LEADER 03777nam 2200625 450 001 9910792929803321 005 20200923020339.0 010 $a1-5015-0475-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501504778 035 $a(CKB)3710000001403485 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4880139 035 $a(DE-B1597)469863 035 $a(OCoLC)992506896 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501504778 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4880139 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11399431 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1015534 035 $a(OCoLC)991542753 035 $a(PPN)20352618X 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001403485 100 $a20170717h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHistory, texts and art in early Babylonia $ethree essays /$fPiotr Steinkeller 210 1$aBerlin, [Germany] ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cDe Gruyter,$d2017. 210 4$d©2017 215 $a1 online resource (270 pages) $cillustrations, photographs 225 1 $aStudies in Ancient Near Eastern Records,$x2161-4415 ;$vVolume 15 311 $a1-5015-1330-3 311 $a1-5015-0477-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tWriting, Kingship and Political Discourse in Early Babylonia: Reflections on the Nature and Function of Third Millennium Historical Sources -- $tAppendix 1: The Priest-King of Uruk Times -- $tThe Divine Rulers of Akkade and Ur: Toward a Definition of the Deification of Kings in Babylonia -- $tAppendix 2: The Roundlet of Naram-Suen -- $tMythical Realities of the Early Babylonian History (or the Modern Historian and the Native Uses of History Past) -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tList and Sources of Illustrations 330 $aThese essays represent a summation of Piotr Steinkeller's decades-long thinking and writing about the history of third millennium BCE Babylonia and the ways in which it is reflected in ancient historical and literary sources and art, as well as of how these written and visual materials may be used by the modern historian to attain, if not a reliable record of histoire événementielle, a comprehensive picture of how the ancients understood their history. The book focuses on the history of early Babylonian kingship, as it evolved over a period from Late Uruk down to Old Babylonian times, and the impact of the concepts of kingship on contemporaneous history writing and visual art. Here comparisons are drawn between Babylonia and similar developments in ancient Egypt, China and Mesoamerica. Other issues treated is the intersection between history writing and the scholarly, lexical, and literary traditions in early Babylonia; and the question of how the modern historian should approach the study of ancient sources of "historical" nature. Such a broad and comprehensive overview is novel in Mesopotamian studies to date. As such, it should contribute to an improved and more nuanced understanding of early Babylonian history. 410 0$aStudies in ancient Near Eastern records ;$vVolume 15. 606 $aArt, Assyro-Babylonian 606 $aCivilization, Assyro-Babylonian 607 $aBabylonia$xHistory 607 $aIraq$xHistory$yTo 634$xKings and rulers 610 $aEarly mesopotamian history. 610 $aart. 610 $akingship. 615 0$aArt, Assyro-Babylonian. 615 0$aCivilization, Assyro-Babylonian. 676 $a935/.01 700 $aSteinkeller$b Piotr$0637518 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792929803321 996 $aHistory, texts and art in early Babylonia$93689069 997 $aUNINA