Urukean Priests and the Neo-Babylonian State

The paper is constructed around a short micro-historical portrait of a priestly family active in Uruk in the sixth century BCE. This introduces two interrelated issues that the paper will subsequently discuss with a view towards a contextualization of the family in question: the interaction between...

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VerfasserInnen: Jursa, Michael 1966- (VerfasserIn) ; Gordin, Shai (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Jahr: 2019, Band: 19, Heft: 1/2, Seiten: 35-54
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Neubabylonisch / Inschrift / Uruk / Priester / Geschichte 600 v. Chr.-500 v. Chr.
RelBib Classification:AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
BC Altorientalische Religionen
weitere Schlagwörter:B Neo-Babylonian priests
B Balāṭu family
B Exorcists
B State building
B Uruk
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Zusammenfassung:The paper is constructed around a short micro-historical portrait of a priestly family active in Uruk in the sixth century BCE. This introduces two interrelated issues that the paper will subsequently discuss with a view towards a contextualization of the family in question: the interaction between the Neo-Babylonian state and priests outside the capital city, and the drive towards inter-temple interaction and standardization of procedures based on the model of Esangila, the Marduk temple in the capital.
ISSN:1569-2124
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15692124-12341303