摘要
The JOURNAL OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS （JAC） is published annually in two fascicles by the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations （IHAC, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, People＇s Republic of China）. The aim of JAC is to provide a forum for the discussion of various aspects of the cultural and historical processes in the Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean world, encompassing studies of individual civilizations as well as common elements, contacts and interactions among them （e.g. in such traditional fields as Assyriology, Hittitology, Egyptology, Classics, and Sinology among others）. Hence, we publish the work of international scholars while also providing a showcase for the finest Chinese scholarship, and so welcome articles dealing with history, philology, art, archaeology and linguistics which are intended to illuminate the material culture and society of the ancient Near East,
