Tales of royalty : notions of kingship in visual and textual narration in the Ancient Near East / Elisabeth Wagner-Durand, Julia Linke.

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 con...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via EBSCO)
Other Authors:	Linke, Julia (Editor), Wagner-Durand, Elisabeth (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2020]
Series:	Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)
Subjects:	Middle East > History. Legitimacy of governments > Middle East. Middle East > Kings and rulers. Kings and rulers. Legitimacy of governments. Middle East. History.