RT Book
T1 The first dynasty of the Sealand in Mesopotamia
T2 Studies in ancient near Eastern records
JF Studies in ancient near Eastern records
A1 Boivin, Odette ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
PP Berlin ;Boston
PB De Gruyter
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1019864834
AB The Sealand kingdom arose from the rebellion against Babylonian hegemony in the latter half of the 18th century BCE., forcing it to share power over Sumer and Akkad. Although its kings maintained themselves throughout the turmoil leading to the demise of the Amorite dynasty at Babylon, it remains one of the most poorly documented Mesopotamian polities. Until recently, it was known to us mainly through its inclusion into later king lists and chronicles, but the recent publication of well over 400 archival texts from a Sealand palace, soon followed by literary and divinatory tablets, finally makes it possible to study this polity from primary sources. This book proposes a history of the Sealand kingdom based on the new evidence and a reevaluation of previously known sources. The aspects examined are: the economy — mainly the palatial administration and transformation of agricultural and animal resources; the panthea and the palace-sponsored cult, which show that Sealand I kings may have positioned their rule in a Larsean tradition; the political history, including a discussion of the geography and the relative chronology; the recording and transmission of knowledge on the Sealand I dynasty in Mesopotamian historiography.
CN DS73.3
SN 9781501507823
K1 Babylonien
K1 Early Kassite Period
K1 First Dynasty of the Sealand
K1 Kassiten
K1 Late Old Babylonian Period
K1 Meerland-Dynastie
K1 Mesopotamian History
K1 Mesopotamien
K1 Hochschulschrift
DO 10.1515/9781501507823