Akkadian Royal Letters In Later Mesopotamian Tradition

Author : Mary Frazer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004685949

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Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mesopotamian Tradition by Mary Frazer Pdf

Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mespotamian Tradition reconsiders the question of the authenticity of the letters attributed to earlier royal correspondents that were studied in Assyrian and Babylonian scribal centres ca. 700–100 BCE. By scrutinizing the letters’ contents, language, possible transmission histories ca. 1400–100 BCE and the epistemic limitations of authenticity criticism, the book grounds scepticism about the letters’ authenticity in previously undiscussed features of the texts. It also provides a new foundation for research into the related questions of when and why these beguiling texts were composed in the first place.

Author : Alan Lenzi
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646020300

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An Introduction to Akkadian Literature by Alan Lenzi Pdf

This book initiates the reader into the study of Akkadian literature from ancient Babylonia and Assyria. With this one relatively short volume, the novice reader will develop the literary competence necessary to read and interpret Akkadian texts in translation and will gain a broad familiarity with the major genres and compositions in the language. The first part of the book presents introductory discussions of major critical issues, organized under four key rubrics: tablets, scribes, compositions, and audiences. Here, the reader will find descriptions of the tablets used as writing material; the training scribes received and the institutional contexts in which they worked; the general characteristics of Akkadian compositions, with an emphasis on poetic and literary features; and the various audiences or users of Akkadian texts. The second part surveys the corpus of Akkadian literature defined inclusively, canvasing a wide spectrum of compositions. Legal codes, historical inscriptions, divinatory compendia, and religious texts have a place in the survey alongside narrative poems, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, Enuma elish, and Babylonian Theodicy. Extensive footnotes and a generous bibliography guide readers who wish to continue their study. Essential for students of Assyriology, An Introduction to Akkadian Literature will also prove useful to biblical scholars, classicists, Egyptologists, ancient historians, and literary comparativists.

Author : Jennifer Finn
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501504983

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Much Ado about Marduk by Jennifer Finn Pdf

Scholars often assume that the nature of Mesopotamian kingship was such that questioning royal authority was impossible. This volume challenges that general assumption, by presenting an analysis of the motivations,methods, and motifs behind a scholarly discourse about kingship that arose in the final stages of the last Mesopotamian empires. The focus of the volume is the proliferation of a literature that problematizes authority in the Neo-Assyrian period, when texts first begin to specifically explore various modalities for critique of royalty. This development is symptomatic of a larger discourse about the limits of power that emerges after the repatriation of Marduk's statue to Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar I in the 12th century BCE. From this point onwards, public attitudes toward Marduk provide a framework for the definition of proper royal behavior, and become a point of contention between Assyria and Babylonia. It is in this historical and political context that several important Akkadian compositions are placed. The texts are analyzed from a new perspective that sheds light on their original milieux and intended functions.

Author : Karen Radner,Nadine Moeller,D. T. Potts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1001 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190687601

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The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume III by Karen Radner,Nadine Moeller,D. T. Potts Pdf

"The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East offers a comprehensive and fully illustrated survey of the history of Egypt and Western Asia (Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Iran) in five volumes, from the emergence of complex states to the conquest of Alexander of Great. The authors represent a highly international mix of leading academics whose expertise brings alive the people, places and times of the remote past. The emphasis lies firmly on the political and social histories of the states and communities under investigation. The individual chapters present the key textual and material sources underpinning the historical reconstruction, giving special attention to the most recent archaeological finds and how they have impacted our interpretation. The first volume covers the long period from the mid-tenth millennium to the late third millennium BC and presents the history of the Near East in ten chapters "From the Beginnings to Old Kingdom Egypt and the Dynasty of Akkad". Key topics include the domestication of animals and plants, the first permanent settlements, the subjugation and appropriation of the natural environment, the emergence of complex states and belief systems, the invention of the earliest writing systems and the wide-ranging trade networks that linked diverse population groups across deserts, mountains and oceans"--

Author : Susanne Paulus,Tim Clayden
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501510236

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Babylonia under the Sealand and Kassite Dynasties by Susanne Paulus,Tim Clayden Pdf

Babylonia in the second half of the 2nd millennium BCE is one of the most understudied periods of Mesopotamian history. In the last few years, discoveries of new texts and archaeological materials from the Sealand Dynasty have emerged, which expand the possibilities to fill this gap in our knowledge of Mesopotamian history. At the same time, scholars have started to revive Kassite studies using new materials, methods, and questions. While those works are groundbreaking contributions to the field, many questions about the history and chronology, archaeology, economy, language of Babylonia during this period are still unsolved. This volume brings together eleven contributions by leading scholars in the Sealand and Kassite period, approaching those questions from an archaeological, ethnological, historical, linguistic, and economical point of view. The book opens with an introduction into the history and research on Babylonia under the Sealand Dynasty and the Kassites.

Author : Piotr Michalowski
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066509

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The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur by Piotr Michalowski Pdf

The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur is a collection of literary letters between the Ur III monarchs and their high officials at the end of the third millennium B.C. The letters cover topics of royal authority and proper governance, defense of frontier regions, and the ultimate disintegration of the empire and represent the largest corpus of Sumerian prose literature we possess. This long-awaited edition, based on extensive collation of almost all extant manuscripts, numbering more than a hundred, includes detailed historical and literary analyses, and copious philological commentary. It entirely supersedes the Michalowski’s oft-cited unpublished Yale dissertation of 1976. The edition is accompanied by an extensive analysis of the place of the letters in early second-millennium schooling, treating the letters as literature, followed by chapters that contextualize the epistolary material within historical and historiographic contexts, utilizing many Sumerian archival, literary, and historical sources. The main objective here is to try to navigate the complex issues of authenticity, authority, and fiction that arise from the study of these literary artifacts. In addition, Michalowski offers new hypotheses about many aspects of late third-millennium history, including essays on military history and strategy, on frontiers, on the nature and putative character of nomadism at the time, as well as a long chapter on the role of a people designated as Amorites. The included DVD includes various photographs at high resolution of most of the tablets included in the study.

