Rocio Da Riva Muñoz

Rocio Da Riva Muñoz

Full professor

ORCID: 0000-0001-7861-6196
Researcher ID: H-2609-2014
Knowledge area: Prehistòria

Grup de Recerca sobre l'Arqueologia de la complexitat i els processos d'evolució social

Contact Information
Department of History and Archaeology
Departament d'Història i Arqueologia. Facultat de Geografia i Historia. Montalegre 6-8
934037547
mrdarivam(a)ub.edu

Academic Training

Filosofia i Lletres . Julius Maximilian Universität, Würzburg (Alemanya) . 10/07/2001 . (Ph.D.)

Research interests

¿ Archaeology of the Iron Age in Jordan and Lebanon
Archaeology and History of Mesopotamia
Political history of Babylonia in the First Millennium BCE
Neo-Babylonian royal inscriptions
Late Babylonian temple ritual texts

Relevant publications (Journal Publications and Other publications)

Da Riva, R. (2019). 'The angry I¿tar of Eturkalamma: BM 32482+ and the Conservation of Cultic Traditions in the late Babylonian Period ' Iraq 81: 87-105 [ICDS = 6.5]. IRAQ, 81, pp. 87 - 105 . ISSN: 0021-0889
Da Riva, R.; Galetti, G. (2017). Two Temple Rituals from Babylon. Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 70, pp. 189 - 227 . ISSN: 0022-0256
Da Riva, R. (2018). 'Neo-Babylonian Rock-cut Monuments and Ritual Performance: The Rock Reliefs of Nebuchadnezzar II in Brisa revisited', in O. Lipschits and Y. Cohen (eds), Nebuchadnezzar - History, Archaeology and Memory, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 7.1: 17-41 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co). [ICDS = 8.5]. Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel (HeBAI), 7.1, pp. 17 - 41 . https://doi.org/10.1628/hebai-2018-0003 . ISSN: 2192-2276
Da Riva, R. (2020). The Nabonidus Inscription in Sela (Jordan): Epigraphic Study and Historical Meaning. Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie, 110(2), pp. 176 - 195 . ISSN: 0084-5299
Da Riva, R.; Novotny, J. (2021). A Cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar II from Uruk in the Cindy and David Sofer Collection displayed in the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem. Israel oriental studies, 22, pp. xx - xx . ISSN: 0334-4401
Da Riva, R (2020). Jealousy in Akkadian Love Literature: Zarpanītu in the Divine Love Lyrics . In S. Hsu and J. Llop Raduà (eds.), The Expression of Emotions in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Series: CHANE 116. . (pp. 306 - 334) . Brill Academic Publishers .
Da Riva, R. (2021). 'In and around the Court of Bēl and the cultic topography of Esagil according to Late Babylonian Ritual Texts' . In Sh. Gordin and U. Gabbay (eds.), Fs. R. Zadok. Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records. Berlin-Boston, Walter De Gruyter. . (pp. 177 - 220) . Walter de Gruyter .
Da Riva, R (2021). Music and Ritual in Ancient Mesopotamia. The evidence from the Late Babylonian Temple Festivals . In R. Eichman and D. Shehata (eds.), Studien zur Musikarchäologie 12, Orient-Archäologie. . (pp. 1 - 30) . Verlag Marie Leidorf .
Da Riva, R.; Lang, M.; Fink, S. (2019). Literary Change in Mesopotamia and Beyond and Routes and Travellers between East and West. Proceedings of the 2nd and 3rd Melammu Workshops. Melammu Workshops and Monographs 2. Münster: Zaphon Verlag . Zaphon Verlag .
Da Riva, R. (2022). Urban Religion in I Millennium BCE Babylonia: Official cult and the public space,' . In C. Bonnet et al, (eds.), Naming and mapping the Gods in the Ancient Mediterranean. Spaces, mobilities, imaginaries. Walter De Gruyter. . Walter de Gruyter .

Projects

Conveni de col·laboració per al finançament del projecte: 'Investigacions Arqueològiques en Sela (Tafila, Jordania)' . 2017 - 2018 . Fundación PALARQ . PI: Maria del Rocio Da Riva Muñoz
Conference: Multifaceted Edom. Recent Research on Southern Transjordan in the Iron Age from an Archaeological and Cultural-Historical Perspective', 7 - 10 June 2021 in Amman (Jordanien) . 2021 - 2021 . Ref.Ref. 30.20.0.057AA . Fritz Thyssen Stiftung für Wissenschaftsförderung . PI: Maria del Rocio Da Riva Muñoz
Rituales religiosos en Babilonia a finales del I milenio a.C. (FFI2016-74827-P). royectos de I+D correspondientes al Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia . 2017 - 2020 . Ref.FFI2016-74827-P . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Rocío Da Riva
Las Líricas Amorosas Divinas (Divine Love Lyrics) . 2020 - 2022 . Ref.PID2019-104191GB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Rocío Da Riva
Fellow of the Fellowship-Programm der Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe 'Rethinking Despotism', Freie Universität Berlin, November 2021 . 2021 - 2021 . Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) . PI: Jörg Kliner, Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Melanie Corraliza . (2021) . Áreas de captación de recursos en el valle medio del Guadiana durante la I Edad del Hierro (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.
Roser Marsal . (2021) . Gestión y uso del agua en sociedades pastoriles seminómadas: el caso de Sela (Tafila, Jordania) en la meseta edomita durante el I milenio a. C (Ph.D. Thesis) . .

Activitats i Mèrits relevants

Participation in European research networks and clusters - Melammu Project: http://www.aakkl.helsinki.fi/melammu/. The Melammu Project investigates the continuity, transformation and diffusion of Mesopotamian and Ancient Near Eastern culture from the third millennium BCE through the ancient world until Islamic times. It has two main activities: to organize conferences, and to provide resources relevant to the project on its website
2018-2022: Member of the advisory board Classica et Orientalia (Harrassowitz Verlag)
2015-2018: Visiting professor Venice International University and Ca Foscari University, Venezia

Archaeological Surveys and Excavations

2005-2010: Director of archaeological investigations at the sites of Nahr el-Kalb, Brisa, Shir as-Sanam and Wadi as-Saba in cooperation with the General Directorate of Antiquities of Lebanon.

2015: Director of the archaeological survey (April 5-12) at the site of Sela, Jordan in cooperation with the Department of Antiquities of Jordan.

2016: Director of the archaeological excavations (March 1-29) at the site of Sela, Jordan in cooperation with the Department of Antiquities of Jordan.

2018: Director of the archaeological survey (September 21-26) at the site of Sela, Jordan in cooperation with the Department of Antiquities of Jordan.