History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia: Three Essays
These 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 u...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)
v.15 |
| RelBib Classification: | BG World religions |
| Further subjects: | B
Iraq
History
Kings and rulers
To 634
Iraq
Middle East
Babylonia
B Electronic books History B Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian B Babylonia History B Iraq History To 634 Kings and rulers B HISTORY ; Civilization B Electronic books B Art, Assyro-Babylonian B Iraq B Kings and rulers B History B Middle East ; Babylonia |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Steinkeller, Piotr: History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia : Three Essays. - Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter,c2017. - 9781501513305 |
| Summary: | These 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - In English. - Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jun 2017) |
| ISBN: | 1501504770 |