R. (Reinhard) Pirngruber, MA
- Telephone:+31 20 59 86478
- Room nr:9a-21
- E-mail:r.pirngruber@vu.nl
- Unit:faculteit der letteren (oudheid)
- Position:Junior Researcher
Research
On the efficiency of markets for agricultural products in pre-industrial societies: The case of Babylonia c. 400- c. 60 BC.
For more information on this project see http://www.nwo.nl/projecten.nsf/pages/2300136230
Teaching (2009)
The Astronomical Diaries as a Source for Seleucid HistoryPublications
• Eunuchen am Köngishof: Ktesias und die altorientalische Evidenz, in: Josef Wiesehöfer, Giovanni B. Lanfranchi, Robert Rollinger (eds), Ctesias of Knidos and his World (Oriens et Occidens), Stuttgart 2009 (in press)
• Seleukidischer Herrscherkult in Babylon?, in: Rollinger e.a. (eds), Die vielfältigen Ebenen des Kontakts: Interkulturelle Begegnungen in der Alten Welt, Stuttgart 2009 (in press)
Forthcoming:
• Plagues and prices: Locusts, in: Jursa, M. e. a. (eds), Proceedings of the START-project symposium: Too much data? Generalizations and model-building in ancient economic history on the basis of large corpora of documentary evidence (Vienna, 17th-19th July 2008)
Reviews:
In press:
• Corò, Paola: Prebende templari in età seleucide (HANEM 8), in: Bi.Or. ///
• Heckel, Waldemar: The Conquests of Alexander the Great, in: CR ///
Forthcoming:
• Eckstein, Artur: Rome enters the Greek East. From Anarchy to Hierarchy in the Hellenistic Mediterranean, 230-170 BC, in: AfO ///
• Lion, B/ Michel, C.: De la domestication au tabou. Le cas des suidés dans le Proche-Orient ancient, in: Bi.Or ///
