Temple Towns and Nation Building: Migrations of Babylonian Priestly Families in the Late Periods
This article surveys the Babylonian evidence from inter-city migration of priests and their families. The phenomenon is already attested during the Old Babylonian period and there are some indications that it continued under Kassite rule. However, most of the evidence comes from temple archives of t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 3-17 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Babylonia
/ Sippar
/ Nippur
/ Larsa
/ Religion
/ Priest
/ Migration
/ State religion
/ Spread of
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Urban renewal
B official pantheon B Memory B Larsa B Sippar B Uruk B Nippur |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
