The inscriptions of Nabopolassar, Amēl-Marduk and Neriglissar / Rocío Da Riva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Da Riva, Rocío.

Series:

Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 3.

Studies in ancient Near Eastern records, 2161-4415 ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions--Iraq--Babylonia.

Inscriptions.

Buildings--Iraq--Babylonia--History--Sources.

Buildings.

Babylonia--Kings and rulers--Sources.

Babylonia.

Babylonia--Antiquities.

Babylonia--Religious life and customs--Sources.

Nabopolassar, King of Babylonia, active 7th century B.C.

Nabopolassar.

Amel-Marduk, King of Babylonia, -560 B.C.

Amel-Marduk.

Neriglissar, King of Babylonia, -556 B.C.

Neriglissar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume will include critical and collated editions of all the inscriptions of the 1st-millennium Babylonian kings Nabopolassar (626–605), Amel-Marduk (biblical Evil-Merodach, 561–560), and Neriglissar (559–556). The editions will be preceded by an in-depth study and followed by a glossary and concordance of the inscriptions as well as complete indexes of toponyms, anthroponyms, and theonyms. The volume includes a CD-ROM with high-definition full-color digital images of the inscriptions.

Contents:

Introduction: The royal inscriptions as historical sources; The contents of the inscriptions; Style and composition of the inscriptions : intertextuality in the texts of Nabopolassar and Neriglissar; Archaeology and inscriptions : material supports and find-spots of the inscriptions

The inscriptions of Nabopolassar

The inscriptions of Amel-Marduk

The inscriptions of Neriglissar

Glossary

Concordance

List of photographs.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781614513551

1614513554

OCLC:

885389309