranian excavations at Shahr-i Sokhta (1997-2015) and for the weights found in the Ebla, Tell es-Sultan, Batrawi and Tell Tuqan excavations; he is under contract for publishing the cylinder seals placed in the National Museum of Iran (Tehran).

Research experience

Academic achievements
1997. Graduated in The Humanities Sciences at the First University of Rome (Italy), 29.07.1997 Rome. Dissertation entitled: “La ceramica protostorica di Susa e Tall-i Malyan. Analisi comparativa e valutazione storica dei siti dell’altopiano iranico” (= The ceramic assemblage from Susa and Tall-i Malyan. Comparative historical analysis among Bronze Age Iranian sites). Vote: 110/110 cum laude (the highest mark).
1999-2002. Awarded PhD in Archaeology at the University 'Orientale' of Naples (Italy), 10.03.2003 Naples. Dissertation entitled (2003): “Glittica d'Iran. Analisi contestuale distributive ed iconografica dei sigilli Susiani, Elamiti, Transelamiti e d'importazione ovvero di derivazione concettuale non indigena, rinvenuti in Iran” (= Elamite Glyptic Art).
1998-1999, 2003. Awarded post-graduate specialization in Archaeology of the Ancient Near East at the First University of Rome (Italy), 15.04.2004 Rome. Dissertation entitled: “Interazioni e integrazioni culturali sul plateau iraniano tra la seconda metà del III e i primi secoli del II millennio a.C.” (= Cultural interaction and integration on the Iranian plateau between the second half of the Third and first centuries of the Second Millennium BC). Vote: 70/70 cum laude (the highest mark).
2005. Awarded contract as Researcher Fellow (= FIRB) at the First University of Rome (Italy).
2006. Awarded contract as Researcher Fellow at the University of Salento, Lecce (Italy).
2006-2008. Awarded Post-doc. at the Italian Institute for Humanities Science, Florence (01.07.2006-30.06.2008). Dissertation entitled: “Iconografia e cultura nell'Iran pre-achemenide” (= Iconography and culture in the pre-achaemenid Iran).
2009. Awarded suitability to the Scientific Research (Level III) for CNR (= High Council of the Research), Rome (Italy).
2010-2103. Awarded contract as Researcher Fellow at the First University of Rome (Italy). Vote 100/100 (the highest mark).
2014-2015. Researcher at the A.S.E.T. Institute (Berlin - Germany) in “Cultures of Ancient Near East”.
2014-2020. Awarded the license in Associate Professor in “Cultures of Ancient Near East” (unanimous decision by international academic board arranged by 5 experts).
2016-2017. ERC Researcher at the University of Copenhagen, Saxo Institute.
2017-2018. ERC Researcher at the University of Göttingen, Seminar Für Ur- und Frügeschichte.

Direction, organization and coordination of international groups of research
1996-2007. Field-Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission at Tell Mardikh/Ebla, Syria (annual campaign).
2006-2010. Field-Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission at Tell Tuqan, Syria (annual campaign).
1998-1999. Field-Director of the Italian-Palestinian Archaeological Mission at Tell es-Sultan (Palestine) (annual campaign).
2009-2010. Co-Direction of the joint Italian-Iranian archaeological mission at Qaleh Kuchek, Kerman province, South-eastern Iran.
2010-2013. Field-Director of the archaeological survey in Inner Syria, Idleb province. UE project entitled: “Ebla Chora. The Early state and its Chora: Towns, villages and landscape at Ebla in Syria during the 3rd millennium BC”.
2014-2015. Scientific Coordinator of A.S.E.T. Institute in “Cultures of Ancient Near East”, Berlin (Germany).
2016-2017. Coordinator of ERC-Fund WEIGHTANDVALUE sub-project, University of Copenhagen, Saxo Institute (Denmark). Title of the sub-project: “Indus Valley Civilisation and Central Asia”.
2017-2018. Coordinator of ERC-Fund WEIGHTANDVALUE sub-project, University of Göttingen, Seminar Für Ur- und Frügeschichte (Germany). Title of the sub-project: “Indus Valley Civilisation and Central Asia”.
2016- . Director of the Multidisciplinary Archaeological Italian Project at Shahr-i Sokhta (Sistan-va-Baluchistan, Iran).

Projects of research developed for academic international institutions
(Title of Project/Institution)
1993-2007. Excavations at Tell Mardikh/Ebla, University of Rome “Sapienza”.
1993-2013. Excavations at Tell Tuqan, University of Salento, Lecce.
1998-2000. Excavations at Jericho, University of Rome “Sapienza”.
1999-2010. III and II millennium BC Cylinder Seals from Bastan Museum of Tehran, University of Naples 'L'Orientale'.
2001-2006. The Weighting System at TellMardikh/Ebla, University of Rome “Sapienza”.
2005-2006. The Weighting System at Tell el-Batrawi, University of Rome “Sapienza”.
2009-2010. Excavations at Qaleh Kuchek, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research (= ICAR) and The Research Institute of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism of the Islamic Republic of Iran (= RICHT).
2009-2013. The Weighting System at Tell Tuqan, Inner Syria, University of Salento, Lecce.
2010-2013. Ebla Chora. “The Early state and its Chora: Towns, villages and landscape at Ebla in Syria during the 3rd millennium BC”, University of Rome 'Sapienza' and University Alma Mater of Bologna.
2013-2016. I millennium BC cylinder and stamp seals from Bastan Museum of Tehran, National Museum of Iran, Tehran.
2014-2017. Ziwiye Glyptic Art as seen from Iranian Excavations, National Museum of Iran, Tehran.
2014-2015. Nanâ: “The Mother”: COC Program: The Practise, Development, and Transmission of Indirect Casting in Copper Alloy, Gold & Silver Alloys (3000 BC–2000 AD), A.S.E.T. Institute, Berlin.
2014-2015. Imagery of Ibex and Arbor Vitae. COC Program: The Practice, Development, and Transmission of Indirect Casting in Copper Alloy, Gold & Silver Alloys (3000 BC–2000 AD), A.S.E.T. Institute, Berlin.
2016-2017. Indus Valley Civilisation and Central Asia, ERC-funded Weightandvalue project. University of Copenhagen, Saxo Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2017-2018. Indus Valley Civilisation and Central Asia, ERC-funded Weightandvalue project. University of Göttingen, Seminar Für Ur- und Frügeschichte (Germany).
2016-2018. The Iranian Weighing System in the Bronze Age Period, Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization, Tehran, Iran.
2015-2020. The Weighing System at Shahr-i Sokhta as seen from the Iranian Excavations (1997-2015), Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, Tehran, Iran.
2015-2020. Reconstructing the Economic System in the Helmand Valley during the Bronze Age Period. Weights, Seals, Seal Impressions and the Other Administrative Items Found at Shahr-i Sokhta in the Iranian Excavations (1997-2015), Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research, Tehran, Iran.
2016- Multidisciplinary Archaeological Italian Project at Shahr-i Sokhta (Sistan-va-Baluchistan). University of Salento, Lecce, Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (= ICAR) and The Research Institute of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism of the Islamic Republic of Iran (= RICHT).

