Cécile Michel, Current Research on the Bronze Age Diyala: An Introduction p. 1 Dominique Charpin, Old Babylonian Eshnunna: A Historiographical Case p. 7 Ariane Thomas: La Diyala au Louvre ou le reflet d'une certaine historiographie p. 23 Philippe Quenet: Reconstructing the Temple Oval of Khafajah: Insight into the Emergence of Multi-Stepped Terraces p. 33 Sophie Cluzan, From the Diyala to Ur, via Mari, Kish and the Jazira: When the Boat-God and the Hero Meet at the Dawn of Kingship p. 47 Ahmed Kaml Mohammed, A New Text from Tell Sulayma - Diyala Region, p. 63 Rients de Boer, The Diyala Region as a Linchpin in in Early Old Babylonian Trade Networks: A View from Sippar p. 73 Carlos Gonçalves, Social Network Analysis, Homonyms, and Aliases in the Old Babylonian Diyala: A Study of the ARchive of Nur-Shamash p. 83 Index p. 103