This volume collects many contributions about the political, geographical and social situation in Anatolia and the Assyrian Jazira during the Old Assyrian period.
The first chapter (by K.R. Veenhof) presents the Jazira and its relations with the Euphrates.
The second chapter (by J. Eidem) summarizes the Old Assyrian trades in Northern Syria, with the evidences from Tell Leilan.
The third chapter (by M. Guichard) deals with the Naḫur and the Assyrian merchant routes at the time of Zimrî-Lîm.
The fourth chapter (by M. Forlanini) explores the historical geography of Anatolia from the kārum-period to the Early Hittite Empire.
The fifth chapter (by G. Barjamovic) investigates the geography of the Assyrian colonies in Anatolia, ca. 1975-1725 BC, studying early interconnections and trades.
The sixth chapter (by Ş. Dönmez and A. Yurtsever Beyazıt) discusses about the Central Black Sea region during the Middle Bronze Age, dealing in particular with the city of Zalpa.
The seventh chapter (by P.M. Goedegebuure) is about central Anatolian languages and language communities, mostly focusing on Hittite-Hattian symbiosis.
The eight chapter (by G. Wilhelm) presents the attestations of Hurrian people at Kültepe.
The ninth chapter (by S. Démare-Lafont) tells about aspects of commerce of the Assyrians in Anatolia.
The tenth chapter (by C. Michel) analysis the presence and role of Anatolian women in commercial transactions.
The eleventh chapter (by G. Kryszat) introduces the use of writing among the Anatolians.
Tell Mozan is specifically quoted on p. 181 (by G. Wilhelm) saying that: “Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati argued that the temple platforms at Tell Mozan/Urkeš shows a continuity of permanent use from the Nineveh 5 period to the end of the third millennium BC and concluded that Hurrian anthroponymy points at a long 'Sprachbund' situation between names with Akkadian, Amorite and Canaanite”.
[M. De Pietri – July 2019]