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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825427503321

Autore

Da Riva Rocío

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-61451-355-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

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

Classificazione

EM 2650

Disciplina

935/.504

Soggetti

Inscriptions - Iraq - Babylonia

Buildings - Iraq - Babylonia - History

Babylonia Kings and rulers Sources

Babylonia Antiquities

Babylonia Religious life and customs Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.