1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Name and Surname : SARA TRICOLI
Born: Crotone (KR), Italy , 02-12-1972
Resident in Crotone, via F. A. Lucifero 10, Italy.
Lives in Berlin, Glogauerstr. 20, 10999, Germany.
Cell phone: +49.(0)1773298903;
email: saratricoli72@gmail.com
CURSUS STUDIORUM
-1990 High School diploma in Classical Studies (58/60), Liceo
Classico Pitagora, Crotone.
-1995 one year’s Fellowship of the Department Oriental Studies,
Università di Roma La Sapienza.
-2001 Degree (laurea) in Lettere at the Rome University of La
Sapienza; dissertation in Archaeology and Art History of the
Ancient Near East. Supervisor: Professor Paolo Matthiae. Title:
“Le strutture abitative in bassa Mesopotamia nel periodo
paleobabilonese”. Vote: 110/110 cum laude (equivalent to the
1st
Class Bachelor of Arts degree)
-2001 PhD fellowship in History of Religions at the University
of Rome la Sapienza- did not accept it.
-2001 Ph.D. fellowship in Oriental Archaeology at the
University of Rome la Sapienza.
-2005: Ph.D. thesis defended. Ph.D. Thesis Title: E2.
Considerazioni sulla relazione tra lo spazio e il culto e
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2. riflessioni a margine del concetto di sacro. Il culto domestico e
la connessione con il culto pubblico templare e la regalità nel
contesto urbano del periodo neosumerico e paleobabilonese in
bassa Mesopotamia (“The private cult and its connections to the
public cult and to the royalty during the Neo-Sumerian and Old-
Babylonian period in lower Mesopotamia”)
EXCAVATIONS
-1990-1992: Etruscan Necropolis “Ferrone” in Tuscia with
“Gruppo Archeologico Romano”
-1990: Ancient Roman Villa Rustica Fontanaccia in Tuscia with
“Gruppo Archeologico Romano”
-1990: Via Appia- Bovillae with “Gruppi Archeologici d’Italia”
-1990: Medioeval Basilica at Roccelletta Ionica-Catanzaro with
Soprintendenza Archeologica della Calabria
-1991: Sacred area of Hera Lacinia, (Archaic and Classic Greek
period) in Capo Lacinio, Crotone, with the Soprintendenza
Archeologica della Calabria
-1991: Imperial Roman Castrum in Carnuntum, Austria, with the
University of Wien.
-1992: Torre Marchesana of the Castle of Charles V at Crotone,
with the Soprintendenza Archeologica della Calabria
-1995: Palatine Hill, Roman Forum of Rome with the University of
Rome la Sapienza (director: Professor Carandini).
-1997: Prehistoric site of Arslantepe-Malatya, Turkey with the
Archaeological Mission of the University of Rome-La Sapienza
in Turkey (director: Professor Marcella Frangipane)
-from 1994 to 2002 she was member of the Italian Archaeological
Mission in Syria of the University of Rome-la Sapienza at the
third-second millennium BC site of Tell Mardikh-Ebla.
(director: Professor Paolo Matthiae).
-2008 Collaboration with Universitat de Barcelona, Professor Maria
Rocio da Riva. Field-trip in Lebanon for documenting
Nebuchadnezzar relief on rock in Shir-a-Sanam (drawing) and
in Wady Sabah (photography). See Da Riva, R., “Neo-
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3. Babylonian monuments at Shir es-Sanam and Wadi es-Saba
(North Lebanon),”WZKM 102. 2013. Forthcoming. ERIH
Linguistics: INT2.
Overall experience related to documentation, drawings (overlays),
pottery restoration and classification.
LANGUAGES
Italian: Mother Language
English: excellent
German: fluent
French: only reading
Spanish: only reading
Arabic: conversational
TEACHING
2007- February-March-April
Professorship. Held a course of Art and Architecture of Rome
(Art and Culture) in the Richmond University of London,
section of Rome.
Professorship. July 2007 up to July 2011 she held a course of
Archaeology and History of Ancient Rome (Rome through the
Ages) in the Richmond University of London, section of Rome.
Professorship. July 2010 up to July 2011 she held a course of
Classical Art in the Richmond University of London, section of
Rome.
PUBLICATIONS
-Tricoli, S. 2003 Nota Bibliographica about the volume of
Matthews, R. (Secrets of the dark mound: Jemdt Nasr 1926-28.
Warminster 2002) in Orientalia, vol. 72-4, 457-8
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4. - Tricoli, S. 2005 Sargon the Semite. Preliminary
Reflections on a Comparative Study on Sargon of Akkad and his
Dynasty, in W. H. van Soldt, Ethnicity in Ancient Mesopotamia
(CRAI 4). Leiden, 372-392.
- Tricoli, S. 2006 Introduzione archeologica al sito di
Adab in F. Pomponio, G. Visicato, A. Westenholz, Le Tavolette
Cuneiformi di Adab vol. II de Le tavolette cuneiformi delle
collezioni della Banca d'Italia, Roma, 27-41.
