LEADER 02328nam 2200361 450 001 9910720880603321 005 20230704200208.0 035 $a(CKB)5680000000307236 035 $a(NjHacI)995680000000307236 035 $a(EXLCZ)995680000000307236 100 $a20230704d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAt the Heart of an Empire $eThe Royal Household in the Neo-Assyrian Period /$fMelanie M. Gross 210 1$aLeuven :$cPeeters,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 1094 pages) $cillustrations (some color), charts 225 1 $aOrientalia Lovaniensia analecta ;$v292 330 $aThis study is devoted to the Neo-Assyrian royal household as it emerges from the available cuneiform sources. It addresses the functions as well as the conditions of life and work of the royal household personnel. It clarifies which types of officials, professionals and other employees were active within or on behalf of the royal household. What were their tasks, and what was their position within the royal household and in relation to the king and his family? What departments were in place, and who were the managers? What was the role of lower-ranking personnel within this system? The study also investigates the social and cultural background of the personnel as well as their professional life, including their financial means, the quantity and type of their remuneration, and their career progression. Envisaged also as reference book, the book provides a prosopographical catalogue of the wide range of personnel discussed. As the personal household of the sovereign and the administrative and political centre of the empire, this study of the royal household opens up the immediate environment of the king and his family, but also to the governmental apparatus of the empire as a whole. 410 0$aOrientalia Lovaniensia analecta ;$v292. 517 $aAt the Heart of an Empire 606 $aCuneiform inscriptions 615 0$aCuneiform inscriptions. 676 $a492 700 $aGross$b Melanie M.$0913717 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910720880603321 996 $aAt the heart of an empire$92047148 997 $aUNINA