Excavations
1994-2007. Tell Mardikh/Ebla, Syria (annual campaign).
1993-2010. Tell Tuqan, Syria (annual campaign).
1998-1999. Tell es-Sultan, Palestine (annual campaign).
2009-2010. Qaleh Kuchek, Iran (annual campaign).
2016- Shahr-i Sokhta, Sistan-va-Baluchistan, Iran (annual campaign).

Direction and organization of international congress
2004. Weights in Context. Bronze Age Weighing Systems of Eastern Mediterranean: Chronology, Typology, Material, International Colloquium, Rome, 22-24 November 2004, Università degli Studi di Roma ‘La Sapienza’ - Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Egeo Anatolici (= CNR) - Istituto Italiano di Numismatica.
2010. The City before and after its Foundation. Propaganda and Political Control. International Seminar 22-28 May 2010. Faculty of Humanities Science and Philosophy. University of Palermo.
2018. Workshop organization, with S.M.S. Sajjadi, on New and Old Multidisciplinary Researches at Shahr-i Sokhta in a Historical Perspective, in XI International Congress of Ancient Near East, Munich (April 3-7, 2018), University of Munich.

Scientific involvement in the international congress or conferences organization
2017. Scientific Committee in the International Congress of Young Archaeologist (= ICYA), University of Tehran and Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research (= ICAR), Tehran 28-31.10.2017.
2017. Scientific Committee in the 2nd International Conference on the Archaeology of Southeastern Iran, University of Jiroft and Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research (= ICAR), 11-13.12.2017.

Scientific involvement in the international exhibition organization
1995. Ebla. Alle origini della civiltà urbana. Rome, Palazzo Venezia, March-July 1995.
1995-1996. Ebla. Alle origini della civiltà urbana. Trieste, Palazzo Mirafiori, August 1995-January 1996.

Agreements funded by international calls and/or international institutions
2002-2012. Agreement with the National Museum of Iran for studying and publishing the Old-Elamite seals placed in the Museum Title of the project: “Cylinder Seals of 3rd Millennium BC in Iran”. Date of the agreement 29.01.2002.
2009. Agreement with ICAR - ROCHHTO for archaeological campaigns, studies and researches at Qaleh Kuchek, Jiroft, Kerman Province (South-eastern Iran). Title of the project: “Preliminary and feasibility studies to implement long-term research projects of archaeology in Kaleh Kuchek and southern Halil valley in Iran”. Date of the agreement: 01.02.2009.
2010-2011. Agreement with the University of Alep for teaching (25 hours). Starting date: 07.01.2011.
2011. Agreement with Syrian Tourism Ministry. Title of the Project: “Territorial enhancement and social-economical support to the Rural Communities of Ebla”. Fund from Italian Ministry of Foreigner Affair. Starting date: 07.01.2011.
2014-2015. Agreement with A.S.E.T. Institute of Berlin for researches in the field of “Cultures of Ancient Near East”. Starting date: 01.01.2014.
2014-2018. Agreement with the National Museum of Iran for studying and publishing the Middle and Late-Elamite seals placed in the Museum. Title of the project: “Cylinder Seals of II and I Millennium BC in Iran (ca. 1520-550 BC)”. Date of the agreement: 14.10.2013.
2016-2017. Agreement with the University of Copenhagen, Saxo Institute. Title of the project: “WEIGHTANDVALUE”, Coordinator of the ERC-Funded project: Prof. Lorenz Rahmstorf, Copenhagen, Denmark. Starting date: 01.08.2016.
2017-2018. Agreement with the University of Göttingen, Seminar Für Ur- und Frügeschichte (Germany). Title of the project: “WEIGHTANDVALUE”, Coordinator of the ERC-Funded project: Prof. Lorenz Rahmstorf, Copenhagen, Denmark. Starting date: 01.04.2017.
2016-2020. Agreement with the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (= ICHTO) for studying the balance-weights collected in all Museums of Islamic Republic of Iran. Title of the project: “The Iranian Weighing System in the Bronze Age Period”. Date of Agreement: 12.11.2016.
2016- Multidisciplinary Archaeological Italian Project at Shahr-i Sokhta (Sistan-va-Baluchistan). University of Salento, Lecce, Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (= ICAR) and The Research Institute of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism of the Islamic Republic of Iran (= RICHT). Date of agreement: 22.12.2016.

Commissions of trust
2001-2006 Expert in “Archaeology” at the University of IULM, Milan.
2010-2013 Expert in “Near and Middle East Pre-Islamic Archaeology and Art” at the Museo d’Arte Orientale, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome.
2012-2015 Expert in “Archaeology of the Ancient Near East” at the University of Salento, Lecce

Member of Editorial Scientific Board in Scientific Peer-Review
1995-2005 Orient-Express, Institute D’Art et D’Archéologie, Paris, ISSN 1161-0344.
2016- Bollettino Telematico dell’Arte, University “Sapienza” of Rome, ISSN 11274883.
2017- Proceedings of International Congress of Young Archaeologist (= ICYA), University of Tehran and Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research (= ICAR). Annual Publication.
2017- Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on the Archaeology of Southeastern Iran, University of Jiroft and Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research (= ICAR).

Member of the Scientific Committee in well-established International Congress
2017 International Congress of Young Archaeologist (= ICYA), University of Tehran and Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research (= ICAR).
2017 2nd International Conference on the Archaeology of Southeastern Iran, University of Jiroft and Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research (= ICAR).

