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Tales of Royalty

Notions of Kingship in Visual and Textual Narration in the Ancient Near East
  • Edited by: Elisabeth Wagner-Durand and Julia Linke
Languages: English, German
Published/Copyright: 2020
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The volume sheds light on Ancient Near Eastern kingship by focusing on its constant urge for legitimation. Thus, it highlights specific aspects like royal building activities, warfare and wisdom and frames these into material and textual expressions that take the powerful form of narratives.

The contributions made in this volume look for specific topoi of kingship and examine which shapes they took and why. The publication determines which narrative topoi have once been selected to legitimize kingship, which media have been chosen to transmit these narratives, and what kind of narrative strategies have been applied. To consider both, texts and images, in the same margin, the book is based on a dual approach: referring to certain narrative themes both philological and archaeological material will be presented.

By joining diverse perspectives of scholars of material culture and texts and their various approaches the publication promises new and special insight into the connection of narration and legitimation in Mesopotamia. It reflects Ancient Near Eastern kingship and its narrative strategies from a interdisciplinary and transmedial point of view and gives new insights into the matter of royal legitimation.

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Elisabeth Wagner-Durand, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany and Julia Linke, Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany.


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Part I: Introduction

Elisabeth Wagner-Durand and Julia Linke
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Part II: The Righteous Guided King: Tales of the Wise, the Pious, and the Lawful One

Elisabeth Wagner-Durand
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Nicole Brisch
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Frauke Weiershäuser
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Part III: Tell Me How to Live – Narrating Royal Building Activities in the Ancient Near East

Julia Linke
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Claus Ambos
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Marlies Heinz
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Part IV: Warrior Tales: The Royal Hero in the Ancient Near East

Barbara Couturaud
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Carlos Langa-Morales
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Dominik Bonatz
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Part V: Case Studies

Herbert Niehr
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Natalie N. May
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Part VI: Categories and Concepts: Legitimacy and Narration Put to Test

Seth Richardson
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Elisabeth Wagner-Durand
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Part VII: Conclusion

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eBook published on:
July 20, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9781501506895
Hardcover published on:
July 20, 2020
Hardcover ISBN:
9781501515552
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
9
Main content:
325
Illustrations:
31
Coloured Illustrations:
19
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