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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824719003321

Autore

Boivin Odette

Titolo

The first dynasty of the Sealand in Mesopotamia / / Odette Boivin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston ; ; Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-5015-0786-9

1-5015-0782-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages)

Collana

Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; ; Volume 20

Disciplina

935/.02

Soggetti

Babylon (Extinct city)-History-Sources

Babylonia-Kings and rulers

Iraq-Antiquities

Iraq-History-To 634

HISTORY / Middle East / General

Babylonia Kings and rulers

Babylon (Extinct city) History Sources

Iraq History To 634

Iraq Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Sealand I in Babylonian historiography -- 3. Geographical and chronological considerations -- 4. A political history of the Sealand kingdom -- 5. The Sealand I palatial economy -- 6. The Sealand I panthea and religious history -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix 1: BKL A and Babylon I-Sealand I synchronism -- Appendix 2: Sealand I year names -- Appendix 3: Text numbers corresponding to Table -- Bibliography -- Indexes

Sommario/riassunto

The history of mid-2nd millennium Babylonia is marked by a dire lack of sources. The Sealand kings who controlled part of it were long known to us only indirectly. A palatial archive published recently now illuminates this elusive polity from the inside. This book explores its



political, economic, and religious history, as well as the transmission of its memory. It forms a basis for interpreting future finds of that period in southern Iraq.