-Tricoli Sara 2007: on-line publication of the description of the
Basilica of S. Paul Outside the Walls for the Opera Romana
Pellegrinaggi, Vatican State.
-Tricoli, S. 2014 The Ritual Destruction of the Palace of Mari
by Hammurapi under the Light of the Cult of the Ancestors’
Seat in Mesopotamian Houses and Palaces, in H. Neumann, R.
Dittmann, S. Paulus, G. Neumann und A. Schuster-Brandis
(eds), Krieg und Frieden, 52e Rencontre Assyriologique
Internationale.International Congress of Assyriology and Near
Eastern Archaeology, Münster, 17.-21. Juli 2006, AOAT 401,
795-836.
-Tricoli Sara 2014 The Old-Babylonian Family Cult and Its
Projection on the Ground: A Cross-Disciplinary Investigation, in
L. Martin (ed.), La famille dans le Proche-Orient ancien:
réalités, symbolismes, et images, Proceedings of the 55th
Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale at Paris 6–9 July 2009,
Paris, 43-68.
PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESSES
-2004: participation at the 4° ICAANE (International Congress
of Archaeology of the Ancient Near East) in Berlin in
cooperation with S. Bracci, S. Di Paolo, C. Pezzetta with the
paper: “Material Culture and Transitional Phases in the Bronze
Age at Ebla Through the Analysis of the Northern Fort: a
Criticism About the Concept of Transformation”.
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5. -2006: participation at the 5° ICAANE (International Congress
of Archaeology of the Ancient Near East) in Madrid with the
paper: “Cultic Topography: the extended family cult and its
projection on the ground in Old-Babylonian Ur”.
-2006: participation at the 52° RAI (Réncontre Assyriologique
Internationale) in Münster with the paper: “Erasing the memory
of an old friend: The Ritual destruction of the Palace of Mari by
Hammurapi under the Light of the Cult of the Ancestors’ Seat in
Mesopotamian Houses and Palaces”.
-2006: participation at the ASOR American congress, held in
Washington DC with the paper: “The cultic foundation of the
extended families'socio-economic ties and its projection on the
ground in Old-Babylonian Mesopotamia”.
-2007: participation at the Orientalisti Association’s congress
held in Pavia in cooperation with Marta Rivaroli with the paper
“é.gal-ēkallûm: una questione da chiarire”.
-2009: participation at the 55° RAI (Réncontre Assyriologique
Internationale) held in Paris with the paper: “The Old-
Babylonian family cult and its projection on the ground: a cross-
disciplinar research”
-2010: partecipation at the 56° RAI (Réncontre Assyriologique
Internationale) in Barcelona with the paper:“Nam-Tar: the
determination of destiny and its cosmological implications in
Mesopotamia”
WORK EXPERIENCE
Since 1997: tour-leader and expert in archaeology for the Italian
Tour-Operators Malan Viaggi, Touring Club Italiano, Mistral
Viaggi and Siesta; leading travels in Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen
and Lybia.
-From 1995 to 1998: local guide in the major Exhibition centers
in Rome:
-1995, Exhibition: “Ebla, alle origini della Civiltà Urbana”,
Palazzo Venezia with the équipe of the Italian Archaeological
Mission in Syria.
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6. -1996-1999, Fondazione Memmo, Palazzo Ruspoli for the
exhibitions: “l’Altare di Pergamo, Il Fregio di Telefo”; “Via
Appia. Sulle Ruine della Magnificenza Antica”; “Fayyum,
Misteriosi volti dall’Egitto”
-1998, Palazzo Barberini, Exhibition: “Trasparenze Imperiali.
Vetri Romani dalla Croazia”
- 1996-2004: co-founder of the Associazione Culturale “I Gatti
del Foro”. Activity of the Association: organization of unusual
walking-tours through Rome and Italy. Special openings in
places usually closed to the public and exclusive openings to
monuments of the city. Conferences held by experts in
archaeology, art-history and history. “Art with Words”: tours
guided by archaeologists and art-historians together with actors
reciting literary texts. Tasting of local foods and vintage wines
with the help of a sommelier. Activities devoted to children and
teenagers through a variety of special educational tours.
-“Estate Romana” 1997-1998-1999: was part of the Association
for the project “I Viaggi Sentimentali”(Sentimental Journeys),
part of the national project “I Parchi Letterari” of the Ippolito
Nievo Foundation with the theatrical group “la Bilancia” and in
collaboration with Comune di Roma (Rome Council)
-2001: Tourist Guide licence (Blue badge) for Rome and
District: Italian and English language.
-2002: Held the conference: “l’urbanistica di Roma Antica” at
Portogruaro for the “Gruppo Archeologico Veneto”.
-2005-2006: collaboration with Smithsonian Institute members’
choice tours in Campania (“Under the shade of Vesuvius”) as
Study Leader-Lecturer.
-2010: “Raccontami la Storia” cycle of lectures held in the
cultural centre of Rome “Zona Rischio” about the history and
culture of ancient Rome
2012-2016: co-owner of the firm OTIVM GmbH in Berlin
(organization of cultural and culinary events)
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