An Inscribed Kassite Weight from Kermānšāh Province, Western Iran

A Babylonian inscription found in western Iran is written in the name of an official of the Kassite king Šagarakti-Šuriaš (1245-1233 B.C.). It provides the first contemporary evidence for the parentage of this king and supplements archival testimony to push back the known presence of the Babylonian...

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Auteurs: Brinkman, John A. 1934- (Auteur) ; Aliyari, Shahram (Auteur) ; MacGinnis, John (Auteur) ; Alibaigi, Sajjad (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: 2024
Dans: Altorientalische Forschungen
Année: 2024, Volume: 51, Numéro: 2, Pages: 133-137
Sujets non-standardisés:B Kermānšāh
B Šagarakti-Šuriaš
B Kassite
B weight
B Zagros
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Résumé:A Babylonian inscription found in western Iran is written in the name of an official of the Kassite king Šagarakti-Šuriaš (1245-1233 B.C.). It provides the first contemporary evidence for the parentage of this king and supplements archival testimony to push back the known presence of the Babylonian province system in the Zagros by about half a century.
ISSN:2196-6761
Contient:Enthalten in: Altorientalische Forschungen
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/aofo-2024-0021