The Epic of Gulkišar and ANE Chronology

The discovery of a literary fragment of the royal epic of the Sealand king, Gulkišar, provides support for the recently published McLoud chronological model for the ancient Middle East, in which the Mesopotamian high chronology for the third and early second millennia B.C. is correlated with K. A. K...

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Main Author: McLoud, Willem S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Unisa Press 2020
In: Journal for semitics
Year: 2020, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-8
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mesopotamia / Chronology / Egypt (Antiquity) / Epic / King
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HB Old Testament
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B Mesopotamian middle chronology
B ANE chronology
B Gulkišar
B Samsu-ditana
B Mesopotamian high chronology
B Sarma-Adad I
B Gulkišar-epic
B Fall of Babylon
B Gulkishar
B Egyptian low chronology
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Summary:The discovery of a literary fragment of the royal epic of the Sealand king, Gulkišar, provides support for the recently published McLoud chronological model for the ancient Middle East, in which the Mesopotamian high chronology for the third and early second millennia B.C. is correlated with K. A. Kitchen’s “low” chronology for the Egyptian Twelfth Dynasty.
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/7753