Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mesopotamian Tradition.
Study of royal letters of uncertain authenticity in circulation in ancient Mesopotamia ca. 700-100 BCE. Contains catalogue, text editions and a systematic assessment of their reliability as historical sources for the reigns and events they depict.
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Frazer, Mary. Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mesopotamian Tradition. 1st ed. Boston : BRILL, 2024. ©2024. 1 online resource (593 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cuneiform Monographs ; v.55 Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Series Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliographic Abbreviations -- Tables -- Figures -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. An Exceptional Cuneiform Letter -- 1.2. A Larger Phenomenon -- 1.3. History of Research and Goals of This Study -- 1.3.1. History of Research -- 1.3.2. Goals of This Study -- 1.4. The Text Corpus -- 1.4.1. Criteria for Inclusion in the Corpus -- 1.4.2. Cataloguing and Subdividing the Corpus -- 1.5. Structure of This Study -- Chapter 2. The Authenticity of Letters A4-A17 -- 2.1. The Significance of the Authenticity Question -- 2.1.1. The Authenticity of the Letters and Their Reliability as Sources for a History of Events -- 2.1.2. The Authenticity of the Letters and Later Communities' Engagement with the Past -- 2.2. Problems with the Authenticity Question -- 2.2.1. A General Problem -- 2.2.2. Corpus-Specific Problems -- 2.2.3. A Way Forward -- 2.3. Establishing Inauthenticity -- 2.3.1. Anachronisms -- 2.3.2. "Plagiarisms" -- 2.3.3. External Evidence -- 2.4. Weighing the Evidence: Subjective Assessments -- 2.5. Analyses of A4-A13, A15-A17, Letter-by-Letter -- 2.5.1. Letter A4: Very Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.2. Letter A5: Case Unclear -- 2.5.3. Letter A6: Possibly Inauthentic -- 2.5.4. Letter A7: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.5. Letter A8: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.6. Letter A9: Possibly Inauthentic -- 2.5.7. Letter A10: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.8. Letters A11, A12, and A13: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.9. Letter A15: Case Unclear -- 2.5.10. Letter A16: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.11. Letter A17: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.6. Summary and Conclusion -- Editions -- A Note on the Text Editions -- Category A. Letters with Identifiable Historical Settings. Letter A1. Gilgamesh, "King of Ur" to an Unknown King -- Letter A2. A King of the Isin i Dynasty to a King of the Babylon i Dynasty -- Letter A3. Samsu-ilūna to Enlil-nādin-šumi -- Letter A4. Kurigalzu to Unidentifiable Recipients -- Letter A5. Unidentifiable Sender to Nazi-Maruttaš -- Letter A6. Adad-šuma-uṣur to Aššur-nārārī iii and Ilī-padâ -- Letter A7. A Middle Elamite King to "the Babylonians"(?) -- Letter A8. "The Babylonians" (?) to a Middle Elamite King -- Letter A9. A King of the Isin ii Dynasty to an Assyrian King -- Letter A10. Nebuchadnezzar i to "the Babylonians" -- Letter A11. The "Obedient Borsippans" to Assurbanipal -- Letter A12. Assurbanipal to "the Babylonians" -- Letter A13. "The Babylonians" (?) to Assurbanipal -- Letter A14. Šamaš-šuma-ukīn to Assurbanipal -- Letter A15. A Late Assyrian King (Assurbanipal?) to Šadûnu -- Letter A16. Sîn-šarra-iškun to Nabopolassar, "His Lord" -- Letter A17. Nabopolassar to Sîn-šarra-iškun -- Category B. Letters with Uncertain Historical Settings -- Letter B1. An Officer to a (Kassite?) King of Babylon -- Letter B2. A (Middle?) Assyrian King to a (Middle?) Babylonian King -- Letter B3. Extracts from One or More Letters, including One from a Group to a Superior -- Letter B4. Extracts from Letters with Different Correspondents, including One between Kings -- Letter B5. Extracts from One or More Letters from a Foreign King(?) to the Babylonians(?) -- Letter