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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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VIII, 261 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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