Kapitel
Lizenziert
Nicht lizenziert
Erfordert eine Authentifizierung
Penn Museum International Research Conferences. Foreword
Sie haben derzeit keinen Zugang zu diesem Inhalt.
Sie haben derzeit keinen Zugang zu diesem Inhalt.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Figures vii
- Tables xi
- Abbreviations xiii
- Glossary xvii
- Contributors xxiii
- Acknowledgments xxvii
- Penn Museum International Research Conferences. Foreword xxix
-
Introduction
- Comparing Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia 3
-
Cosmos
- 1 Propaganda and Performance at the Dawn of the State 33
- 2. “I Am the Sun of Babylon”: Solar Aspects of Royal Power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia 65
- 3. Rising Suns and Falling Stars: Assyrian Kings and the Cosmos 97
- 4. Texts before Writing 121
- 5. Images of Tammuz 151
-
Politics
- 6. Building the Pharaonic state 185
- 7. The Management of Royal Treasure 219
- 8. Egyptian Kingship during the Old Kingdom 257
- 9. All the King’s Men: Authority, Kingship, and the Rise of the Elites in Assyria 285
- 10. Kingship as Racketeering 311
-
Landscape
- 11. Mesopotamian Kings and the Built Environment 331
- 12. Expeditions to the Wadi Hammamat: Context and Concept 361
- 13. “Imaginal” Landscapes in Assyrian Imperial Monuments 383
-
Appendices
- Appendix 1. Chronologies for Ancient Egypt and the Near East (ca. 5000 bc–ad 396) 427
- Appendix 2. Map of Major Egyptian Sites 429
- Appendix 3. Map of Major Mesopotamian Sites 431
- Index 433
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Figures vii
- Tables xi
- Abbreviations xiii
- Glossary xvii
- Contributors xxiii
- Acknowledgments xxvii
- Penn Museum International Research Conferences. Foreword xxix
-
Introduction
- Comparing Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia 3
-
Cosmos
- 1 Propaganda and Performance at the Dawn of the State 33
- 2. “I Am the Sun of Babylon”: Solar Aspects of Royal Power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia 65
- 3. Rising Suns and Falling Stars: Assyrian Kings and the Cosmos 97
- 4. Texts before Writing 121
- 5. Images of Tammuz 151
-
Politics
- 6. Building the Pharaonic state 185
- 7. The Management of Royal Treasure 219
- 8. Egyptian Kingship during the Old Kingdom 257
- 9. All the King’s Men: Authority, Kingship, and the Rise of the Elites in Assyria 285
- 10. Kingship as Racketeering 311
-
Landscape
- 11. Mesopotamian Kings and the Built Environment 331
- 12. Expeditions to the Wadi Hammamat: Context and Concept 361
- 13. “Imaginal” Landscapes in Assyrian Imperial Monuments 383
-
Appendices
- Appendix 1. Chronologies for Ancient Egypt and the Near East (ca. 5000 bc–ad 396) 427
- Appendix 2. Map of Major Egyptian Sites 429
- Appendix 3. Map of Major Mesopotamian Sites 431
- Index 433