ICONEA is the only publication exclusively dedicated to the archaeomusicology of Near and Middle Eastern cultures from its Sumerian origins to the dawn of Christianity. ICONEA also publishes papers of comparative archaeomusicology with contemporaneous neighbouring cultures.

• Foreword 4
• Table of Contents 8
• EGYPTIAN FRACTIONS AND THE ANCIENT SCIENCE OF HARMONICS 10
• HAND POSITION OF MUSICIANS BEFORE AND AFTER THE HYKSOS KINGS 20
• SUMMON THE GODS AND THE PEOPLE TO THE SOUND OF THE CONCH 30
• SINGERS, MUSICIANS AND THEIR MOBILITY IN UR III PERIOD CUNEIFORM TEXTS 40
• ON THE MANIPULATION OF THE PLANETS BY THE LYRE PLAYER IN A ‘WINE SONG’ BY KHAMIS BAR QARDAĢE 50
• DRUMS IN THE LATE XVIII^th DYNASTIES OF EGYPT 56
• MUSIC IN THE SYRIAN CITY OF EBLA IN THE LATE THIRD MILLENNIUM B.C. 64
• PYTHAGORAS, THE ORIGINS OF MUSICAL MODI AND THE DACTYLS 72
• EGYPTIAN CONNECTIONS: NARMER INSCRIPTIONS AS SUMERIAN MUSICOLOGY 82
• MUSIC THEORISM IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 116
• THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF MUSICOLOGY 144
• DANCE IN IRON AGE ISRAEL/PALESTINE 1200 - 600 B.C. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOURCES AND GLYPTIC ART 152
• RECONSTRUCTING THE VOICE OF KING DAVID’S HARPS 170