Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114-859 BC) (ROYAL INSCRIPTIONS OF MESOPOTAMIA ASSYRIAN PERIOD) (v. 1)

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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 so far as the Mediterranean and came into direct contact with biblical lands. On this period the Assyrian empire embraced a few of the civilized parts of western Asia including western Iran, Mesopotamia, southern Turkey, and the shores of the Levant. It was once an exciting and tumultous period involving palace revolutions and harem intrigues, and it was once a time in which the legendary Semiramis played a prominent role.

The inscriptions speak of the kings’ building of palaces and temples in quite a lot of parts of Assyria, of the gods who were invoked to bless their enterprises, of revolutions and a multitude of military conquests. Every text is accompanied by a brief introduction, a catalogue of exemplars, remark, bibliography, transliteration, translation, and notes. The book comprises an introduction to the volume as a whole and indexes. ‘Scores,’ published on microfiche, are positioned in a pocket in the back of the book.

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