03777nam 2200625 450 991079292980332120200923020339.01-5015-0475-410.1515/9781501504778(CKB)3710000001403485(MiAaPQ)EBC4880139(DE-B1597)469863(OCoLC)992506896(DE-B1597)9781501504778(Au-PeEL)EBL4880139(CaPaEBR)ebr11399431(CaONFJC)MIL1015534(OCoLC)991542753(PPN)20352618X(EXLCZ)99371000000140348520170717h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHistory, texts and art in early Babylonia three essays /Piotr SteinkellerBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter,2017.©20171 online resource (270 pages) illustrations, photographsStudies in Ancient Near Eastern Records,2161-4415 ;Volume 151-5015-1330-3 1-5015-0477-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Writing, Kingship and Political Discourse in Early Babylonia: Reflections on the Nature and Function of Third Millennium Historical Sources -- Appendix 1: The Priest-King of Uruk Times -- The Divine Rulers of Akkade and Ur: Toward a Definition of the Deification of Kings in Babylonia -- Appendix 2: The Roundlet of Naram-Suen -- Mythical Realities of the Early Babylonian History (or the Modern Historian and the Native Uses of History Past) -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- List and Sources of Illustrations These essays represent a summation of Piotr Steinkeller's decades-long thinking and writing about the history of third millennium BCE Babylonia and the ways in which it is reflected in ancient historical and literary sources and art, as well as of how these written and visual materials may be used by the modern historian to attain, if not a reliable record of histoire événementielle, a comprehensive picture of how the ancients understood their history. The book focuses on the history of early Babylonian kingship, as it evolved over a period from Late Uruk down to Old Babylonian times, and the impact of the concepts of kingship on contemporaneous history writing and visual art. Here comparisons are drawn between Babylonia and similar developments in ancient Egypt, China and Mesoamerica. Other issues treated is the intersection between history writing and the scholarly, lexical, and literary traditions in early Babylonia; and the question of how the modern historian should approach the study of ancient sources of "historical" nature. Such a broad and comprehensive overview is novel in Mesopotamian studies to date. As such, it should contribute to an improved and more nuanced understanding of early Babylonian history. Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ;Volume 15.Art, Assyro-BabylonianCivilization, Assyro-BabylonianBabyloniaHistoryIraqHistoryTo 634Kings and rulersEarly mesopotamian history.art.kingship.Art, Assyro-Babylonian.Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.935/.01Steinkeller Piotr637518MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792929803321History, texts and art in early Babylonia3689069UNINA