In this, the seventh volume to be published by the Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Project, A. Kirk Grayson presents the texts of the royal inscriptions from the earlier phase of the Neo-Assyrian period, a time in which the Assyrian kings campaigned as far as the Mediterranean and came into direct contact with biblical lands. In this period the Assyrian empire embraced most of the civilized parts of western Asia including western Iran, Mesopotamia, southern Turkey, and the shores of the Levant. It was an exciting and tumultous period involving palace revolutions and harem intrigues, and it was a time in which the legendary Semiramis played a prominent role.
The inscriptions speak of the kings' building of palaces and temples in various parts of Assyria, of the gods who were invoked to bless their enterprises, of revolutions and a multitude of military conquests. Each text is accompanied by a brief introduction, a catalogue of exemplars, commentary, bibliography, transliteration, translation, and notes. The book contains an introduction to the volume as a whole and indexes. 'Scores,' published on microfiche, are located in a pocket at the back of the book.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 935
- General Note
- Scores of inscriptions on 4 microfiches in pocket Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- a-iq---
- ISBN
- 9781442671089 0802059651
- LCCN
- PJ3815
- LCCN Item number
- G784 1991eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xix, 435 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00600161 (OCoLC)244766796 (CaOOCEL)417626
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Foreword 10
- Preface 12
- Editorial Notes 14
- Bibliographical Abbreviations 16
- Other Abbreviations 22
- Object Signatures 24
- INTRODUCTION 28
- Shalmaneser III (858–824 BC) A.0.102 30
- Šamši-Adad V (823–811 BC) A.0.103 205
- Adad-narari III (810–783 BC) A.0.104 225
- Shalmaneser IV (782–773 BC) A.0.105 264
- Aššur-dan III (772–755 BC) A.0.106 270
- Aššur-narari V (754–745 BC) A.0.107 271
- Unidentified Fragments A.0.0.1027–1101 273
- Minor Variants and Comments 278
- Index of Museum Numbers 282
- Index of Excavation Numbers 286
- Concordances of Selected Publications 288
