Temple Towns and Nation Building: Migrations of Babylonian Priestly Families in the Late Periods

This article surveys the Babylonian evidence from inter-city migration of priests and their families. The phenomenon is already attested during the Old Babylonian period and there are some indications that it continued under Kassite rule. However, most of the evidence comes from temple archives of t...

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Main Author: Beaulieu, Paul-Alain 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 3-17
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Babylonia / Sippar / Nippur / Larsa / Religion / Priest / Migration / State religion / Spread of
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BC Ancient Orient; religion
Further subjects:B Urban renewal
B official pantheon
B Memory
B Larsa
B Sippar
B Uruk
B Nippur
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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