Aramaean borders : : defining Aramaean territories in the 10th-8th centuries BCE / / edited by Jan Dušek, Jana Mynářová.

This book is devoted to the analysis of borders of the Aramaean polities and territories during the 10th–8th centuries B.C.E. Specialists dealing with various types of documents (Neo-Assyrian, Aramaic, Phoenician, Neo-Hittite and Hebrew texts), invited by Jan Dušek and Jana Mynářová, addressed the t...

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Superior document:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; volume 101
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden :, Boston : : Brill,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 101.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Other title:Front Matter --
Copyright Page --
Abbreviations --
Notes on Contributors --
Introduction --
Aramaeans and Assyria --
At the Limits of Historical Geography: Reconstructing Aramaean Territories in the West According to the Neo-Assyrian Written Sources /
A People without Borders? Tracing the Shifting Identities and Territorialities of the Ahlameans /
The Tell Fekheriye Inscription and the Western Assyrian Border in the Late 9th Century B.C.E. /
The Aramaean Presence in the Northern Zagros during the Middle and Neo-Assyrian Periods /
Gurraeans and Ituʾaeans in the Service of the Assyrian Empire /
Aramaeans and Northern and Central Levant --
Aramaean Borders: the Hieroglyphic Luwian Evidence /
What Do We Know about the Borders and Exchanges between Aram and Phoenicia in the 9th–8th Centuries B.C.E. in Anatolia and Syria? /
The Kingdom of Arpad/Bīt-Agūsi: Its Capital, and Its Borders /
The Fluctuating Borders of Hamath (10th–8th Centuries B.C.E.) /
Aramaeans and Southern Levant --
Biblical Ṣobah: a Location Attempt /
The Boundary between the Aramaean Kingdom of Damascus and the Kingdom of Israel /
Borders between Aram-Damascus and Israel: a Historical Investigation /
Back Matter --
Index of Geographical Names, Ancient and Modern.
Summary:This book is devoted to the analysis of borders of the Aramaean polities and territories during the 10th–8th centuries B.C.E. Specialists dealing with various types of documents (Neo-Assyrian, Aramaic, Phoenician, Neo-Hittite and Hebrew texts), invited by Jan Dušek and Jana Mynářová, addressed the topic of the borders of the Aramaean territories in the context of the history of three geographical areas during the first three centuries of the 1st millennium B.C.E.: northern Mesopotamia and the Assyrian space, northern Levant, and southern Levant. The book is particularly relevant to those interested in the history and historical geography of the Levant during the Iron Age.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004398538
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Jan Dušek, Jana Mynářová.