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Joanna Töyräänvuori
Ancient Near East scholar studying water ordeals, Mari letters and testimony.
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Joanna Töyräänvuori studies the ancient Near EastAncient Near EastA historical and geographical term covering Mesopotamia, the Levant and neighbouring ancient societies.Glossary · Click to read the explanation and authored Trial by Water through the Ages (2021). She compares MariMariAn ancient city and kingdom on the Euphrates, at Tell Hariri in eastern Syria.Glossary · Click to read the explanation letters with laws and examines witness status in selecting ordeal participants. [1]
She emphasizes uncertain procedures and limited explicit death reports in her selected corpus. This concerns the evidence’s scope, rather than counting all ancient ordeals or denying their danger. [1]
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IL Archive, «Joanna Töyräänvuori», Edition 3, https://ilarchive.com/en/people/joanna-toyraanvuori-ancient-near-east-scholar