ARTICLES
– L. Portuese, GALATEO. A New Project Paving the Way for the Study of Manners and Etiquette in the Ancient Near East. Orient Antiquus, Series Nova (2021): 129-144. READ

– L. Portuese, A Gender-Centered Perspective on Manners and Etiquette for Understanding the Historical Role of the Assyrian Queen. KASKAL Rivista di storia, ambienti e culture del Vicino Oriente Antico 19 (2022): 71-98. READ

– L. Portuese, Worshipping Divine Statues in Ancient Assyria: Protocol, Emotions, and Etiquette. Henoch (2023): 250-268.

– L. Portuese, The Assyrian Royal Banquet: A Sociological and Anthropological Approach. In: S. de Martino / E. Devecchi / C. Lippolis / V. Messina / M. Viano (eds.), Eating and Drinking in the Ancient Near East, Proceedings of the 67th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale held in Turin, July 12-16, 2021. dubsar. Münster: Zaphon, 353-364. READ

– L. Portuese, Perceiving the Divinity of the Assyrian King: Two Observations from the Sidelines on a Recent Book by Julian E. Reade. Bibliotheca Orientalis 80 (2023). in print. 

– L. Portuese, Un homme et une femme. Humanly Divine Love Affairs in the Garden Scene of Assurbanipal. In: E. Bennet / M. Cifarelli / O. N’Shea / A. Thomason (eds.), GeMANE 4-5 Proceedings. wEdge. Münster: Zaphon. in print.

– L. Portuese, Gods, Rulers, and Death: Nonverbal Expressions and Group Identity in Syro-Anatolian and Assyrian Monumental Art. In: B.Sass / L. Battini (eds.), Mortals, Deities and Divine Symbols. Rethinking Ancient Imagery from the Levant to Mesopotamia. Studies offered to Tallay Ornan. Archaeopress. in print.

– L. Portuese, Text, Context, and Image: Taking Another Look at the ubāna tarāṣu Gesture, Iraq. in print

– L. Portuese, Etiquette in Art: The Mesopotamian Clasping of the Hands Gesture. In: L. Portuese (ed.), Mind Your Manners: Etiquette Rules from Mesopotamia and Beyond. Orbis Biblical et Orientalis. in preparation