Administrative Practices and Political Control in Anatolian and Syro-Anatolian Polities in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE
Title | Administrative Practices and Political Control in Anatolian and Syro-Anatolian Polities in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE PDF eBook |
Author | Clelia Mora |
Publisher | Firenze University Press |
Pages | 218 |
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Genre | History |
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This volume originates from a research project, which was funded within the PRIN program Writing Uses: Transmission of Knowledge, Administrative Practices and Political Control in Anatolian and Syro-Anatolian Polities in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE. The project involved ‘research units’ from different Italian universities (Torino, Pavia, Bologna, Firenze, Napoli - Suor Orsola Benincasa). The papers presented here, seek to fill some gaps in our knowledge of the Hittite Empire and its epigones, and offer an updated picture of some aspects of the Hittite and post-Hittite administration in Anatolia and Syria through the analysis and interpretation of epigraphic and archaeological evidence.
The IOS Annual Volume 24: "Let the Tabarna, the King, Be Dear to the Gods"
Title | The IOS Annual Volume 24: "Let the Tabarna, the King, Be Dear to the Gods" PDF eBook |
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Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2024-02-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004687475 |
Volume 24 of the Israel Oriental Studies Annual includes eight articles. The Ancient Near Eastern section consists of five articles. Four deal with Hittite and Anatolian subjects (Burgin, Gilan, Cohen and Hawkins); one discusses the “Laws of Hazor” text fragment and its relationship to other cuneiform law collections (Darabi). The Semitic section includes three articles. The first is the second instalment of Etymogical Investigations on Jibbali/Śḥerέt Anthroponyms (Castagna and Al-'amri). The second article is a discussion of the relationship between Ethiopian Semitic languages and ancient Egyptian (Cerqueglini). Sealing the Semitic section and volume 24 is a study of spoken Ashkenazic Hebrew among Hassidic communities (Yampolskaya et al.).
Theonyms, Panthea and Syncretisms in Hittite Anatolia and Northern Syria
Title | Theonyms, Panthea and Syncretisms in Hittite Anatolia and Northern Syria PDF eBook |
Author | Livio Warbinek |
Publisher | Firenze University Press |
Pages | 196 |
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Genre | History |
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The topic of the Anatolian panthea in the Bronze Age deals with Hattian, Hittite, Palaean, Luwian and Hurrian gods who have been worshiped in the Kingdom of Ḫatti. In such a context, along with trying to keep a balanced and methodologically-aware approach in our original research, we realized that a multi-authored work such as the present volume, with papers written by some of the major experts of Anatolian religious history, would represent an invaluable contribution to the advancement of a complex and vast field. This collection of essays is the result of the workshop Theonyms, Panthea and Syncretisms in Hittite Anatolia and Northern Syria, held at the University of Verona on 25th and 26th March 2022. Colleagues with different areas of expertise pertaining to the topic of Anatolian religions contributed to an extremely successful event.
Sacred Landscapes of Hittites and Luwians
Title | Sacred Landscapes of Hittites and Luwians PDF eBook |
Author | Anacleto D’Agostino |
Publisher | Firenze University Press |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 8866559032 |
Known from the Old Testament as one of the tribes occupying the Promised Land, the Hittities were in reality a powerful neighbouring kingdom: highly advanced in political organization, administration of justice and military genius; with a literature inscribed in cuneiform writing on clay tablets; and with a rugged and individual figurative art ... Newly revised and updated, this classic account reconstructs a complete and balanced picture of Hittite civilization, using both established and more recent sources.
The Making of Empire in Bronze Age Anatolia
Title | The Making of Empire in Bronze Age Anatolia PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia Glatz |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 387 |
Release | 2020-11-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108491103 |
This book reconsiders the concept of empire and examines the processes of imperial making and undoing in Hittite Anatolia (c. 1600-1180 BCE).
From Hittite to Homer
Title | From Hittite to Homer PDF eBook |
Author | Mary R. Bachvarova |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 691 |
Release | 2016-03-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521509793 |
This book takes a bold new approach to the prehistory of Homeric epic, arguing for a fresh understanding of how Near Eastern influence worked.
Bronze Age Bureaucracy
Title | Bronze Age Bureaucracy PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Postgate |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 497 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1107043751 |
This book describes ten different government archives of cuneiform tablets from Assyria, using them to analyze the social and economic character of the Middle Assyrian state, as well as the roles and practices of writing. The tablets, many of which have not been edited or translated, were excavated at the capital, Assur, and in the provinces, and they give vivid details to illuminate issues such as offerings to the national shrine, the economy and political role of elite households, palace etiquette, and state-run agriculture. This book concentrates particularly on how the Assyrian use of written documentation affected the nature and ethos of government, and compares this to contemporary practices in other palatial administrations at Nuzi, Alalah, Ugarit, and in Greece.