The construction of the Assyrian empire : a historical study of the inscriptions of Shalmanesar III (859-824 B.C.) relating to his campaigns to the West / by Shigeo Yamada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamada, Shigeo (Archaeologist)

Series:

Culture and history of the ancient Near East 1566-2055 ; v. 3.

Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assyria--History--Sources.

Assyria.

Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria, active 9th century B.C.

Shalmaneser.

Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian.

Physical Description:

xviii, 449 pages : maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.

Contents:

1. The Inscriptions of Shalmaneser III 9

1.1. General Remarks 9

1.2. Catalogue of Texts: Their Dates and Structural Peculiarities 10

1.2.1. Annalistic Inscriptions 11

1.2.2. Summary Inscriptions 28

1.2.3. Miscellaneous Texts 46

2. Chronology of Shalmaneser III's Campaigns 59

3. The Western Frontier of Assyria before Shalmaneser III's Accession 68

Part II. Historical and Historiographical Analysis of the Western Campaign Accounts 77

1. The First Year (858): to the Mediterranean Sea 77

1.1. Accounts of the First Year Campaign: Textual Variants 77

1.2. Historical Analysis of the First Year Campaign 87

2. The Second Year (857): to Bit-Adini and Carchemish 108

2.1. Accounts of the Second Year Campaign: Textual Variants 108

2.2. Historical Analysis of the Second Year Campaign 113

3. The Third Year (856): to Bit-Adini 120

3.1. Accounts of the Third Year Campaign: Textual Variants 120

3.2. Historical Analysis of the Third Year Campaign 123

4. The Fourth Year (855): to Bit-Adini 130

4.1. Accounts of the Fourth Year Campaign: Textual Variants 130

4.2. Historical Analysis of the Fourth Year Campaign 137

5. The Sixth Year (853): Battle of Qarqar 143

5.1. Accounts of the Sixth Year Campaign: Textual Variants 143

5.2. Historical Analysis of the Sixth Year Campaign 150

6. The Seventh Year (852): to Til-abne 163

6.1. Accounts of the Seventh Year Campaign: Textual Variants 164

6.2. Historical Analysis of the Seventh Year Campaign 165

7. The Tenth Year (849): to Carchemish and Bit-Agusi 165

7.1. Accounts of the Tenth Year Campaign: Textual Variants 166

7.2. Historical Analysis of the Tenth Year Campaign 167

8. The 11th Year (848): to Hamath 170

8.1. Accounts of the 11th Year Campaign: Textual Variants 170

8.2. Historical Analysis of the 11th Year Campaign 172

9. The 12th Year (847): to Paqar(a)hubuni 178

9.1. Accounts of the 12th Year Campaign: Textual Variants 178

9.2. Historical Analysis of the 12th Year Campaign 179

10. The 14th Year (845): to Central Syria 179

10.1. Accounts of the 14th Year Campaign: Textual Variants 180

10.2. Historical Analysis of the 14th Year Campaign 181

11. The 17th Year (842): to Mt. Amanus 183

11.1. Accounts of the 17th Year Campaign: Textual Variants 184

11.2. Historical Analysis of the 17th Year Campaign 184

12. The 18th Year (841): to Aram-Damascus 185

12.1. Accounts of the 18th Year Campaign: Textual Variants 185

12.2. Historical Analysis of the 18th Year Campaign (841) 188

13. The 19th Year (840): to Mt. Amanus 195

13.1. Accounts of the 19th Year Campaign: Textual Variants 195

13.2. Historical Analysis of the 19th Year Campaign 196

14. The 20th Year (839): to Que 197

14.1. Accounts of the 20th Year Campaign: Textual Variants 197

14.2. Historical Analysis of the 20th Year Campaign 198

15. The 21st and 22nd Years = the 21st palu (838-837): to Aram-Damascus 205

16. The 23rd Year = the 22nd palu (836): to Tabal 209

17. The 24th Year = the 23rd palu (835): to Melid 214

18. The 26th, 27th and 28th Years = the 25th and 26th palus (833-831): to Que 218

19. The 30th Year = the 28th palu (829): to Patin 221

Part III. Booty, Tribute and Other Economic Exploitation 225

1. Booty 226

1.1. Booty Taken from Cities after Their Conquest 226

1.2. Booty Taken after Battles 228

1.3. Booty Taken after the Pursuit of Enemies 228

1.4. The Amount of Booty 229

2. Tribute 236

2.1. Spot Tribute 237

2.2. Annual Tribute 240

3. Booty and Tribute Described in Reliefs and Their Captions 250

4. Other Economic Exploitation during Campaigns 258

5. The Goods Gained by Shalmaneser III and Their Provenance 259

5.1. People 260

5.2. Horses, Chariots and Cavalry 261

5.3. Livestock and Exotic Animals 263

5.4. Metals and Metal Objects 265

5.5. Textiles 267

5.6. Ivory and Elephant Hide 268

5.7. Wood 269

5.8. Wine 270

Part IV. Ceremonial-Commemorative Acts 273

1. Setting Up of Royal Monuments during Campaigns 273

1.1. Evidence 275

1.2. Setting Up the Monument 290

1.3. Inscriptions Engraved on Monuments 292

1.4. The Ideological Background of the Location of Monuments 294

2. Washing of Weapons and Other Rituals on the Seashore 297

Part V. Concluding Remarks: Shalmaneser III's Dominion over the Countries in the West 300

1. Provinces and Outposts 300

2. Dominion over Vassals 305

Appendix A Aram-Israel Relations as Reflected in the Aramaic Inscription from Tel Dan 309

Appendix B The Commemoration of Dayyan-Ashur's Second Eponymate in the Black Obelisk and the Calah Statute 321

Appendix C The Manipulative Counting of the Euphrates Crossings in the Later Inscriptions of Shalmaneser III 335

Appendix D The Edition of Annals 1 and Annals 3 342

Appendix E Collations of the Kurkh Monolith Inscription (Annals 3) 380.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [384]-405) and indexes.

ISBN:

9004117725

OCLC:

43540973