Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mesopotamian Tradition
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-68593-2 (ISBN)
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.
Mary Frazer, Ph.D. (2015), is Akademische Rätin at the Department of Ancient History at LMU Munich. Her research focuses on the cultural and political history of ancient Assyria and Babylonia ca. 700–100 BCE.
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Tables
List of Figures
1 Introduction
1.1 An Exceptional Cuneiform Letter
1.2 A Larger Phenomenon
1.3 History of Research and Goals of This Study
1.4 The Text Corpus
1.5 Structure of This Study
2 The Authenticity of Letters A5–A17
2.1 The Significance of the Authenticity Question
2.2 Problems with the Authenticity Question
2.3 Establishing Inauthenticity
2.4 Weighing the Evidence: Subjective Assessments
2.5 Analyses of A5–A13, A15–A17, Letter-by-Letter
2.6 Summary and Conclusion
Editions
A Note on the Text Editions
Category A Letters with Identifiable Historical Settings
A1 Gilgamesh, “King of Ur” to an Unknown King
A2 A King of the Isin I Dynasty to a King of the Babylon I Dynasty
A3 Samsu-ilūna to Enlil-nādin-šumi
A4 Kurigalzu to Unidentifiable Recipients
A5 Unidentifiable Sender to Nazi-Maruttaš
A6 Adad-šuma-uṣur to Aššur-nārārī III and Ilī-padâ
A7 A Middle Elamite King to “the Babylonians”(?)
A8 “The Babylonians” (?) to a Middle Elamite King
A9 A King of the Isin II Dynasty to an Assyrian King
A10 Nebuchadnezzar I to “the Babylonians”
A11 The “Obedient Borsippans” to Assurbanipal
A12 Assurbanipal to “the Babylonians”
A13 “The Citizens of Babylon” (?) to Assurbanipal
A14 Šamaš-šuma-ukīn to Assurbanipal
A15 A Late Assyrian King (Assurbanipal?) to Šadûnu
A16 Sîn-šarra-iškun to Nabopolassar, “His Lord”
A17 Nabopolassar to Sîn-šarra-iškun
Category B Letters with Uncertain Historical Settings
B1 An Officer to a (Kassite?) King of Babylon
B2 A (Middle?) Assyrian King to a (Middle?) Babylonian King
B3 Extracts from One or More Letters, including One from a Group to a Superior
B4 Extracts from Letters with Different Correspondents, including One between Kings
B5 Extracts from One or More Letters from a Foreign King(?) to the Babylonians(?)
B6 A Travelling Official to His Superior
B7 Extracts from One or More Letters including One from a Group to a Superior
B8 A Subordinate to a Provincial Governor (and a King?)
B9 Letter about Cultic Matters
Category C Possible Letters
C1 A Fugitive from the Land of Edamaraṣ
C2 “Strengthen the Battle Equipment!”
C3 “I Will Drag the Loot of the Assyrians to the Steppe!”
C4 Nazi-Maruttaš and Šubši-mešrê-Šakkan
C5 “Let them Give One Chariot Fighter”
C6 A King Addresses Another about Tribute from the West
C7 The Assyro-Babylonian Border Dispute in the Eighth Century
C8 Mukīn-zēri, a King of Elam, and Consistent Behaviour
C9 An Official to a King of the Land of Akkad (?)
C10 Assurbanipal to “the Babylonians” (?)
C11 The Cuneiform Elite 1
C12 The Cuneiform Elite 2
C13 “I Shall Listen to You”
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
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cuneiform Monographs ; 55 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 1108 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-68593-6 / 9004685936 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-68593-2 / 9789004685932 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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