Italian state funding for scientific projects (as member of groups of research)
(State Financier/Date/Title of Project/Institution)
MAE 1993-1997. Ebla Excavations, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
GRANDI SCAVI ATENEO 1993-1997. Ebla Excavations, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
PRIN 1996. Inner and Northern Syria Archaeological Project, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
PRIN 1998. Syria and Palestine Archaeological Survey from Paleolithic to Iron Age Period, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
GRANDI SCAVI ATENEO 1999. Archaeological and Epigraphic Researches at Ebla, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
MAE 1999. Archaeological and Epigraphic Researches at Ebla. Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
GRANDI SCAVI ATENEO 2000. Archaeological and Epigraphic Researches at Ebla Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
MAE 2000. Archaeological and Epigraphic Researches at Ebla, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
GRANDI SCAVI ATENEO 2001. Archaeological and Epigraphic Researches at Ebla, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
MAE 2001. Archaeological and Epigraphic Researches at Ebla, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
GRANDI SCAVI ATENEO 2002. Archaeological and Epigraphic Researches at Ebla, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
MAE 2002. Archaeological and Epigraphic Researches at Ebla, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
PRIN 2000. Urbanization in Syrian and Palestine from Early Bronze to the Iron Age, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
GRANDI SCAVI ATENEO 2003. Archaeological and Epigraphic Researches at Ebla, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
MAE 2003. Archaeological and Epigraphic Researches at Ebla, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
GRANDI SCAVI ATENEO 2004. Excavations, Restoration and Touristic Promotion of Ebla Archaeological Site, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
MAE 2004. Excavations, Restoration and Touristic Promotion of Ebla Archaeological Site, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
PRIN 2002. Architecture, Urban-plan and Chronology in Syrian during the Bronze and Iron Age, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
GRANDI SCAVI ATENEO 2005. Excavations, Restoration and Touristic Promotion of Ebla Archaeological Site, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
MAE 2005. Excavations, Restoration and Touristic Promotion of Ebla Archaeological Site, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
GRANDI SCAVI ATENEO 2006. Excavations, Restoration and Touristic Promotion of Ebla Archaeological Site, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
MAE 2006. Excavations, Restoration and Touristic Promotion of Ebla Archaeological Site, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
UNIVERSITÀ DEL SALENTO, DIPARTIMENTO BENI CULTURALI 2006. Tell Tuqan Excavations, Università del Salento, Lecce.
GRANDI SCAVI ATENEO 2007. Excavations, Restoration and Touristic Promotion of Ebla Archaeological Site, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
MAE 2007. Excavations, Restoration and Touristic Promotion of Ebla Archaeological Site, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
PRIN 2005. Excavations and Researches on Architecture, Chronology and Material Culture in Syrian during Bronze and Iron Age, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
FIRB 2005-2006. Restoration and Touristic Promotion of Ebla Archaeological Site, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
UNIVERSITÀ DEL SALENTO, DIPARTIMENTO BENI CULTURALI 2007. Tell Tuqan Excavations, Università del Salento, Lecce.
PRIN 2007. The Ebla Civilization. Studies and Researches on Syria and Southern Turkey during the Bronze Age Period, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
UNIVERSITÀ DEL SALENTO, DIPARTIMENTO BENI CULTURALI 2008. Researches at Tell Tuqan, Università del Salento, Lecce.
UNIVERSITÀ DEL SALENTO, DIPARTIMENTO BENI CULTURALI 2009. Researches at Tell Tuqan, Università del Salento, Lecce.
UNIVERSITÀ DEL SALENTO, DIPARTIMENTO BENI CULTURALI 2010. Researches at Tell Tuqan, Università del Salento, Lecce.
MAE 2010: Archaeological Mission at Tell Tuqan, Syria, Università del Salento di Lecce.
UNIVERSITÀ DEL SALENTO, DIPARTIMENTO BENI CULTURALI 2011. Researches at Tell Tuqan, Università del Salento, Lecce.
MAE 2011: Archaeological Mission at Tell Tuqan, Syria, Università del Salento di Lecce.
UNIVERSITÀ DEL SALENTO, DIPARTIMENTO BENI CULTURALI 2012. Researches at Tell Tuqan, Università del Salento, Lecce.
UE 2010-2014. ‘Ebla Chora. The Early State and its Chora: Towns, Villages and Landscape at Ebla in Syria during the 3rd Millennium BC’, Università “Sapienza” di Roma.

Italian state funding for scientific researches (as Director or Principal Investigator)
(State Financier/Date/Title of Project/Institution/Amount)
UNIVERSITÀ SAPIENZA, ROME, GRANDI SCAVI ATENEO 2009. Archaeological Expedition at Qaleh Kutchek, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”.
UNIVERSITÀ DEL SALENTO, DIPARTIMENTO BENI CULTURALI 2017. Multidisciplinary Archaeological Project at Shahr-i Sokhta, Università del Salento di Lecce.
MAE 2017. Multidisciplinary Archaeological Project at Shahr-i Sokhta, Università del Salento di Lecce.

Classes of unpublished materials entrusted for publication
2000. Balance-Weights from Tell es-Sultan (Palestine) excavations found in 1998-2000 archaeological campaigns.
2001. Seals dating III millennium BC placed in the National Museum of Iran (coming from old excavations carried out at Susa, Luristan sites, Fars region, Eastern Iran, etc., and private collections).
2001. Balance-Weights from Tell Mardikh/Ebla (Syria) excavations found in 1964-2010 archaeological campaigns.
2002. Balance-Weights from Mozia (Italy) excavations found in 2002 archaeological campaigns.
2006. Balance-Weights from Tell Tuqan (Syria) excavations found in 1993-2010 archaeological campaigns.
2009. Balance-Weights from Tell el-Batrawi found in 2005-2009 archaeological campaigns.
2009. Archaeological material from Qaleh Kuchek survey found in 2009 archaeological campaign (South-eastern Iran, Kerman province, Jiroft valley).
2013. Seals dating II and I millennium BC placed in the National Museum of Iran (coming from old excavations carried out at Ziwiye, Hasanlu, Susa, Choga Zanbil, Persepolis, etc. and private collections).
2014. BMAC materials placed in the Miho Museum from Shumei Family Collection, Shiga, Japan.
2016. Seals and seal impressions from Iranian Archaeological Expedition at Shahr-i Sokhta in 1997-2015 archaeological campaigns (Sistan-va-Baluchistan, Eastern Iran).
2016. Weights and other administrative items coming from Iranian Archaeological Expedition at Shahr-i Sokhta (Sistan-va-Baluchistan, Eastern Iran).
2016. Bronze Age Balance-weights placed in all Iranian Museums.

Unpublished archaeological excavations entrusted for publication
1993. Excavations: Area L north, Tell Tuqan (Syria).
2001-2007. Excavations: Area B, Tell Mardikh/Ebla (Syria).
2006-2010. Excavations: Area N, Tell Tuqan (Syria).
2006-2010. Excavations: Area R, Tell Tuqan (Syria).
2006-2010. Excavations: Area M, Tell Tuqan (Syria).
2009. Survey at Qaleh Kuchek, Kerman Province, Jiroft valley (Iran).
2016-2021. Excavations at Shahr-i Sokhta (Iran) (Italian excavations).

Research results including patents, publications, teaching, etc. taking into account the level of experience
Fellowship
2001-2006. Expert in “Archaeology” at the University of IULM, Milan (Italy).
2005-2006. Research Fellow at the First University of Rome (Italy). Short term position. Title of the project: “Tourist valorisation and the archaeological park at Ebla, Syria”.
2006-2007. Researcher Fellow at the University of Salento, Lecce (Italy). Short term position. Title of the project: “Early and Middle Bronze Age Pottery Assemblage from Tell Tuqan, Inner Syria”.
2010-2013. Expert in “Near and Middle East Pre-Islamic Archaeology and Art” at the Museo d’Arte Orientale, Ministero per I Beni e le Attività Culturali, Rome (Italy).
2010-2013. Research Fellow at the First University of Rome (Italy). Short term position. Title of the project: “Ebla Chora. The Early state and its Chora: Towns, villages and landscape at Ebla in Syria during the 3rd millennium BC”. Vote 100/100 (the highest mark).
2012-2014. Expert in “Archaeology of the Ancient Near East” at the University of Salento, Lecce (Italy).
2014-2015. Scholarship at the A.S.E.T. Institute of Berlin in “Cultures of Ancient Near East”.
2016-2017. Post-doc researcher at the University of Copenhagen, Saxo Institute. Title of the project: “Indus Valley Civilisation and Central Asia”, sub-project to the ERC-Funded “WEIGHTANDVALUE” project.
2017-2018. Post-doc researcher at the University of Göttingen, Seminar Für Ur- und Frügeschichte. Title of the project: “Indus Valley Civilisation and Central Asia”, sub-project to the ERC-Funded “WEIGHTANDVALUE” project.

