History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia : : Three Essays / / Piotr Steinkeller.
These essays represent a summation of Piotr Steinkeller's decades-long thinking and writing about the history of third millennium BCE Babylonia and the ways in which it is reflected in ancient historical and literary sources and art, as well as of how these written and visual materials may be u...
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Steinkeller, Piotr, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia : Three Essays / Piotr Steinkeller. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (VIII, 261 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) , 2161-4415 ; 15 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Essay 1 -- Writing, Kingship and Political Discourse in Early Babylonia: Reflections on the Nature and Function of Third Millennium Historical Sources -- Appendix 1: The Priest-King of Uruk Times -- Essay 2 -- The Divine Rulers of Akkade and Ur: Toward a Definition of the Deification of Kings in Babylonia -- Appendix 2: The Roundlet of Naram-Suen -- Essay 3 -- Mythical Realities of the Early Babylonian History (or the Modern Historian and the Native Uses of History Past) -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- List and Sources of Illustrations restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star These essays represent a summation of Piotr Steinkeller's decades-long thinking and writing about the history of third millennium BCE Babylonia and the ways in which it is reflected in ancient historical and literary sources and art, as well as of how these written and visual materials may be used by the modern historian to attain, if not a reliable record of histoire événementielle, a comprehensive picture of how the ancients understood their history. The book focuses on the history of early Babylonian kingship, as it evolved over a period from Late Uruk down to Old Babylonian times, and the impact of the concepts of kingship on contemporaneous history writing and visual art. Here comparisons are drawn between Babylonia and similar developments in ancient Egypt, China and Mesoamerica. Other issues treated is the intersection between history writing and the scholarly, lexical, and literary traditions in early Babylonia; and the question of how the modern historian should approach the study of ancient sources of "historical" nature. Such a broad and comprehensive overview is novel in Mesopotamian studies to date. As such, it should contribute to an improved and more nuanced understanding of early Babylonian history. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023) Art, Assyro-Babylonian. Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian. Frühe mesopotamische Geschichte. Kunst. Königtum. HISTORY / Middle East / General. bisacsh Early mesopotamian history. art. kingship. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1 9783110762495 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017 9783110719543 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017 9783110540550 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017 9783110625264 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2017 9783110547733 ZDB-23-DGD EPUB 9781501504754 print 9781501513305 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501504778 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501504778 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501504778/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Essay 1 -- Writing, Kingship and Political Discourse in Early Babylonia: Reflections on the Nature and Function of Third Millennium Historical Sources -- Appendix 1: The Priest-King of Uruk Times -- Essay 2 -- The Divine Rulers of Akkade and Ur: Toward a Definition of the Deification of Kings in Babylonia -- Appendix 2: The Roundlet of Naram-Suen -- Essay 3 -- Mythical Realities of the Early Babylonian History (or the Modern Historian and the Native Uses of History Past) -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- List and Sources of Illustrations |
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