RARE collection of studies published on the occasion of 62nd birthday of Dr.Adnan Bounni, an eminent scholar of the ancient Near East and major authority on Palmyra, who excavated Tell Fray in 1972 and 1973 with Paolo Matthiae, the excavator of Ebla. [AUTHORS]: Adnan Bounni, Ali Abou Assaf, Jean Ch. Balty, Giorgio Buccellati, Jacques Cauvin, Paul Courbin, Jean-Marie Dentzer, Rudloph H. Dornemann, Michel Gawlikowski, Barthel Hrouda, Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati, Evelyn Klengel-Brandt, Hartmut Kühne, Elisabeth & Jacques Lagarce, Dittmar Machule, Stefania Mazzoni, David & Joan Oates, Winfried Orthmann, Paolo Emilio Pecorella, Nassib Saliby, Eva Strommenger, Roland Tefnin, Thilo Ulbert, Marguerite Yon, Paolo Matthiae, Maurits van Loon, Georges Tate, Harvey Weiss. Contains 140 b&w plates. 265x195mm. XXXVI+407 pages & 140 b&w plates. Softcover. Cover slightly scratched. Spine front hinge rubbed. Spine creased. Spine upper edge bumped. Bump-mark on spine near rear hinge. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare `Festschrift` dedicated to an eminent archaeologist and historian of the ancient Near East is in good condition.