281 research outputs found
Il ruolo dei testimoni nella stesura dei documenti legali siro-mesopotamici tra II e I millennio a.C.
No full textL'articolo comprende lo studio del ruolo dei testimoni nei documenti legali in due contesti: quello siriano del''età medio-babilonese, presentato da N. Bellotto, e quello neo-assiro, a cura di s. Ponchia
The Neo-Assyrian Adê Protocol and the Administration of the Empire
No full textthe article analyses administrative and juridical instruments and dynamics of political control implemented by the Neo- Assyrian empire in provincial areas. It considers in particular the meaning and function of the loyalty treaties in relation to the recent discovery of a document of this type in the site of Tell Taynat, capital of the Assyrian province of Kinalia
Witnessing procedures in the Ancient Near East: problems and perspective of research
No full textthe article presents a methodological reflection on the study of ancient legal conventions and on the institution of witnessing in documents from mesopotamia and adjacent region
On the witnessing procedure in Neo-Assyrian legal documents
No full textAnalysis of the legal and juridical documents concerning the procedure of witnessing and of the relevance of this procedure in the society of Assyria during the IX-VII cent. B
Foreigners, Deportees and Slaves as Agents of Change and Cultural Transfer. Some Reflections on the Neo-Assyrian Period
No full textSlavery has often been connected with foreign provenance, as a result of wars or through trade. Slaves were often forcefully displaced people who, like deportees, had various relations with the communities they lived in and differing possibilities of expressing and transmitting their own culture. The focus of this paper is to look for traces of these dynamics in everyday life, i.e. to identify patterns of social relations and administrative organization which determined how deportees and slaves acted and were managed in the scenario of the Neo-Assyrian empire
The Ancient Near East and the Foundations of Europe. Proceedings of the Melammu Workshop held in Jena 19th September 2017
No full textThe volume concerns various aspects of cultural communication and transfer, and relations between east and west. It also considers historiographical approaches and methods. The introduction by the editors describes goals and results of the Melammu workshop organized by M. Krebernik on the occasion of the 33rd Deutscher Orientalistentag in Jena, subtitled Asien, Afrika und Europa
Nergal's Rituals in Neo-Assyrian Religious Policy
No full textThe article investigates aspects of the devotion to Nergal in the Neo-Assyrian sources referring to various ritual contexts, military praxis included. It also considers how this specific divine figure and the cult to him attributed can be connected with the more general on-going theologic reflection and the policy of cohesion in the Neo-Assyrian empire
Nergal and Ereškigal. By Simonetta Ponchia and Mikko Luukko
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Nergal and Ereškigal. By Simonetta Ponchia and Mikko Luukko. State Archives of Assyria Cune- iform Texts, vol. 8. Helsinki: The Neo-AssyiIan Texy Corpus Project, 2013. Pp. cviii + 82. $44 (paper). [Distributed by Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind.]


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Erle Leichty, with a contribution by Grant Frame and the editorial assistance of Jamie Novotny, Matthew T. Rutz, and Amy E. Barron: The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (680–669 BC) (RINAP 4). Winona Lake,
No full textThe articles comments on the new ediion of Esarhaddon's inscriptions in the RINAP series and highlights the characteristics of the texts, noting especially the elements of conceptual and stylistical innovation vis-à-vis the historiographic genre
On violence, error and royal succession in neo-assyrian times
No full textAnalysis of the role of literary texts in the construction of royal ideology in Neo-Assyrian times, of the interpretive work of scribes and scholars, royal interest in this activity, relationships between literary and historiographic texts expressing official ideology
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