Ancient Near Eastern Royal Rituals

This article deals with royal rituals from the Ancient Near East, focusing on the evidence from cuneiform sources from Babylonia and Assyria from the first millennium BCE. I will present rituals of coronation and investiture, which can be reconstructed from various text genres, such as epics, hymns...

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Main Author: Ambos, Claus (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2014
In: Religion compass
Year: 2014, Volume: 8, Issue: 11, Pages: 327-336
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