Xerxes and Babylonia : the cuneiform evidence / edited by Caroline Waerzeggers and Maarja Seire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waerzeggers, Caroline., Editor.

Contributor:

Waerzeggers, Caroline, editor.

Seire, Maarja, editor.

Series:

Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta ; 227.

Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta ; 227

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C.

Xerxes.

Cuneiform inscriptions.

Babylonia--History--Sources.

Babylonia.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leuven ; Paris ; Bristol, Connecticut : Peeters, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the summer of 484 BCE Babylonia revolted against Xerxes, king of Persia. In recent years, a debate has crystallized around the nature of Xerxes' response to this challenge. This volume continues and expands this debate. It collects nine essays on the cuneiform text corpus dated to the period before, during and after the revolts. This material enables the authors to evaluate the nature of Xerxes' policies in the sphere of society, science, religion, law, administration and economy against the long-term history of the region. The contributions are by Paul-Alain Beaulieu, Johannes Hackl, Michael Jursa, Karlheinz Kessler, Mathieu Ossendrijver, Reinhard Pirngruber, Malgorzata Sandowicz and Caroline Waerzeggers.

Contents:

Introduction: Debating Xerxes' Rule in Babylonia / Caroline Waerzeggers

Towards a Framework for Interpreting Social and Economic Change in Babylonia During the Long 6th Century BCE / Reinhard Pirngruber

Before Xerxes: The Role of the Governor of Babylonia in the Administration of Justice Under the First Achaemenids / Małgorzata Sandowicz

Xerxes: The Case of Sippar and the Ebabbar Temple / Michael Jursa

Uruk: The Fate of the Eanna Archive, the Gimil-Nanāya B Archive, and Their Archaeological Evidence / Karlheinz Kessler

The Network of Resistance: Archives and Political Action in Babylonia Before 484 BCE / Caroline Waerzeggers

Babylonian Scholarship and the Calendar During the Reign of Xerxes / Mathieu Ossendrijver

The Esangila Temple During the Late Achaemenid Period and the Impact of Xerxes' Reprisals on the Northern Babylonian Temple Households / Johannes Hackl

Uruk Before and After Xerxes: The Onomastic and Institutional Rise of the God Anu / Paul-Alain Beaulieu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-429-3809-9

OCLC:

1100489392