B6. A Travelling Official to His Superior -- Letter B7. Extracts from One or More Letters including One from a Group to a Superior -- Letter B8. A Subordinate to a Provincial Governor (and a King?) -- Letter B9. Letter about Cultic Matters -- Category C. Possible Letters -- Text C1. A Fugitive from the Land of Edamaraṣ -- Text C2. "Strengthen the Battle Equipment!". Text C3. "I Will Drag the Loot of the Assyrians to the Steppe!" -- Text C4. Nazi-Maruttaš and Šubši-mešrê-Šakkan -- Text C5. "Let them Give One Chariot Fighter" -- Text C6. One King Addresses Another about Tribute from the West -- Text C7. The Assyro-Babylonian Border Dispute in the Eighth Century -- Text C8. Mukīn-zēri, a King of Elam, and Inconsistent Behaviour -- Text C9. An Official to a King of the Land of Akkad (?) -- Text C10. Assurbanipal to "the Babylonians" (?) -- Text C11. The Cuneiform Elite 1 -- Text C12. The Cuneiform Elite 2 -- Text C13. "I Shall Listen to You" -- Text C14. A Successful Military Campaign -- Appendix 1. A5-A17 as Potential Sources for Political History -- Appendix 2. The Hypothetical Transmissions of Letters A5-A17 -- Bibliography -- Concordance of Cuneiform Sources Edited in CUMO 55 -- Index of Names -- Index of Titles and Epithets -- Index of Subjects -- Back Cover. Study of royal letters of uncertain authenticity in circulation in ancient Mesopotamia ca. 700-100 BCE. 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Frazer, Mary. Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mesopotamian Tradition. Cuneiform Monographs ; Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Series Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliographic Abbreviations -- Tables -- Figures -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. An Exceptional Cuneiform Letter -- 1.2. A Larger Phenomenon -- 1.3. History of Research and Goals of This Study -- 1.3.1. History of Research -- 1.3.2. Goals of This Study -- 1.4. The Text Corpus -- 1.4.1. Criteria for Inclusion in the Corpus -- 1.4.2. Cataloguing and Subdividing the Corpus -- 1.5. Structure of This Study -- Chapter 2. The Authenticity of Letters A4-A17 -- 2.1. The Significance of the Authenticity Question -- 2.1.1. The Authenticity of the Letters and Their Reliability as Sources for a History of Events -- 2.1.2. The Authenticity of the Letters and Later Communities' Engagement with the Past -- 2.2. Problems with the Authenticity Question -- 2.2.1. A General Problem -- 2.2.2. Corpus-Specific Problems -- 2.2.3. A Way Forward -- 2.3. Establishing Inauthenticity -- 2.3.1. Anachronisms -- 2.3.2. "Plagiarisms" -- 2.3.3. External Evidence -- 2.4. Weighing the Evidence: Subjective Assessments -- 2.5. Analyses of A4-A13, A15-A17, Letter-by-Letter -- 2.5.1. Letter A4: Very Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.2. Letter A5: Case Unclear -- 2.5.3. Letter A6: Possibly Inauthentic -- 2.5.4. Letter A7: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.5. Letter A8: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.6. Letter A9: Possibly Inauthentic -- 2.5.7. Letter A10: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.8. Letters A11, A12, and A13: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.9. Letter A15: Case Unclear -- 2.5.10. Letter A16: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.11. Letter A17: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.6. Summary and Conclusion -- Editions -- A Note on the Text Editions -- Category A. Letters with Identifiable Historical Settings. Letter A1. Gilgamesh, "King of Ur" to an Unknown King -- Letter A2. A King of the Isin i Dynasty to a King of the Babylon i Dynasty -- Letter A3. Samsu-ilūna to Enlil-nādin-šumi -- Letter A4. Kurigalzu to Unidentifiable Recipients -- Letter A5. Unidentifiable Sender to Nazi-Maruttaš -- Letter A6. Adad-šuma-uṣur to Aššur-nārārī iii and Ilī-padâ -- Letter A7. A Middle Elamite King to "the Babylonians"(?) -- Letter A8. "The Babylonians" (?) to a Middle Elamite King -- Letter A9. A King of the Isin ii Dynasty to an Assyrian King -- Letter A10. Nebuchadnezzar i to "the Babylonians" -- Letter A11. The "Obedient Borsippans" to Assurbanipal -- Letter A12. Assurbanipal to "the Babylonians" -- Letter A13. "The Babylonians" (?) to Assurbanipal -- Letter A14. Šamaš-šuma-ukīn to Assurbanipal -- Letter A15. A Late Assyrian King (Assurbanipal?) to Šadûnu -- Letter A16. Sîn-šarra-iškun to Nabopolassar, "His Lord" -- Letter A17. Nabopolassar to Sîn-šarra-iškun -- Category B. Letters with Uncertain Historical Settings -- Letter B1. An Officer to a (Kassite?) King of Babylon -- Letter B2. A (Middle?) Assyrian King to a (Middle?) Babylonian King -- Letter B3. Extracts from One or More Letters, including One from a Group to a Superior -- Letter B4. Extracts from Letters with Different Correspondents, including One between Kings -- Letter B5. Extracts from One or More Letters from a Foreign King(?) to the Babylonians(?) -- Letter B6. A Travelling Official to His Superior -- Letter B7. Extracts from One or More Letters including One from a Group to a Superior -- Letter B8. A Subordinate to a Provincial Governor (and a King?) -- Letter B9. Letter about Cultic Matters -- Category C. Possible Letters -- Text C1. A Fugitive from the Land of Edamaraṣ -- Text C2. "Strengthen the Battle Equipment!". Text C3. "I Will Drag the Loot of the Assyrians to the Steppe!" -- Text C4. Nazi-Maruttaš and Šubši-mešrê-Šakkan -- Text C5. "Let them Give One Chariot Fighter" -- Text C6. One King Addresses Another about Tribute from the West -- Text C7. The Assyro-Babylonian Border Dispute in the Eighth Century -- Text C8. Mukīn-zēri, a King of Elam, and Inconsistent Behaviour -- Text C9. An Official to a King of the Land of Akkad (?) -- Text C10. Assurbanipal to "the Babylonians" (?) -- Text C11. The Cuneiform Elite 1 -- Text C12. The Cuneiform Elite 2 -- Text C13. "I Shall Listen to You" -- Text C14. A Successful Military Campaign -- Appendix 1. A5-A17 as Potential Sources for Political History -- Appendix 2. The Hypothetical Transmissions of Letters A5-A17 -- Bibliography -- Concordance of Cuneiform Sources Edited in CUMO 55 -- Index of Names -- Index of Titles and Epithets -- Index of Subjects -- Back Cover. |
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Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Series Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliographic Abbreviations -- Tables -- Figures -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. An Exceptional Cuneiform Letter -- 1.2. A Larger Phenomenon -- 1.3. History of Research and Goals of This Study -- 1.3.1. History of Research -- 1.3.2. Goals of This Study -- 1.4. The Text Corpus -- 1.4.1. Criteria for Inclusion in the Corpus -- 1.4.2. Cataloguing and Subdividing the Corpus -- 1.5. Structure of This Study -- Chapter 2. The Authenticity of Letters A4-A17 -- 2.1. The Significance of the Authenticity Question -- 2.1.1. The Authenticity of the Letters and Their Reliability as Sources for a History of Events -- 2.1.2. The Authenticity of the Letters and Later Communities' Engagement with the Past -- 2.2. Problems with the Authenticity Question -- 2.2.1. A General Problem -- 2.2.2. Corpus-Specific Problems -- 2.2.3. A Way Forward -- 2.3. Establishing Inauthenticity -- 2.3.1. Anachronisms -- 2.3.2. "Plagiarisms" -- 2.3.3. External Evidence -- 2.4. Weighing the Evidence: Subjective Assessments -- 2.5. Analyses of A4-A13, A15-A17, Letter-by-Letter -- 2.5.1. Letter A4: Very Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.2. Letter A5: Case Unclear -- 2.5.3. Letter A6: Possibly Inauthentic -- 2.5.4. Letter A7: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.5. Letter A8: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.6. Letter A9: Possibly Inauthentic -- 2.5.7. Letter A10: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.8. Letters A11, A12, and A13: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.9. Letter A15: Case Unclear -- 