Abkürzungen/Abbrevations M. Bietak, Vorwort für das HerausgebergremiumlPreface for the Editorial Board M. Barta, H. Vyrnazalova, V. Dulikova, K. Arias, M. Megahed, L. Varadzin, Exploration of the Necropolis at Abusir South in the Season of2012. Preliminary Report S. Rzepka, J. Hudec, A. Wodzinska, L. Jarmuzek, L. Hulkova, V. Dubcova, M. Piorun, A. Seföakova, Tell el-Retabaf rom the Second Intermediate Period till the Late Period. Results of the Polish-Slovak Archaeological Mission, Seasons 2011-2012 A. Ashmawy Ali, The Administration of Horse Stables in Ancient Egypt R. Gautschy, Reassessment of Absolute Chronology of the Egyptian New Kingdom and its 'Brotherly' Countries W. Grajetzki, Tomb 197 at Abydos, Further Evidence for Long Distance Trade in the Middle Kingdom G. Hagens, Radiocarbon Chronology for Dynastie Egypt and the Tell el-Dab'a Debate: A Regional Hypothesis F. Blakolmer, Gottheiten auf Tieren. Zur Transformation orientalischer Bildmotive in der minoisch-mykenischen Ikonographie H. Bouillon, A New Perspective on So-Called 'Hathoric Curls' . Britsch, B. Horejs, The Role ofTextile Production and Fishing in the EBA Metallurgical Centre of Cukurici Höyük (Turkey) J. Regev, I. Finkelstein, M.l Adams, and E. Boaretto, Wiggle-matched f4C Chronology of Early Bronze Megiddo and the Synchronization of Egyptian and Levantine Chronologies I. Finkelstein, The Shephelah and Jerusalem's Western Border in the Amarna Period U. Matic, "Minoans", kftjw and the "Islands in the Middle of wsd wr" Beyond Ethnicity T. Mühlenbruch, Ägäische Keramik im östlichen Mittelmeerraum - Überlegungen zu einer weit verbreiteten Fundgattung P. Waiman-Barak, A. Gilboa, and Y. Goren, A Stratified Sequence of Early Iron Age Egyptian Ceramies at Tel Dor, Israel S. J. Wimmer, G. Lehmann, Two Hieratic Inscriptionsfrom Qubur el-Walaydah S. Faigenbaum, B. Sober, I. Finkelstein, M. Moinester, E. Piasetzky, A. Shaus, M. Cordonsky, Multispectral Imaging of two Hieratic Inscriptions from Qubur el- Walaydah A. Yasur-Landau, E. H. Cline, and N. Goshen, Initial Results of the Stratigraphy and Chronology of the Tel Kabri Middle Bronze Age Palace I. Samet, The Chrono- Typological Pottery Sequence from the Middle Bronze Age Palace at Kabri: Some Preliminary Results.