Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. State Archives of Assyria. Vol. XIII

Cole, Steven; Machinist, Peter, edtiors

ISBN 10: 1575063298 / ISBN 13: 9781575063294

Edité par Helsinki University Press, Helsinki, Finland, 1998

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xxx, 220 pp with illustrations. Many other titles in this series available. Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. State Archives of Assyria. Vol. XIII
• Éditeur: Helsinki University Press, Helsinki, Finland
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1575063298
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781575063294
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Middle East, Near East, Islam
  • Anthropology

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Synopsis

The letters edited in this volume represent the correspondence of various priests and high temple officials in the Assyrian realm during the third through fifth decades of the seventh century BC. They consist chiefly of reports to Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal about cultic concerns and matters connected with the construction and renovation of temple edifices in the major cities of the Assyrian empire, both in the heartland and in the provinces. These fascinating letters throw light on the buildings, refurbishment, and maintenance of temples, the fashioning and installation of statues of the king, the provisioning of the cult, the performance of sacrifices, the rite of sacred marriage, and the processions of divine images.