Representations of Political Power: Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East

Representations of Political Power: Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 12
Marlies Heinz and Marian H. Feldman: Introduction: Representation-Tradition-Religion......Page 14
Part 1: Reestablishment of Order after Major Disruption......Page 15
Part 2: Changing Order from Within......Page 16
Part 3: Perceptions of a New Order......Page 18
Organization and Summary of Contributions......Page 19
Part 1: Reestablishment of Order after Major Disruption......Page 32
Introduction......Page 34
Two Different Scribal Traditions and Their Impact on the Dating of the Legal Documents of Emar......Page 35
Mittanian Rule of Emar......Page 37
Hittite Rule of Emar......Page 41
Summary......Page 44
Appendixes......Page 47
References......Page 48
2 Marian H. Feldman: Frescoes, Exotica, and the Reinvention of the Northern Levantine Kingdoms during the Second Millennium b.c.e.......Page 52
References......Page 74
3 Marlies Heinz: Sargon of Akkad: Rebel and Usurper in Kish......Page 80
The Rebel Seizes Power......Page 82
Rebellion and Religion......Page 83
Rebellion and Structural Change in the Ruling Order......Page 85
Spatial Order as a Visible Sign of the Ruling Order......Page 86
Sargon of Akkad, Founder of a City......Page 87
Conclusion: The Rebellion of Kish and Its Local Consequences......Page 88
Expansion and Invasion: Sargon the King of Akkad, Sargon the Conqueror......Page 89
Direct and Structural Violence: Politics and Religion......Page 92
Conclusion: Sargon—Ruler and Usurper: The Ruler Who Caused Disorder and "Globally” Enforced the Establishment of a New Political Order......Page 95
References......Page 97
Part 2: Changing Order from Within......Page 100
4 Susan Pollock: The Royal Cemetery of Ur: Ritual, Tradition, and the Creation of Subjects......Page 102
Ritual, Ideology, and Consent......Page 104
Early Dynastic City-States of Southern Mesopotamia......Page 106
The Royal Cemetery......Page 110
Conclusion......Page 118
References......Page 119
Introduction......Page 124
The Hittite Royal Couple as Bound to the Gods......Page 125
Visualizing the Divine Ancestor......Page 128
Protecting the Kingdom: The Divine Image of Kings and Princes on Hittite Rock Reliefs......Page 134
The Contingent Nature of Hittite Art......Page 137
International Politics and the Persuasive Function of Religious Images......Page 140
Concluding Remarks......Page 145
Appendix......Page 146
References......Page 147
6 Paul-Alain Beaulieu: Nabonidus the Mad King: A Reconsideration of His Steles from Harran and Babylon......Page 150
The Neo-Babylonian Figure of Ihe Ideal King......Page 153
The Letter of Samsuiluna as Model for the Harran Stele......Page 155
The Theology of the Moon......Page 161
An Old Myth of Creation......Page 165
The God Lugal-šudu......Page 168
A Conflict of Authority and Legitimacy......Page 172
Conclusion......Page 176
References......Page 177
Part 3: Perceptions of a New Order......Page 180
Introduction......Page 182
Evidence Shaping the Traditional Image of Cyrus......Page 183
A Critical Reasessment......Page 185
Historical Realities......Page 189
Conclusions......Page 193
1. Cyrus Cylinder......Page 194
2. Cylinder of Marduk-apla-iddina II, Chaldean King of Babylon (721–710)......Page 196
4. Cyrus’s Defeat of the Medes and His Conquest of Babylonia......Page 197
References......Page 199
Cuneiform Texts and the Ethnicity of the Amorites......Page 206
The Amorites from the Fara Period to the Ur III Period......Page 207
Migration into Babylonian Territory during the Ur III Period......Page 208
The Threat to Babylonian Towns in the Ur III Period......Page 209
Royal Titles......Page 211
Perception of the Amorites by the Settled Population......Page 213
Summary......Page 219
References......Page 220
Index of Authors......Page 224