Academic teaching

2001-2002. Seminar at the University of Milan in Archaeology.
2002-2006. Professor short term position in Archaeology at the University of Milan.
2005-2006. Seminar at the University of Messina in Archaeology of Ancient Near East.
2008-2010. Professor short term position in Archaeology of Ancient Near East at the University of Palermo.
2010-2011. Seminar at the University of Alep in Archaeology of Ancient Near East.
2017-2018. Lecture at the University of Göttingen in Mesopotamian Settlement Archaeology.

Participation at conferences (35)

1) 1996. “XLIII Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale”, Prague 01-07.07.96. Title: “Typological and Quantitative Approach to the Ancient Weight System. Susa, Persian Gulf and Indus Valley from the End of the III Mill. To the Beginning of the II Mill. BC”.
2) 1997. "XLIV Rencontres Assyriologique Internationale”, Venice 07-11.07.97. Title: “The Eblaite Metrology in Middle Bronze Age. Archaeological Context and Distributive Analysis of Weights”.
3) 1998. “1st International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East”, Rome 18-25.05.98. Title: “Distributive and Archaeological Analysis of the Susa Ceramic Assemblage. Typological Approach and Stratigraphical Evidence”.
4) 2001. International Congress “From Relative to Absolute Chronology in Syria and Palestine in the II Millennium BC”, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 29.11.01-01.12.01. Title: “Archaeological Links between Syria and Iran. Stratigraphical Correlation and Regional Connections” (INVITED).
5) 2002. International Conference in the National Bastan Museum of Iran, Tehran 06.02.02. Title: “Stratigraphical Problems and Archaeological Links between Iran and Syria during the End of the Third and Beginning of the Second Millennium BC” (INVITED).
6) 2002. “3rd International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East”, Paris 15-20.04.02 Title: “New Trans-Elamite Glyptic Evidence”.
7) 2002. “3rd International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East”, Paris 15-20.04.02. Title: “Distributive Analysis of Weights from Royal Palace G”.
8) 2002. International Conference at Damascus, Syria 26-28.10.2002. Title: “Metrological Analysis of Eblaite Weights System”.
9) 2003. “First International Conference on the Ancient Cultural Relations between Iran and Western Asia”, Tehran 16-18.08.2003. Title: “Two trans-Elamite Cylinder Seals from Susa and Jalalabad (Fars)” (INVITED).
10) 2004. “4th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East”, Berlin 28.03.04-04.04.04. Title: “Cultural Interactions among Mesopotamia, Elam, Transelam and Indus Civilization. The Evidence of a Cylinder-Stamp Seal from Jalalabad (Fars) and its Significance in the Historical Dynamics of South-eastern Iran”.
11) 2004. “4th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East”, Berlin 28.03.04-04.04.04. Title: “Cultural Interaction in the Persian Gulf Area”.
12) 2004. “4th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East”, Berlin 28.03.04- 04.04.04. Title: “Functional Analysis of a Courtyard in a House of Middle Bronze Age II at Tell Mardikh-Ebla (Syria): A Study of Archaeobotanical Evidence, Artifacts and Installations”.
13) 2004. International Congress “Weights in Contexts. Bronze Age Weighing Systems of Eastern Mediterranean. Chronology, Typology, Material and Archaeological Contexts”, Rome 22-24.11.04. Title: “Current Approaches to the Study of the Ancient Weight Systems” (INVITED).
14) 2004. International Congress “Weights in Contexts. Bronze Age Weighing Systems of Eastern Mediterranean. Chronology, Typology, Material and Archaeological Contexts”, Rome 22-24.11.04. Title: “Early Bronze Age Weight Systems: the Evidence from Tell Mardikh/Ebla and Tell es-Sultan/Jericho” (INVITED).
15) 2005. “Ist International Congress on the Halil Rud Civilization”, Jiroft 30.01.2005-03.02.2005. Title: “Reflections on the South-eastern Iranian Cultural Complex as Seen from Glyptic Art. Concordances and Discordances in the Transelamite Seals” (INVITED).
16) 2006. International Conference Regione Sicilia, Assessorato ai Beni Culturali ed Ambientali e della Pubblica Istruzione, Soprintendenza per i Beni Culturali ed Ambientali di Messina, 05.12.2006. Title: “Ebla. Recenti scoperte e nuovi metodi d’indagine” (INVITED).
17) 2008. “6th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East”, Rome 05.05.08-10.05.08. Title: “Old-Elamite Seals from Bastan Museum. A Reassessment of Typology”.
18) 2009. "LV Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale”, Paris 13-18.07.09. Title: “The Domestic Quarter at Ebla: Area B”.
19) 2009. International Conference “Suse et l’Elam”, Gand 14-17.12.2009. Title: “New Seals from Susiana and Iranian Plateau” (INVITED).
20) 2010. “7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East”, London 12-16.04.10. Title: “Preliminary Report of Iranian-Italian Joint Expedition at Qaleh Kuchek, Halil Valley (Jiroft, Kerman Province, SE Iran)”.
21) 2011. "LVII Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale”, Rome 04-09.07.2011. Title: “Awan versus Akkad. Origin and Formation of an Elamite Style and Iconography”.
22) 2012. “XVI Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology”, Florence 01-03.03.2012. Title: “Interaction and integration at Susa and Shahdad. The Case of Borderline Entities on the Iranian Plateau during the Second Half of Third Millennium BC”.
23) 2013. International Conference at the Archaeological National Museum of Tehran, 22.02.2013. Title: “The Old-Elamite Glyptic Art in a Historical Perspective. Typological, Geographical and Chronological Identification of the Elamite Seals corpora between Awan and Sukkalmakh Dynasties (c. 2300-1520 BC)” (INVITED).
24) 2013. “International Seminar on the Jiroft Archaeological Studies”, Jiroft 27-28.04.2013. Title: “Discovering an Ancient Achaemenid Capital” (INVITED).
25) 2013. Conference at the University of Rome “Sapienza”, Department of Antiquities Sciences. Title: “L'Elam del III millennio a.C. e la nascita dell'arte dinastica” (INVITED).
26) 2013. International Conference “Tell Tuqan Excavations and Regional Perspectives. Cultural Developments in Inner Syria from the Early Bronze Age to the Persian/Hellenistic period”, University of Salento, Lecce 15-17.05.2013. Title: “The Long Life of the Death. Middle Bronze Age Necropolis at Tell Tuqan, Syria” (INVITED).
27) 2014. “IX International Congress of the Ancient Near East”, Basel, 9-13.05.2014. Title: “New Finds from Ziwiye. The Glyptic Art in North-West Iran during the First Millennium BC”.
28) 2014. Conference at the University of Rome “Sapienza”, Department of Antiquities Sciences. Rome, 01.12.2014. Title: “Margiana, Battriana e Iran orientale tra il III e il II millennio a.C. Nuove evidenze dal Miho Museum (Shiga, Japan)” (INVITED).
29) 2015. “Susa and Elam: History, Language, Religion and Culture” Leuven-la-Neuve, 6-9.07.2015. Title: “Intercultural Relations among Elam, Jiroft and the Oxus Civilization” (INVITED).
30) 2015. Conference at Mercati di Traiano - Museo dei Fori Imperiali, 26.11.2015. Title: “L'anticlassico che diventa classico. Sostituzione, elaborazione e affermazione di nuovi codici di propaganda al tempo degli Sukkalmakh (ca. 1900-1520 a.C.)” (INVITED).
31) 2016. Conference at the National Museum of Iran, Tehran, 09.03.2016. Title: “An Integrated Cultural System among civilizations. Jiroft, Oxus and Elam between the half of Third and the beginning of Second Millennium BC” (INVITED).
32) 2016. Conference at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität di Münich, 26.06.2016. Title: “An Integrated Cultural System among Eastern Iran, Indus Valley, and Oxus Civilisations. The Puzzling Evidence of Weights” (INVITED).
33) 2017. Conference at the University of Zabol, 03.11.2017. Title: “The Role of Seals and Seal Impressions in the History of Elam and Eastern Iran and their Meaning in the Identification of Cultural Spheres on the Iranian Plateau” (INVITED).
34) 2017. Conference at the 2nd International Conference on the Archaeology of Southeastern Iran, Jiroft, Universiy of Jiroft, 11-13.12.2017. Title: “Weighing Systems and Their Historical Meaning in the Complex Societies of Bronze Age Eastern Iran” (INVITED).
35) 2018. Conference at the University of Rome “Sapienza”, 12.01.2018. Title: “Economie e organizzazioni territoriali in Iran orientale. Studi e ricerche italiane a Shahr-i Sokhta” (INVITED).

