About the Kish Project

This project was funded by the Nahrein Network [https://www.nahreinnetwork.org] through a kind philanthropic donation to University College London. It ran from 1 November 2021 to 31 August 2025.

Project team

The project team comprised:

Mr Emad Abdulhamid, editor and translator, 15 April – 31 August 2025
Dr Nadia Aït Saïd-Ghanem, postdoctoral researcher, 1 August 2024 – 31 August 2025
Ms Oana Borlea Stancioi, project administrator, 1 November 2021 – 31 July 2024
Mr Joshua Britton, research assistant, 1 May – 31 August 2024
Dr Parsa Daneshmand, postdoctoral researcher, 1 November 2021 – 30 September 2023
Dr Misha Enayat, project administrator, 1 August 2024 – 31 August 2025
Ms Selwa Kazwini, editor and translator, 15 April – 31 August 2025
Professor Eleanor Robson, project director, 1 November 2021 – 31 August 2025
Ms Wesam Youssef, research assistant, 14 August 2023 – 13 May 2024

Project partners

We are very grateful to the following people for advice and expertise:

Advanced Research Computing Centre [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/advanced-research-computing/], University College London

Raquel Alegre
Tim Band
Anastasis Georgoulas
Mosè Giordano
James Hughes
Amanda Ho-Lyn

Ashmolean Museum [https://www.ashmolean.org], Oxford

Professor Paul Collins
Dr Nancy Highcock

Field Museum [https://www.fieldmuseum.org], Chicago

Dr Julian Siggers
Dr Deborah Bekken
Dr Jamie Kelly
Dr William Parkinson
Dr Karen Wilson

Penn Museum [https://www.penn.museum], Philadelphia

Professor Steve Tinney

State Board of Antiquities and Heritage [https://sbah.gov.iq], Baghdad and Babil

The late Dr Abdulamir Al-Hamdani
Dr Laith Majid Hussein
Mr Ali Shalgham
Mrs Luma Jassim
Mr Raad Hamid Abdullah
Dr Ahmed Aziz
Mr Ahmed Al-Mamoori
Mr Ammar Al-Taiee

08 Jul 2025