The Materiality of Assyrian Sacred Kingship
This contribution explores the material manifestations of Assyrian kingship and how they intersected with Assyrian ideology and religion. This state-of-the-field discussion focuses on the Neo-Assyrian period, 883-612 BCE. To legitimate their positions as the god Aššur's chosen delegate, the kin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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Religion compass
Year: 2016, Volume: 10, Issue: 6, Pages: 133-148 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Assyria
/ King
/ Sacred kingship
/ Material popular culture
/ Insignia
/ History 883 BC-612 BC
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion KBL Near East and North Africa TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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| Summary: | This contribution explores the material manifestations of Assyrian kingship and how they intersected with Assyrian ideology and religion. This state-of-the-field discussion focuses on the Neo-Assyrian period, 883-612 BCE. To legitimate their positions as the god Aššur's chosen delegate, the kings produced and consumed a vast array of monumental and portable goods, which served to represent the kings as beneficent creators of an orderly realm and protectors of the Assyrian world keeping chaos at bay. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-8171 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/rec3.12201 |