Publications (95)
Monographs (8)
1) 2001. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, Seminari di Archeologia Orientale, Arcipelago Edizioni, Milan.
2) 2004. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, Conservazione e valorizzazione dei siti archeologici. Lineamenti teorici generali e descrizione di alcuni progetti italiani, Arcipelago Edizioni, Milan.
3) 2005. E. Ascalone, Mesopotamia. Sumeri, assiri e babilonesi, Electa, Milan (translate in English, French, Spanish, German and Polish). ISBN: 8837032765.
3a) 2006. E. Ascalone, Mesopotamien. Sumerer, Assyrer und Babylonier, Bildlexicon der Völker und Kulturen Band 1, Parthas, Berlin. ISBN: 3936324719.
3b) 2006. E. Ascalone, Mesopotamia. Asirios, Sumerios Y Babilonias, Dicc. De las civilizaciones, Madrid.
3c) 2006. E. Ascalone, La Mesopotamie, Hazan, Paris, 2006. ISBN: 9782754100748.
3d) 2007. E. Ascalone, Mesopotamia, Assyrians, Sumerians and Babylonians, Dictionary of the Civilizations, Berkley University. ISBN: 0520252667.
3e) 2008. E. Ascalone, Mesopotamia, Assyrians, Sumerians and Babylonians, Dictionary of the Civilizations, Columbus University. ISBN: 9780520252660.
3f) 2008. E. Ascalone, Mesopotamia. Asirios, Sumerios Y Babilonias, Grandes Civilizationes, Electa, RBA Edipresse Barcelona.
3g) 2009. E. Ascalone, Mezopotamia, Leksykon Cywilizacje Mesopotamia, Arkadiy, Warszawa. ISBN: 9788321345796.
4) 2006. E. Ascalone, Archeologia dell’Iran Antico. Integrazioni, interazioni e discontinuità nell’Iran del III millennio a.C., Nisaba 14, Di.Sc.A.M., Messina. ISBN: 888268010X.
5) 2006. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, I pesi da bilancia del Bronzo Antico e Bronzo Medio, (= MSAE VII), Missione Archeologica Italiana in Siria, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome. ISBN: 9788888233048.
6) 2011. E. Ascalone, Glittica Elamita dalla metà del III alla metà del II millennio a.C. Sigilli a stampo, sigilli a cilindro e impronte rinvenute in Iran e provenienti da collezioni private e museali, L’Erma di Bretschneider, Rome. ISBN: 9788882656065.
7) 2015. E. Ascalone, Bastanshenasi Iran Bastan. Gahnegari-e Hezareeh-e sevvom pish az milad (= Archaeology and History of Third Millennium Iran), Studies and Publications Institute, University for Humanities Sciences (= SAMT), Research Center and Development, Tehran.
8) In press. E. Ascalone, The Bronze Age Oxus-Jiroft-Elam Integrated Cultural System. A Composite Picture on the Cultural TraNsmissions Among Central Asia, Elam and Eastern Iran Between the End of Third, Beginning of the Second Millennium BC (= Sistan Studies 1, Monograph Series), Università del Salento, Beni Culturali, Congedo Editore, Lecce - Galatina.
In prep. E. Ascalone, Ziwiye Glyptic Art, L’Erma di Bretschneider, Rome.
In prep. E. Ascalone, Bassa Mesopotamia ed altopiano iranico: ca. 1000-330 a.C. (= Atlante Storico del Vicino Oriente 2.7), “Sapienza” University Press, Rome.
In prep. E. Ascalone, Bassa Mesopotamia ed altopiano iranico: ca. 2500-1000 a.C. (= Atlante Storico del Vicino Oriente 2.6), “Sapienza” University Press, Rome.
In prep. E. Ascalone, Glittica Elamita dalla metà del II alla metà del I millennio a.C., Sigilli a stampo, sigilli a cilindro e impronte rinvenute in Iran e provenienti da collezioni private e museali, L’Erma di Bretschneider, Rome.

Edited books (3)
9) 1999. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Rome 1999. ISBN: 8877423269.
10) 2006. M.A. Alberti, E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Weights in Context. Bronze Age Weighing Systems of Eastern Mediterranean: Chronology, Typology, Material, Atti del congresso Weights in Context, Rome 22-24 November 2004, Università di Roma “La Sapienza” - Istituto Italiano di Numismatica - Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Egeo Anatolici, pubblicato dall’Istituto Italiano di Numismatica, 2006. ISBN: 8885914446.
11) 2011. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Studi Italiani di Metrologia ed Economia del Vicino Oriente Antico dedicati a Nicola Parise in occasione del suo Settantesimo compleanno, Studia Asiana 7, Rome 2011. ISBN: 97888889670552.

