The Reign of Adad-Nīrārī III

An Historical and Ideological Analysis of an Assyrian King and His Times
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25613-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 45, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 532 g

Reihe: Cuneiform Monographs

In The Reign of Adad-nirari III, Luis Siddall examines the evidence and edits new inscriptions from the king’s reign to investigate the chronology, campaigns, imperial administration and royal ideology of the period. While historians have typically viewed this period as one of turmoil, imperial recession, political weakness and decentralisation, Siddall shows that Adad-nirari’s reign marked a period of imperial stability, chiefly through changes to the administration. However, while politically successful, the imperial policy affected the king’s ideological expression, particularly in terms of the description of the campaigns in Adad-nirari's inscriptions and his limited use of royal titles.

"Scholars working on the Neo-Assyrian period cannot afford to miss Siddall's fresh assessment of the evidence for Adad-nirari's reign. He offers a re-evaluation of several texts but perhaps more importantly, he proposes a few methodological innovations that shed new light on the history of Assyria in the 9th century." Bill T. Arnold (Asbury Theological Seminary)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Siddall, Luis Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: Chronological Issues
Chapter Two: The Extent of the Empire
Chapter Three: Royal Authority and the Dynamics of Power
Chapter Four: Early Neo-Assyrian Royal Ideology (934–810 BCE)
Chapter Five: The Royal Ideology of Adad-nirari III
Conclusion
Appendix A: Edition of the Tell Shiekh Hamad Stele
Appendix B: Score of the Calah Slabs
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Luis Robert Siddall, Ph. D. (2011), SOAS, the University of London, is a History Master at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School. He has published articles in scholarly journals on Assyrian history, historiography, biblical studies and the Amarna Letters.