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Selected Royal Inscriptions of Assurbanipal: L3, L4, Let, Prism I, Prism T, and Related Texts

Selected Royal Inscriptions of Assurbanipal: L3, L4, Let, Prism I, Prism T, and Related Texts

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Series: State Archives of Assyria Cuneiform Texts, Book 10

Miscellaneous LanguagesAncient History GeneralBible Studies

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ISBN10: 9521013443
ISBN13: 9789521013447
Publisher: Neo Assyrian Text Corpus Proje
Published: Jul 10 2014
Pages: 176
Weight: 2.33
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.80 Depth: 9.70
Language: English

Assyria's last great king Assurbanipal invested much time and effort ensuring that his accomplishments both on and off the battlefield were immortalized as he wished to his gods and subjects, foreign rulers and dignitaries, future kings of Assyria, and future generations of Assyrians. Numerous royal inscriptions and sculpted stone orthostats are a testament to the large number of scribes and artists involved in the creation and masterful reworking of his image as a warrior without equal, a fearless lion hunter, a well-educated and literate ruler, and a devoted supporter of religious institutions. This selection of Assurbanipal's inscriptions presents for the first time full editions of the prism inscriptions I and T and new editions of several important texts written on clay tablets from the library collections at Nineveh. These texts describe Assurbanipal's youth and education, military campaigns against Egypt and Elam, the return of Marduk's statue to Babylon, and the building and decoration of numerous temples and sanctuaries in Assyrian and Babylonian cities.

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