Academic Journal (14)
12) 1993. E. Ascalone, R. Dolce, G. Palombi, M. Ramazzotti, Nota su di un’impronta di sigillo da Assur, in Orient Express, 1 (1993), pp. 24-27. ISSN: 1161-0344.
13) 1997. E. Ascalone, Nuova proposta di periodizzazione dell’abitato di Susa, in Orient Express, 3 (1997), pp. 92-95. ISSN: 1161-0344.
14) 1999. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, Typological and Quantitative Approach to the Ancient Weight Systems. Susa, Persian Gulf and Indus Valley from the End of the III Mill. to the Beginning of the II Mill. BC, in Altorientalische Forschungen, 26 (1999), pp. 352-376. ISSN: 0232-8561.
15) 2000. E. Ascalone, Interpretazione stratigrafica e proposta di periodizzazione della città di Susa. Studio comparativo degli scavi effettuati e analisi storica dell’abitato tra la fine del IV e l’inizio del III millennio, in Vicino Oriente, 12 (2000), pp. 133-173. ISSN: 0393-0300.
16) 2000. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, “…secondo la norma del peso del re”. Alalakh e Mari: contesti archeologici palatini e sistemi ponderali in Siria durante la Media Età del Bronzo, in Quaderni Ticinesi di Numismatica ed Antichità Classiche, 37 (2000), pp. 1-39. ISSN: 1420-1739.
17) 2001. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, Two Weights from Temple N at Tell Mardikh-Ebla, Syria: a Link between Metrology and Cultic Activities in the Second Millennium BC?, in Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 53 (2001), pp. 1-12. ISSN: 0022-0256.
18) 2003. E. Ascalone, Modalità, cause e dinamiche dei rapporti tra Siria e Turan durante la seconda metà del III millennio a.C.: evidenze archeologiche, epigrafiche e storiche di un “indirect long-distance trade”, in Contributi e Materiali di Archeologia Orientale, 9 (2003), pp. 139-182. ISSN: 1123-9631.
19) 2003. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, Meccanismi di scambio commerciale e metrologia pre-monetaria nell’Asia Media, in India e nel Golfo Persico durante l’Età del Bronzo. Spunti per una riflessione sulle sfere d’interazione culturale, in Contributi e Materiali di Archeologia Orientale, 9 (2003), pp. 321-421. ISSN: 1123-9631.
20) 2003. E. Ascalone, L’indigeno ed il forestiero: elaborazione di nuovi percorsi culturali integrativi tra seconda metà del III e inizio del II millennio a.C. in Susiana e sul plateau iraniano, in Scienze dell’Antichità, 11 (2001-2003), pp. 9-50. ISSN: 1123-5713.
21) 2010. E. Ascalone, I dinasti Sukkalmakh tra passato storico e mito fondante. Codici di propaganda dinastica e legittimazione divina in Elam tra Attahushu e Tan-Uli (ca. 1900-1550 a.C.), in Mythos, 17 (2010), pp. 143-158. ISSN:1972-2516.
22) 2013. E. Ascalone, Sealing and Weighting. The Art of Power during Sukkalmakh Period, in Iranian Archaeology, 4 (2013), pp. 50-57.
23) 2014. E. Ascalone, Intercultural Relations between Southern Iran and Oxus Civilization. The Strange Case of Bifacial Seal NMI 1660, in Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 4 (2014), pp. 1-10.
24) 2016. E. Ascalone, L'anticlassico che diventa classico. Sostituzione, elaborazione e affermazione di nuovi codici di propaganda al tempo degli Sukkalmakh (ca. 1900-1520 a.C.), in Bollettino Telematico dell'Arte, 821 (2016), pp. 1-27. ISSN: 11274883.
25) In press. E. Ascalone - G.P. Basello, Between Old and Neo-. The Inertial of the Measures in the Elamite Reign. A Remark on a Duck-shaped Weight from Susa, in Annali (2018).

Book Chapters (24)
26) 2004. E. Ascalone, Nota su un peso in piombo da Mozia, in L. Nigro (ed.), Mozia 10, 2004, pp. 439-445. ISBN: 888438025.
27) 2006. E. Ascalone, Cultural Spheres on Iranian Plateau as Seen from Glyptic Evidence. Distribution and Development of Seals in Iranian Regional Contexts during Mesopotamian Akkadian and Post-Akkadian Periods (ca. 2400-2150 BC), in F. Baffi, R. Dolce, S. Mazzoni, F. Pinnock (eds.), Ina kibrat erbetti. Studies in Honor of Paolo Matthiae, Presented by Colleagues and Friends on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday, Rome, 2006, pp. 29-72. ISBN: 8887242739.
28) 2006. E. Ascalone, I Sumeri, in La Storia dell’Arte I, Electa, Milan 2006, pp. 83-129.
29) 2006. E. Ascalone, I Babilonesi, in La Storia dell’Arte I, Electa, Milan 2006, pp. 130-165.
30) 2006. E. Ascalone, Gli Assiri, in La Storia dell’Arte I, Electa, Milan 2006, pp. 166-205.
31) 2006. E. Ascalone, I Persiani, in La Storia dell’Arte II, Electa, Milan 2006, pp. 146-167.
32) 2006. E. Ascalone, Stratigrafia e architettura dell’area L Nord di Tell Tuqan, in F. Baffi (ed.), Tell Tuqan. Ricerche archeologiche italiane nella regione del Maath, Galatina 2006, pp. 235-245. ISBN: 8880866311.
33) 2006. E. Ascalone, La ceramica dell’area L Nord di Tell Tuqan, in F. Baffi (ed.), Tell Tuqan. Ricerche archeologiche italiane nella regione del Maath, Galatina 2006, pp. 246-272. ISBN: 8880866311.
34) 2006. E. Ascalone, Gli oggetti dell’area L Nord di Tell Tuqan, in F. Baffi (ed.), Tell Tuqan. Ricerche archeologiche italiane nella regione del Maath, Galatina 2006, pp. 273-280. ISBN: 8880866311.
35) 2006. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, Nota su due pesi da bilancia rinvenuti a Tell Tuqan, in F. Baffi (ed.), Tell Tuqan. Ricerche archeologiche italiane nella regione del Maath, Galatina 2006, pp. 285-290. ISBN: 8880866311.
36) 2008. E. Ascalone, Area N, in F. Baffi (ed.), Tell Tuqan. Excavations 2006-2007, Galatina 2008, pp. 71-106. ISBN: 9788880868248.
37) 2008. E. Ascalone, Area M, in F. Baffi (ed.), Tell Tuqan. Excavations 2006-2007, Galatina 2008, pp. 15-20. ISBN: 9788880868248.
38) 2010. E. Ascalone, A est di Accad. Nuove formulazioni e maturità artistiche nella glittica del periodo Accadico a est del Tigri, in R. Dolce (ed.), Quale Oriente?. Omaggio a un Maestro, Flaccovio Editore, Palermo 2010, pp. 201-240. ISBN: 9788878044951.
39) 2011. E. Ascalone, Mina e doppia mina, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Studi Italiani di Metrologia ed Economia del Vicino Oriente dedicati a Nicola Parise in Occasione del suo Settantesimo Compleanno, Studia Asiana 7, 2011, pp. 57-64. ISBN: 9788889670552.
40) 2011. E. Ascalone - L. Peyronel, Peso ad anatra dal Tempio della Roccia, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Studi Italiani di Metrologia ed Economia del Vicino Oriente dedicati a Nicola Parise in Occasione del suo Settantesimo Compleanno, Studia Asiana 7, 2011, pp. 65-76. ISBN: 9788889670552.
41) 2011. E. Ascalone, Area N, in F. Baffi (ed.), Tell Tuqan. Excavations 2008-2010, Galatina 2011, pp. 23-66. ISBN: 9788880869436.
42) 2011. E. Ascalone, Area R, in F. Baffi (ed.), Tell Tuqan. Excavations 2008-2010, Galatina 2011, pp. 15-22. ISBN: 9788880869436.
43) 2012. E. Ascalone, Balance weights from Khirbet al-Batrawy, in L. Nigro (ed.), Rosapat 8, Khirbet al-Batrawy III. The EB II-III triple fortification line and the EB IIIB quarter inside the city-wall Preliminary report of the fourth (2008) and fifth (2009) seasons of excavations, “Sapienza” Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità, Sezione di orientalistica, Rome 2012, pp. 387-394. ISBN: 88884380213.
44) 2013. E. Ascalone, M. D'Andrea, Assembling the Evidence: Excavated Sites Dating from the Early Bronze Age in and around the Chora of Ebla, in P. Matthiae, N. Marchetti (eds.), Ebla and Its Landscape. Early State Formation in the Ancient Near East, Walnut Creek, pp. 215-237. ISBN: 9781611322286.
45) In press. E. Ascalone, The Stone-Balance Weights from Tell es-Sultan, in N. Marchetti, L. Nigro (eds.), Excavations at Jericho, 1999 and 2000. Preliminary Report on the Third and Fourth Seasons of Archaeological Excavations and Surveys at Tell es-Sultan, Palestine (Quaderni di Gerico 3), Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’-Palestinian Department of Antiquities, Rome.
46) In press. E. Ascalone, A. Azadi, Survey at Qaleh Kutchek, Jiroft (Iran). Preliminary Report of the First Archaeological Campaign, in Archaeological Report. Center of Research of ICHTO.
47) In press. E. Ascalone, Sistemi d'integrazione culturale (= ICS) tra la fine del III e l'inizio del II millennio a.C. Jiroft e le regioni dell'Oxus tra Simashki e la crescita Sukkalmalkh, in P. Matthiae et al. (eds.), A Oriente del Delta. Scritti sull’Egitto e il Vicino Oriente antico in onore di Gabriella Scandone Matthiae, Contributi e Materiali di Archeologia Orientale (= CMAO).
48) In press. E. Ascalone, Glyptic in the 4th-2nd Millennium, in J. Àlvarez-Mon, G.P. Basello, Y. Wicks (eds.), The Elamite World, Routledge Worlds Series, Eisenbraun.
49) In press. E. Ascalone, G.P. Basello, Science and Metrology in Elam, in J. Àlvarez-Mon, G.P. Basello, Y. Wicks (eds.), The Elamite World, Routledge Worlds Series, Eisenbraun.
50) In press. E. Ascalone, Preliminary Note on Balance Weights from Jiroft, in Y. Madjidzadeh, H. Pittman (eds.), Studies in Honor of Y. Madjidzadeh (eds.), Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (= ICAR) and Research Institute Center for Handicraft and Tourism (RICHT), Tehran.