Author : A. Leo Oppenheim
Publisher : Chicago : University of Chicago Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015000031792

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Letters from Mesopotamia: Official Business, and Private Letters on Clay Tablets from Two Millennia by A. Leo Oppenheim Pdf

Author : Trevor Bryce
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134575862

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Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East by Trevor Bryce Pdf

Offering fascinating insights into the people and politics of the ancient near Eastern kingdoms, Trevor Bryce uses the letters of the five Great Kings as the focus of a fresh look at this turbulent and volatile region in the late Bronze Age.

Author : Marianna E. Vogelzang,H. L. Herman L. J. Vanstiphout
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9072371844

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Mesopotamian Poetic Language by Marianna E. Vogelzang,H. L. Herman L. J. Vanstiphout Pdf

This collection of articles is the result of the second meeting of the Mesopotamian Literature Group (Groningen), held in Groningen from 12 till 14 July 1993. The topics treated by these scholars from six countries range from theoretical issues to specific analyses, from broad structures to linguistic textures, including metaphorical language as well as phonic features; also, various poetical techniques and strategies are studied. The interest is more in the questions that are raised than in the answers given, and the matter of legitimization of our theoretical bases runs throughout most contributions, this being the aim of the Group.

Author : Marc Van De Mieroop
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118718230

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A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC by Marc Van De Mieroop Pdf

Incorporating the latest scholarly research, the third edition ofA History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000–323 BCpresents a comprehensive overview of the multiculturalcivilizations of the ancient Near East. Integrates the most up-to-date research, and includes a richerselection of supplementary materials Addresses the wide variety of political, social, and culturaldevelopments in the ancient Near East Updated features include new “Key Debate” boxes atthe end of each chapter to engage students with variousperspectives on a range of critical issues; a comprehensivetimeline of events; and 46 new illustrations, including 12 colorphotos Features a new chapter addressing governance and continuity inthe region during the Persian Empire Offers in-depth, accessible discussions of key texts andsources, including the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh

Author : Alexa Bartelmus,Katja Sternitzke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501504242

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Karduniaš. Babylonia under the Kassites 2 by Alexa Bartelmus,Katja Sternitzke Pdf

Karduniaš, as the kingdom of the Kassites in Babylonia was called in ancient times, was the neighbor and rival of great powers such as Egypt, the Hittites, and Assyria. But while our knowledge of the latter kingdoms has made huge progress in the last decades, the Kassites have until recently been largely ignored by modern scholarship. Recently a number of scholars have embarked on research into different aspects of Late Bronze Age Babylonia. The desire to share the results of these new investigations resulted in an international conference, which was held at Munich University in July 2011. The presentations given at this meeting have been revised for publication in the current volume.This book gives an overview of current research on the Kassites and is the first larger survey of their culture ever. An invaluable introduction by Kassite expert Professor John A. Brinkman is followed by seventeen specialist contributions investigating different aspects of the Kassites. These include detailed historical, social, cultural, archaeological, and art historical studies concerning the Kassites from their first arrival in Mesopotamia, during the period when a Kassite Dynasty ruled Babylonia (c. 1500-1550 BC), and in the subsequent aftermath. Concentrating on southern Mesopotamia the contributions also discuss Kassite relations and presence in neighboring regions.The book is completed by a substantial bibliography and a detailed index.

Author : William W. Hallo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004173811

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The World's Oldest Literature by William W. Hallo Pdf

Literature begins at Sumer, we may say. Given that this ancient crossroads of tin and copper produced not only bronze and the entire Bronze Age, but also by neccesity, the first system of record-keeping and the technique of writing. Scribal schools served to propogate the new technique and their curriculum grew to create, preserve and transmit all manner of creative poetry. In a lifetime of research, the author has studied multiple aspects of this most ancient literary oeuvre, including such questions as chronology and bilingualism, as well as contributing fundamental insights into specific genres such as proverbs, letter-prayers and lamentations. In addition, he has drawn conclusions for the comparative or contextual approach to biblical literature. His studies, widely scattered in diverse publications for nearly fifty years, are here assembled in convenient one-volume format, made more user-friendly by extensive cross-references and indices.

Author : Mario Liverani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Akkad (Extinct city)
ISBN : UOM:39015032279179

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Akkad by Mario Liverani Pdf

Author : Wolfgang Heimpel
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781575060804

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Letters to the King of Mari by Wolfgang Heimpel Pdf

In this new Mesopotamian Civilizations volume, Professor Heimpel collects the corpus of the Mari correspondence and provides an introduction, a reconstruction of events during Zimri-Lim's reign, and English translations of these Mari texts (26/1, 26/2, 27, and additional texts). This volume includes indexes of personal names/individuals, group designations/personnel, and places.

Author : Alfonso Archi
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575063584

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Tradition and Innovation in the Ancient Near East by Alfonso Archi Pdf

In July, 2011, the International Association for Assyriology met in Rome, Italy, for 5 days to deliver and listen to papers on the theme “Tradition and Innovation in the Ancient Near East”. This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains more than 40 of the papers read at the 57th annual Rencontre, including 3 plenary lectures/papers, many papers directly connected with the theme, as well as a workshop on parents and children. The papers covered every period of Mesopotamian history, from the third millennium through the end of the first millennium B.C.E. The attendees were warmly hosted by faculty and students from the Università di Roma “La Sapienza”.