The Burning of Captives in the Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, and Early Neo-Assyrian Conceptions of the Other

This paper is a study of the topos of the king burning captives in the Assyrian royal inscriptions. This punishment is notable for both its rarity and its cruelty, being the only time that the royal inscriptions describe violence towards children. I approach this topic in terms of Donald Black’s mod...

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Main Author: Dewar, Ben (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2021
In: Studia Orientalia Electronica
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 67-81
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