International Proceedings (21)
51) 2000. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, The Eblaite Metrology in Middle Bronze Age. Archaeological Context and Distributive Analysis of Weights, in L. Milano, S. de Martino, F.M. Fales, G.B. Lanfranchi (eds.), Landscapes, Territories, Frontiers and Horizons in the Ancient Near East. Paper presented to the XLIV 44rd Rencontre Assyriogique Internationale, Venice July 7-11 1997 (Monographs III 3) Sargon, Padoa 2000, pp. 115-132.
52) 2000. E. Ascalone, Distributive and Archaeological Analysis of the Susa Ceramic Assemblage. Typological Approach and Stratigraphical Evidence, in P. Matthiae et alii (eds.), Proceedings of the Ist Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Rome 18-23 May 1998, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome 2000, pp. 7-33. ISBN: 8888233008.
53) 2006. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, The Weighting System at Ebla during the Early Bronze Age. Distributive and Functional Analysis of Weights, in M. Alberti, E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Weights in Contexts. Bronze Age Weighing Systems of Eastern Mediterranean. Chronology, Typology, Material and Archaeological Contexts, Roma 22-24.11.04, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome 2006, pp. 49-70. ISBN: 8885914446.
54) 2006. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, Balance Weights from Tell Mardikh/Ebla and the Weighing Systems in the Levant during the Middle Bronze Age, in M. Alberti, E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Weights in Contexts. Bronze Age Weighing Systems of Eastern Mediterranean. Chronology, Typology, Material and Archaeological Contexts, Rome 22-24.11.04, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome 2006, pp. 127-160. ISBN: 8885914446.
55) 2006. E. Ascalone, Distribution and Archaeological Context of the Balance Weights from Tell es-Sutan/Jericho, in M. Alberti, E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Weights in Contexts. Bronze Age Weighing Systems of Eastern Mediterranean. Chronology, Typology, Material and Archaeological Contexts, Rome 22-24.11.04, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome 2006, pp. 161-184. ISBN: 8885914446.
56) 2006. M. Alberti, E. Ascalone, N. Parise, L. Peyronel, Current Approaches to the Study of the Ancient Weight Systems, in M. Alberti, E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Weights in Contexts. Bronze Age Weighing Systems of Eastern Mediterranean. Chronology, Typology, Material and Archaeological Contexts, Rome 22-24.11.04, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome 2006, pp. 1-8. ISBN: 8885914446.
57) 2007. E. Ascalone, Archaeological Links between Syria and Iran. Stratigraphical Correlation and Regional Connections, in P. Matthiae, L. Nigro, L. Peyronel, F. Pinnock (eds.), From Relative Chronology to Absolute Chronology. The Second Millennium BC in Syria-Palestine. Proceedings of the International Colloquium, Rome 29th November - 1st December 2001, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei - Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome 2007, pp. 33-70. ISBN: 9788821809781.
58) 2008. E. Ascalone, The Jiroft Civilization at Susa, in Y. Madjidzadeh, M. Mashkour, H. Pittman (eds.), Proceedings of the Ist International Conference on the Halil Roud Archaeological Project. The Halil Rud Civilizations: Discussions on Recent Discoveries, Jiroft, Kerman, 31 January - 1st February 2005, Philadelphia-Tehran, pp. 342-364.
59) 2008. E. Ascalone, Cultural Interactions among Mesopotamia, Elam, Transelam and Indus Civilization. The Evidence of a Cylinder-Stamp Seal from Jalalabad (Fars) and its Significance in the Historical Dynamics of South-eastern Iran, in H. Kühne et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Berlin 28.03-04.04.2004, Eisenbrauns 2008, Winona Lake, pp. 255-276. ISBN: 9783447057035.
60) 2010. E. Ascalone, Sigilli Paleoelamiti dei primi secoli del II millennio a.C. I codici figurativi della glittica Paleoelamita e le nuove formule di espressione dinastica dei sovrani Simashki, in P. Matthiae et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the VIth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Rome 05-10.05.2008, Rome 2010, pp. 629-639. ISBN: 9783447061759.
61) 2012. E. Ascalone, A. Azadi, L. Peyronel, Preliminary Report of Iranian-Italian Joint Expedition at Qaleh Kutchek, Halil Valley (Jiroft, Kerman Province, SE Iran), in R. Matthews (ed.), Proceedings of the VIIth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, London 12-16.04.10, London 2012, pp. 277-302. ISBN: 9783447066853.
62) 2012. E. Ascalone, A New South-Eastern Iranian Glyptic Evidence, in J. Tavernier, K. De Graef (eds.), Proceedings the International Congress ‘Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives (= Mémoires de la Délégation en Perse 58), Ghent 14-17.12.2009, Brill Leiden 2012, pp. 3-25. ISBN: 9789004207400.
63) 2014. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, G. Spreafico, Family Daily Life at Tell Mardikh-Ebla (Syria) during the Middle Bronze Age. A Functional Analysis of Three Houses in the Southern Lower Town (Area B East) Life, in L. Marti (ed.), Actes de 55e Rencontre Assyriogique Internationale, 13-18.07.09 Paris, Eisenìbraun, Paris 2014, pp. 199-222.
64) 2014. E. Ascalone, The Long Life of the Dead. A Middle Bronze IB Necropolis at Tell Tuqan, Syria, in F. Baffi et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference “Tell Tuqan Excavations and Regional Perspectives. Cultural Development in Inner Syria from the Early Bronze Age to the Persian/Hellenistic Period”, Lecce 15-17.05.2013, Congedo Editore, Galatina, pp. 189-225. ISBN: 9788867661039.
65) 2015. E. Ascalone, Z. Baseri, New Archaeological Finds from Ziwiye. Preliminary Notes on the Ziwiye Seals Corpus, in B. Jacobs et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the IXth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Basel 9-13.06.2014, Basel, pp. 33-43.
66) In press. E. Ascalone, New Trans-Elamite Glyptic Evidence, in P. de Miroschedji et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Paris 15-20 April 2002, Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake.
67) In press. E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel, A Note on the Distribution and Archaeological Context of the Balance Weights from Royal Palace G at Tell Mardikh/Ebla, in P. de Miroschedji et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Paris 15-20 April 2002, Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake.
68) In press. E. Ascalone, Two trans-Elamite Cylinder Seals from Susa and Jalalabad (Fars), in M. Arfai et al. (eds.), Acts of the First International Conference on the Ancient Cultural Relations between Iran and Western Asia, Tehran 16-18 August 2003.
69) In press. E. Ascalone, A. Azadi, Discovering an Ancient Achaemenid Capital. Report of Excavations at Qaleh Kuchek, Jiroft Valley, Kerman Province, in H. Choubak (ed.), Proceedings of the International Seminar on the Jiroft Archaeological Studies, Jiroft 27-28 April, ICHHTO Edition, Tehran.
70) In press. E. Ascalone, Bipolar Models of Territorial Control in an Integrated Cultural System. Weighing Procedures at Shahr-i Sokhta and Their Socio-economic Implications in Middle and Southern Asia during the Third Millennium BC, in L. Rahmstorf (ed.), Proceedings of International Congress on Weights and Their Identification. Methodological Challenges in the Study of Ancient Weights and Metrological Systems, Institut für Vorderasiatische Archäologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 25-26 June 2016.
71) In press. E. Ascalone, Note on New Weights from Susa. Further Evidence on Susa-Indus Commercial Transactions and Cultural Relations, in L. De Graef, J. Tavernet (eds.), Proceedings of 2nd Susa and Elam conference: History, Language, Religion and Culture, Louvain-la-Neuve, 6-9 July 2015.

