Exemplars of kingship: art, tradition, and the legacy of the Akkadians

Eppihimer, Melissa

doi:10.1093/oso/9780190903015.001.0001

Exemplars of kingship: art, tradition, and the legacy of the Akkadians

The Akkadian kings (ca. 2334-2154 bce) created the first territorial state in the ancient Near East and were remembered as model kings for more than two millennia thereafter. 'Exemplars of Kingship' evaluates how later rulers engaged with Akkadian visual models and memories of Akkadian kin...

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Main Author:	Eppihimer, Melissa (Author)
Format:	Electronic Book
Language:	English
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Published:	New York, NY Oxford University Press 2019
In:	Year: 2019
Reviews:	[Rezension von: Eppihimer, Melissa, 1979-, Exemplars of kingship] (2020) (Herrenschwand, Jean Jacques, 17XX - 1815)
Series/Journal:	Oxford scholarship online
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:	B Akkadian / King / Art / History 2334 BC-2154 BC
Further subjects:	B Stele (Archaeology) ; Iraq B Stele (Archaeology) (Iraq) B Art, Akkadian Influence B Portrait sculpture, Ancient ; Themes, motives B Art, Assyro-Babylonian B Cylinder seals (Iraq) B Thesis B Iraq ; Kings and rulers B Portrait sculpture, Ancient Themes, motives B Cylinder seals ; Iraq B Kings and rulers in art B Art, Akkadian ; Influence B Iraq Kings and rulers
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Exemplars of kingship: art, tradition, and the legacy of the Akkadians

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