2.5.10. Letter A16: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.5.11. Letter A17: Probably Inauthentic -- 2.6. Summary and Conclusion -- Editions -- A Note on the Text Editions -- Category A. Letters with Identifiable Historical Settings. Letter A1. Gilgamesh, "King of Ur" to an Unknown King -- Letter A2. A King of the Isin i Dynasty to a King of the Babylon i Dynasty -- Letter A3. Samsu-ilūna to Enlil-nādin-šumi -- Letter A4. Kurigalzu to Unidentifiable Recipients -- Letter A5. Unidentifiable Sender to Nazi-Maruttaš -- Letter A6. Adad-šuma-uṣur to Aššur-nārārī iii and Ilī-padâ -- Letter A7. A Middle Elamite King to "the Babylonians"(?) -- Letter A8. "The Babylonians" (?) to a Middle Elamite King -- Letter A9. A King of the Isin ii Dynasty to an Assyrian King -- Letter A10. Nebuchadnezzar i to "the Babylonians" -- Letter A11. The "Obedient Borsippans" to Assurbanipal -- Letter A12. Assurbanipal to "the Babylonians" -- Letter A13. "The Babylonians" (?) to Assurbanipal -- Letter A14. Šamaš-šuma-ukīn to Assurbanipal -- Letter A15. A Late Assyrian King (Assurbanipal?) to Šadûnu -- Letter A16. Sîn-šarra-iškun to Nabopolassar, "His Lord" -- Letter A17. Nabopolassar to Sîn-šarra-iškun -- Category B. Letters with Uncertain Historical Settings -- Letter B1. An Officer to a (Kassite?) King of Babylon -- Letter B2. A (Middle?) Assyrian King to a (Middle?) Babylonian King -- Letter B3. Extracts from One or More Letters, including One from a Group to a Superior -- Letter B4. Extracts from Letters with Different Correspondents, including One between Kings -- Letter B5. Extracts from One or More Letters from a Foreign King(?) to the Babylonians(?) -- Letter B6. A Travelling Official to His Superior -- Letter B7. Extracts from One or More Letters including One from a Group to a Superior -- Letter B8. A Subordinate to a Provincial Governor (and a King?) -- Letter B9. Letter about Cultic Matters -- Category C. Possible Letters -- Text C1. A Fugitive from the Land of Edamaraṣ -- Text C2. "Strengthen the Battle Equipment!". Text C3. "I Will Drag the Loot of the Assyrians to the Steppe!" -- Text C4. Nazi-Maruttaš and Šubši-mešrê-Šakkan -- Text C5. "Let them Give One Chariot Fighter" -- Text C6. One King Addresses Another about Tribute from the West -- Text C7. The Assyro-Babylonian Border Dispute in the Eighth Century -- Text C8. Mukīn-zēri, a King of Elam, and Inconsistent Behaviour -- Text C9. An Official to a King of the Land of Akkad (?) -- Text C10. Assurbanipal to "the Babylonians" (?) -- Text C11. The Cuneiform Elite 1 -- Text C12. The Cuneiform Elite 2 -- Text C13. "I Shall Listen to You" -- Text C14. A Successful Military Campaign -- Appendix 1. A5-A17 as Potential Sources for Political History -- Appendix 2. The Hypothetical Transmissions of Letters A5-A17 -- Bibliography -- Concordance of Cuneiform Sources Edited in CUMO 55 -- Index of Names -- Index of Titles and Epithets -- Index of Subjects -- Back Cover. |
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Extracts from One or More Letters, including One from a Group to a Superior -- Letter B4. Extracts from Letters with Different Correspondents, including One between Kings -- Letter B5. Extracts from One or More Letters from a Foreign King(?) to the Babylonians(?) -- Letter B6. A Travelling Official to His Superior -- Letter B7. Extracts from One or More Letters including One from a Group to a Superior -- Letter B8. A Subordinate to a Provincial Governor (and a King?) -- Letter B9. Letter about Cultic Matters -- Category C. Possible Letters -- Text C1. A Fugitive from the Land of Edamaraṣ -- Text C2. "Strengthen the Battle Equipment!".</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Text C3. "I Will Drag the Loot of the Assyrians to the Steppe!" -- Text C4. Nazi-Maruttaš and Šubši-mešrê-Šakkan -- Text C5. "Let them Give One Chariot Fighter" -- Text C6. One King Addresses Another about Tribute from the West -- Text C7. 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