F. Nigel Hepper, Formerly a research botanist at the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The Cedar of Lebanon in History.......................................................................2

Andrew George, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Gilgamesh and the Cedars of Lebanon...............................................................8

Pierre M. Bikai, Director, American Centre of Oriental Research, Amman
Ishtar (the cedar-tree) and Gilgamesh the Loser..............................................14

Cemal Pulak, Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University
Cedar for ships................................................................................................24

Henri Loffet, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
La Pierre de Palerme: notes sur la traduction du mot "Ash " (bois, huile ou sève résineuse?)...........38

Françoise Briquel Chatonnet, Laboratoire des études sémitiques anciennes CNRS, Collège de France, Paris
Les textes relatifs au cèdre du Liban dans l’Antiquité.......................................42

Pierre M. Bikai
The Cedar of Lebanon: Textual Evidence for the Sources................................50

Elisabeth Fontan, conservateur en chef au département des Antiquités orientales, Musée du Louvre, Paris
La Frise du Transport du Bois, Décor du Palais de sargon II à Khorsabad......58

Hani Abdul-Nour, Université Libanaise, Beyrouth
Les inscriptions forestières d’Hadrien: mise au point et nouvelles découvertes................64

F. Nigel Hepper
The Bsharré Cedars of Lebanon as seen by travellers.......................................96

Caroline Cartwright, Department of Scientific Research, British Museum
Cedrus Libani under the microscope; the Anatomy of Modern and
Ancient Cedar of Lebanon wood...................................................................107

Salma N. Talhouk, Jala Makhzoumi, the American University of Beirut, Mike Maunder, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii & Sawsan Khuri, School of Plant Sciences, Reading
You can’t see the wood for the trees: The Cedar of Lebanon as a symbol of a country and an Ecosystem..........................................................114

Book reviews, Anne Rabate,
(S.Hadjisavvas and V. Karageorghis),
The Problem of Unpublished Excavations.................................................124
Méditerranée, revue géographique des pays méditerranéens..........................125