The display of Esarhaddon's succesion treaty at Kalhu as a means of internal political control

Abstract: In 672 B.C. Esarhaddon made the citizens of Assyria swear a loyalty oath to his chosen heir, Ashurbanipal, in the Nabû Temple of Kalḫu. This is known through three letters belonging to the royal archives of Nineveh. This oath and its related stipulations were written in unusually big table...

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Autor principal: Barcina, Cristina
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente 2019
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HISTORIA ANTIGUA
SUCESION
ASIRIOS
TRATADOS
Esarhaddon, King of Assyria, -669 B.C.
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/7506
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topic HISTORIA ANTIGUA
SUCESION
ASIRIOS
TRATADOS
Esarhaddon, King of Assyria, -669 B.C.
spellingShingle HISTORIA ANTIGUA
SUCESION
ASIRIOS
TRATADOS
Esarhaddon, King of Assyria, -669 B.C.
Barcina, Cristina
The display of Esarhaddon's succesion treaty at Kalhu as a means of internal political control
topic_facet HISTORIA ANTIGUA
SUCESION
ASIRIOS
TRATADOS
Esarhaddon, King of Assyria, -669 B.C.
description Abstract: In 672 B.C. Esarhaddon made the citizens of Assyria swear a loyalty oath to his chosen heir, Ashurbanipal, in the Nabû Temple of Kalḫu. This is known through three letters belonging to the royal archives of Nineveh. This oath and its related stipulations were written in unusually big tablets and left on display in the Throne Room of the Temple. However, the identity of those pledging their loyalty to Ashurbanipal in the tablets that preserve the relevant lines (city-lords from the Eastern periphery of the empire) is at odds with the letters’ information. The identical oath-tablet recently excavated in a temple at Tell Ta’yinat (South-West Turkey), sworn by the provincial governor and “apparat” of Kullania, forces a reassessment of the reasons behind the display of the tablets seemingly intended for the Eastern chieftains. The religious nature of Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty by reason of the visual, textual and findspot aspects of the tablets, extensively analyzed by previous scholarship, should not obscure the fact that Esarhaddon may have taken advantage of those aspects, and earlier practices concerning the display of vassal-treaties, to hide his fears of treason from his intended target audience: Assyrian officials of high-rank.
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title The display of Esarhaddon's succesion treaty at Kalhu as a means of internal political control
title_short The display of Esarhaddon's succesion treaty at Kalhu as a means of internal political control
title_full The display of Esarhaddon's succesion treaty at Kalhu as a means of internal political control
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title_full_unstemmed The display of Esarhaddon's succesion treaty at Kalhu as a means of internal political control
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publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente
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