Abstract
Nabû-šuma-iškun is described as the emblematic malevolent king in the polemical pamphlet, authored in all probability by an anonymous member of the Urukean priestly establishment. However, certain measures taken by him are within the norms of ancient Near Eastern politics. In addition, accusations made against him by the author of the polemical pamphlet may be relativized. Nabû-šuma-iškun’s actions in the international sphere prove that he was a far-sighted statesman. It is demonstrated that important religious and political objectives of this king were not fundamentally different from those of later Babylonian rulers, including kings of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Siedlungskammer Kilikien
- A Comparative Stratigraphy of Cilicia
- Observations on John Garstang’s Excavations at Kazanlı Höyük (Cilicia) in 1937
- In Defense of Nebuchadnezzar II the Warrior
- A New Sale Document of the Ur III Period in the Sulaymaniyah Museum
- Ḫatti and Ḫattuša
- Determination in the Anatolian Hieroglyphic Script of the Empire and Transitional Period
- Filling in the Facts
- The Account of Nabû-šuma-iškun Revisited
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Siedlungskammer Kilikien
- A Comparative Stratigraphy of Cilicia
- Observations on John Garstang’s Excavations at Kazanlı Höyük (Cilicia) in 1937
- In Defense of Nebuchadnezzar II the Warrior
- A New Sale Document of the Ur III Period in the Sulaymaniyah Museum
- Ḫatti and Ḫattuša
- Determination in the Anatolian Hieroglyphic Script of the Empire and Transitional Period
- Filling in the Facts
- The Account of Nabû-šuma-iškun Revisited