The reign of Adad-nirari III : an historical and ideological analysis of an Assyrian king and his times / by Luis Siddall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siddall, Luis.

Series:

Cuneiform monographs ; volume 45.

Cuneiform monographs ; volume 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adad-nirari III, King of Assyria, active 810 B.C.-783 B.C.

Adad-nirari.

Assyria--Kings and rulers.

Assyria.

Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian.

Akkadian language--Texts.

Akkadian language.

Assyria--History.

Assyria--History--Sources.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Summary:

In The Reign of Adad-nirari III, Luis Robert Siddall examines the evidence and edits new inscriptions from the king's reign to investigate the chronology, campaigns, imperial administration and royal ideology of the period. White historians have typically viewed this period as one of turmoil, imperial recession, political weakness and decentralization, Siddall shows that Adad-nirari's reign marked a period of imperial stability, chiefly through changes to the administration. However, while politically successful, the imperial policy affected the king's ideological expression, particularly in terms of the description of the campaigns in Adad-nirari's inscriptions and his limited use of royal titles. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Chronological Issues 11

Chapter 2 The Extent of the Empire 61

Chapter 3 Royal Authority and the Dynamics of Power 81

Chapter 4 Early Neo-Assyrian Royal Ideology (934-810) 133

Chapter 5 The Royal Ideology of Adad-nirari III 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004256132

900425613X

OCLC:

851175203