Zozan Tarhan. Authority and Ideology in the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire (934—745 B.C.)
Власт и идеология в Ранната новоасирийска империя (934—745 г. пр.Хр.)
Language: Bulgarian with a summary in English
Category: Mesopotamia

   This monograph is on the topic of successfully depended PhD dissertation. The book examines the royal authority and ideology in the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire (934—745 B.C.). Its aims can be summarized as follows:

   1. Study of the reign of each Assyrian king of the period, his military and political actions, including the dynamics of contacts with the countries of the region, the goals pursued by him; and — for whom applicable — the relevant internal affairs and building activities;

   2. Study of the Assyrian royal ideology in the context of certain motives, beliefs, and suggestions attested in the sources;

   3. Concluding observations on and synthesis of the exercise of authority, which led to the historical processes and political contacts in combination with the motives, beliefs, and suggestions of the Assyrian royal ideology.

Table of contents

Introduction

I. Sources

I.1. Written Sources

Royal inscriptions

limmu lists

Chronicles

King lists

Ritual and cultic texts

Literary sources

Other sources

I.2. Archaeological and Iconographic Sources

II. Historical Expose of Assyria before Neo-Assyrian Period: Some marks on the Development of the Royal Authority and Ideology

II.1. Assyria during the Old Assyrian Period (ca. 2004—1736 B.C.) II.2 Assyria during the Middle Assyrian Period (1353—935 B.C.)

III. The Authority in the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire

III.1. Aššur-dān II (934—912 B.C.)

Military campaigns on the west/northwest

Military campaign on the north/northeast

Military campaign in indeterminable direction

Building activities and renovations

Summary and concluding remarks

III.2. Adad-nērārī II (911—891 B.C.)

Military campaigns

Building activity

Summary and concluding remarks

III.3. Tukultī-Ninurta II (890—884 B.C.)

Military campaigns

Building activity

Summary and concluding remarks

III.4. Ashurnasirpal II (883—859 B.C.)

Foreign policy. Military campaigns

Internal affairs and building activity

Summary and concluding remarks

III.5. Shalmaneser III (858—824 B.C.)

Foreign policy. Military campaigns

The rebellion

Building activity

Summary and concluding remarks

III.6. Šamšī-Adad V (823—811 B.C.)

Foreign policy. Military campaigns

Summary and concluding remarks

III.7. Adad-nērārī III (810—783 B.C.)

III.8. The Heirs of Adad-nērārī III (782—745 B.C.)

III.9. Institutions and officials

IV. The Ideology in the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire

IV.1. What is an (Assyrian) Ideology?

IV.2. The King, Chosen by the Gods

Titulary and epithets

The Call

The Coronation Ritual

Summary and concluding remarks

IV.3. The Role of the King as а Priest

The king as a priest in the royal inscriptions

The king as a priest in the iconographic sources

The king as a priest in the ritual texts

Summary and concluding remarks

IV.4. The King as a Conqueror. The Imperial Mission

IV.5. The King, Who Has No Rival

IV.6. The Personal Palace and Iconographic Sources as a Mark of the Kingship

Conclusion

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Abstract

Appendices

Glossary of the Terms

Titles and offices

Standard Mesopotamian Calendar

Table

Maps

Plans

Images

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