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Assyrian royal rituals and cultic texts

Title
Assyrian royal rituals and cultic texts / edited by Simo Parpola ; with contributions by Karlheinz Deller, Beate Pongratz-Leisten, and Stefania Ermidoro ; illustrations edited by Julian Reade.
Publication
  • Helsinki : The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2017.
  • Winona Lake, Indiana : Printed in the USA and distributed by Eisenbrauns

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Additional Authors
  • Parpola, Simo
  • Deller, Karlheinz
  • Pongratz-Leisten, Beate
  • Ermidoro, Stefania
  • Reade, Julian
Description
xciv, 255 pages : black-and-white illustrations, black-and-white plans, plates; 25 cm
Series Statement
  • Publications of the Foundation for Finnish Assyriological Research ; no. 13
  • State archives of Assyria ; volume XX
Uniform Title
  • Publications of the Foundation for Finnish Assyriological Research ; no. 13.
  • State archives of Assyria ; v. 20.
Subject
  • Cuneiform tablets > Iraq > Ashur (Extinct city)
  • Rites and ceremonies > Iraq > History > Sources
  • Assyro-Babylonian cults
  • Cults > Iraq > Ashur (Extinct city) > Sources
  • Akkadian language > Texts
  • Akkadian language
  • Cults
  • Cuneiform tablets
  • Rites and ceremonies
  • Iraq
  • Iraq > Ashur (Extinct city)
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Sources.
  • Texts.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages lxxxvi-xciv) and indexes.
Language (note)
  • English; texts in romanized Akkadian with parallel English translation; plates in cuneiform Akkadian.
Contents
Introduction. The nature and content of the corpus -- The Assyrian state rituals : re-invention of tradition -- Text types, manuscripts and tablet formats -- Technical terms and their rendering -- On the present edition. Transliterations and translations. Rituals for the King. Rituals in the temple of Aššur -- Report on royal rituals in the Aššur temple -- Manuals for chanters of the Aššur temple -- Rituals in the Akitu house and in temples of Ištar. Other cultic rituals. Rituals for singers -- Rituals for private devotees -- Miscellany and fragments. Liturgical manuals. Temple service and Takultu manuals. Other cultic texts. Cultic topography of Assur -- Royal decrees -- Records of cultic reforms and events.
Call Number
JFF 17-1361
ISBN
  • 9515700019
  • 9515700027
  • 9521013419
  • 9789521013416
  • 9521013400
  • 9789521013409
  • 9789515700018
  • 9789515700025
OCLC
862843911
Title
Assyrian royal rituals and cultic texts / edited by Simo Parpola ; with contributions by Karlheinz Deller, Beate Pongratz-Leisten, and Stefania Ermidoro ; illustrations edited by Julian Reade.
Publisher
Helsinki : The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2017.
Distributor
Winona Lake, Indiana : Printed in the USA and distributed by Eisenbrauns
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Publications of the Foundation for Finnish Assyriological Research ; no. 13
State archives of Assyria ; volume XX
Publications of the Foundation for Finnish Assyriological Research ; no. 13.
State archives of Assyria ; v. 20.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages lxxxvi-xciv) and indexes.
Language
English; texts in romanized Akkadian with parallel English translation; plates in cuneiform Akkadian.
Added Author
Parpola, Simo, editor.
Deller, Karlheinz, contributor.
Pongratz-Leisten, Beate, contributor.
Ermidoro, Stefania, contributor.
Reade, Julian, editor.
Research Call Number
JFF 17-1361
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