Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Plates, Maps, and Plans VIII
4. Acknowledgments X
5. Note on the Texts XI
6. List of Abbreviations XIII
7. CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1
8. CHAPTER TWO The Years of Preparation 13
9. CHAPTER THREE Babylonia at the Beginning of Esarhaddon's Reign 27
10. CHAPTER FOUR Gifts and Public Works Projects in Babylonia and Assyria 41
11. CHAPTER FIVE Images of the King: The Royal Persona as an Instrument of Public Policy 77
12. CHAPTER SIX Toward the Development of a Single National Image 119
13. APPENDIX ONE Introduction to the Documentary Sources 155
14. APPENDIX TWO The Dating of the Inscriptions 169
15. APPENDIX THREE Texts Published after Borgers Edition 177
16. APPENDIX FOUR Document List with Provenance and Description 181
17. Bibliography 205
18. Index 223