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About this book
This volume addresses the nexus of religion and geography in the ancient Near East through case studies of various time periods and regions. Using Sumerian, Akkadian, and Aramaic text corpora, iconography, and archaeological evidence, the contributors illuminate the diverse phenomena that occur when religion is viewed through the lenses of space and place. Gina Konstantopoulos draws upon Sumerian literature to understand mythicized and semimythicized locations. Seth Richardson and Elizabeth Knott focus on the Old Babylonian period, with Richardson addressing the interplay between law, location, and the gods, while Knott turns from text to image, relocating the reader to Syria and realizing the potential of royal iconography when situated in the "right" space. Shana Zaia moves forward to the first millennium, following the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire as it shifted from city to city, with divine implications. Finally, Arnulf Hausleiter and Sebastiano Lora focus on northwest Arabia, unearthing a local pantheon and situating it among the various influences in the region from the second millennium onward.
Covering a broad geographical and temporal scope while maintaining a cohesive focus on the theme, this book will appeal especially to Assyriologists, scholars of the ancient Near East, and specialists in historical geography.
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Table of contents
- COVER Front
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Gods in the Margins: Religion, Kingship, and the Fictionalized Frontier
- Chapter 2: Place and Portability: Divine Emblemsin Old Babylonian Law
- Chapter 3: Mari’s Investiture Scene and the Visualization of Kingship in the Old Babylonian Period
- Chapter 4: Divine Foundations: Religion and Assyrian Capital Cities
- Chapter 5: Approaches to the Religious Topography of the Oasis of Taymāʾ, Northwest Arabia, During the First Millennium BCE: Images, Text, and Space