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Elizabeth Knott is an Assistant Professor in Classics at the College of the Holy Cross, specializing in Assyriology. She holds a PhD from New York University (2018) and a BA from the University of Michigan (2006). Her research bridges textual and visual analysis of ancient Near Eastern cultures, focusing on religion’s role in state formation, ritual performance, and the interplay between art and power. Previously, she served as a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University and a Research Associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Her work examines Mari’s Investiture Scene, Ištar rituals, and Mesopotamian cultic objects, emphasizing how material culture and texts co-constructed political and religious ideologies. Recent publications explore affective engagement with royal imagery, scribal practices in ritual texts, and the symbolic functions of votive objects. She teaches courses on ancient Mesopotamian history, languages, and archaeology.
Her research agenda includes digitization projects like Yale’s Babylonian Collection seal archives and interdisciplinary collaborations on ambiguity in ancient Near Eastern records. Grants and fellowships have supported her work, though specific awards are not listed in sources. No lab affiliations are explicitly mentioned, but her research involves collaborations with museums and academic institutions.
