Assyrian Royal Rituals and Cultic Texts
Language: English
Published by Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2017
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- Title
- Assyrian Royal Rituals and Cultic Texts
- Author
- Parpola Simo
- Publisher
- Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9521013400
- ISBN 13
- 9789521013409
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The internal stability and cohesion of the Neo-Assyrian Empire to a very considerable degree rested on the public image of the King as an omnipotent earthly representative of God. Many elaborate rituals were designed and performed in order to promote this image and firmly implant it in the minds of the king's subjects, vassals and enemies. The corpus of royal rituals known to us includes a long series of ritual acts to be performed by the king in the temples of Assur, Istar and other gods; rituals performed during the New Year's festival and other seasonal festivals in front of audiences consisting of domestic and foreign dignitaries as well as common people; coronation, battle and victory rituals; rituals designed to secure the continuity of the royal line; a protocol for the royal dinner; directions for performing the daily liturgy in Assyrian temples, and so on.
The present volume is a critical edition of all currently known Assyrian royal rituals and related cultic texts written in the Neo-Assyrian language. Many of these texts are previously unpublished or inadequately edited, and very few of them have been previously translated into English. They constitute an extremely important source for the study of Assyrian religion, cult and royal ideology and ancient Near Eastern religion and cult in general.
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