E. Reviews (1)
72) 2006. E. Ascalone, Rec. a: G.M. Bellelli, Vasi iranici in metallo dell’Età del Bronzo, Prähistorische Bronzefunde (Abteilung II, 17. Band), Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart 2002, in Orientalia 75/1 (2006), pp. 120-125. ISSN: 0030-5367.

Encyclopedia (23)
73) 1999. E. Ascalone, Tell Afis, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 13. ISBN: 8877423269.
74) 1999. E. Ascalone, Agricoltura, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 14. ISBN: 8877423269.
75) 1999. E. Ascalone, Argo, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 13. ISBN: 8877423269.
76) 1999. E. Ascalone, Atene, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, pp. 36-37. ISBN: 8877423269.
77) 1999. E. Ascalone, Bianchi Bandinelli, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, pp. 50-51. ISBN: 8877423269.
78) 1999. E. Ascalone, Botta, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 56. ISBN: 8877423269.
79) 1999. E. Ascalone, Cultura Harappana, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, pp. 159-160. ISBN: 8877423269.
80) 1999. E. Ascalone, Hatra, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 161. ISBN: 8877423269.
81) 1999. E. Ascalone, Impero Persiano, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, pp. 172-173. ISBN: 8877423269.
82) 1999. E. Ascalone, Mishirifeh/Qatna, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 243. ISBN: 8877423269.
83) 1999. E. Ascalone, Tell Mozan, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 250. ISBN: 8877423269.
84) 1999. E. Ascalone, Mozia, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 250. ISBN: 8877423269.
85) 1999. E. Ascalone, Pallottino, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 281. ISBN: 8877423269.
86) 1999. E. Ascalone, Palmira, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 282. ISBN: 8877423269.
87) 1999. E. Ascalone, Salomone, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 321. ISBN: 8877423269.
88) 1999. E. Ascalone, Sargon, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 324. ISBN: 8877423269.
89) 1999. E. Ascalone, Tell Tuqan, in E. Ascalone, L. Peyronel (eds.), Dizionario Collins di archeologia, Gremese Editore, Roma, p. 378. ISBN: 8877423269.
90) 2005. E. Ascalone, Iran sud-occidentale/Elam, in Enciclopedia Treccani (Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana, Sezione sul Vicino Oriente, IV volume sull’Asia de ‘Il mondo dell’Archeologia’), pp. 202-207.
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92) 2005. E. Ascalone, Djaffarabad, in Enciclopedia Treccani (Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana, Sezione sul Vicino Oriente, IV volume sull’Asia de ‘Il mondo dell’Archeologia’), p. 220.
93) 2005. E. Ascalone, Haft Tepe, in Enciclopedia Treccani (Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana, Sezione sul Vicino Oriente, IV volume sull’Asia de ‘Il mondo dell’Archeologia’), pp. 220-221.
94) 2005. E. Ascalone, Tepe Mussian, in Enciclopedia Treccani (Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana, Sezione sul Vicino Oriente, IV volume sull’Asia de ‘Il mondo dell’Archeologia’), p. 223.
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