This book is the result of an International Colloquium under the title of "Rural Assyria (1350-500 BC)" held on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the excavation of Tall seh Hamad, October 6-8, 2008, at the site itself to incorporate the genius loci. Most of the papers were presented at the Colloquium, i.e. A. Caubet / F. Poplin, G. Chambon / F.J. Kreppner, D. Charpin, J.-M. Durand, H. Kuhne, M. G. Masetti-Rouault, R. Reculeau, plus additional ones by F. M. Fales, H. Freydank, A. Fugert, F.J. Kreppner / H. Hornig, C. Muller-Kessler, M. Pucci, K. Radner, D. Shibata, and F. Tourtet are offered in this volume under the title of Dur-Katlimmu in Perspective 2008. They represent the state of research of the Assyrian central place of Dur- Katlimmu and the Habur region of Upper Mesopotamia during the second and fi rst Millennia BCE. At the same time, this volume …