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Akkadian royal titulary

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Cylinder from the last known previous example (the Cyrus Cylinder) and the rather simply and short nature of the titulary that it mixes traditions and ideas due to the limited amount of sources the scribe would have had to work with, but royal titularies were usually created with great care and consideration. It is possible that the mixture was chosen to specifically reflect a more Seleucid version of kingship, Assyrian titles like "mighty king" and "great king" fitting with the warrior king-idea used by the Seleucids in the rest of their empire. Universalizing titles like "king of the Universe" may have simply been appealing in lacking a geographical specification and that the king would not have to confine his realm to include just Babylon or Mesopotamia (which would have resulted from a title like "king of Sumer and Akkad"). Similar to how Cyrus the Great stressed that his lineage was royal despite him not being born to the Babylonian throne, Antiochus titulary contains the information that he is the son and heir of
379: 2079: 19: 43: 4250: 4100: 3851: 601:, is one of the last known documents written in Akkadian, separated from the previous Cyrus Cylinder by around 300 years. This cylinder also contains the last known example of an Akkadian-language royal titulary, applied to Antiochus himself. It is an important source on the self-presentation of Seleucid kings and on the relations between the Seleucid rulers and the inhabitants of Babylon (located near the recently founded Seleucid capital of 196: 526: 4836: 4285: 4186: 4137: 4043: 3931: 3801: 3543: 2298:, king of Assyria, viceroy of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, son of Sennacherib, the great king, the mighty king, king of Assyria, grandson of Sargon, the great king, the mighty king, king of Assyria; who under the protection of Assur, Sin, Shamash, Nabu, Marduk, Ishtar of Nineveh, Ishtar of Arbela, the great gods, his lords, made his way from the rising to the setting sun, having no rival. 619:
Out of the titularies of all previous kings, the titulary of Antiochus most closely resembles that of Nabonidus in its arrangement though they are not identical, that of Antiochus combining Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian titles. It is possible given the large amount of time separating the Antiochus
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The Antiochus Cylinder is the last known Akkadian-language royal inscription, separated from the last known previous one (the Cyrus Cylinder) by 300 years. At the time it was made, Akkadian was no longer a spoken language and the cylinder's contents were likely inspired by earlier royal inscriptions
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being one of the more prestigious Sumerian cities, often having been seen in the times preceding the Akkadian Empire as having some sort of primacy over the other cities in the region. Use of the title, which was not limited to kings actually in possession of the city itself, implied that the ruler
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of Babylon. Much like the late inscriptions of Nabonidus, the Cyrus Cylinder corresponds more to the traditional Assyrian royal titulary than it does the Babylonian. When the Assyrian kings conquered Babylon, they titled themselves as both kings of Babylon and kings of Assyria. Since they were not
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technically legitimate Babylonian rulers in that they had not been born to the Babylonian throne, they stressed their legitimacy by deriving their kingship from the fact that they had held royal status before conquering Babylon. Cyrus does much the same in the Cyrus Cylinder, stressing that his
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Typically, Assyrian royal inscriptions usually glorify the strength and power of the king whilst Babylonian royal inscriptions tend to focus on the protective role and the piety of the king. Assyrian titularies usually also often emphasize the royal genaeology of the king, something Babylonian
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and order depending on the ruler, dynasty and the length of a monarch's reign. Patterns of arrangement and the choice of titles and epithets usually reflect specific kings, which also meant that later rulers attempting to emulate an earlier great king often aligned themselves with their great
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Royal epithets generally served to highlight the qualities of a specific king, many rulers having at least some unique epithets. Typical of Babylonian titles is focusing on the benevolent and coercive attributes of any one given king with only few references to violence. Neo-Assyrian rulers,
513:(r. 625–605 BC) uses some of the titles (prominently "mighty king") in his early inscriptions, possibly due to his family originating as high-ranking officials for the Assyrians (a fact he otherwise was careful to mask). The final ruler of the Neo-Babylonian empire, 2196:
Assyrian epithets often emphasize the king as a military leader and relates war to the divine as an issue part of the idea of universal rule. Epithets like "the god Aššur gave me the power to let cities fall into ruins and to enlarge Assyrian territory" are common.
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kings who controlled the city of Babylon used a "hybrid" titulary of sorts in the south, combining aspects of the Assyrian and Babylonian tradition, similar to how the traditional Babylonian deities were promoted in the south alongside the Assyrian main deity of
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King of the Universe, the mighty king, the king of Assyria, favorite of Assur, priest of Assur, rightful ruler, beloved of Ishtar, who subjected the Kuti to their farthest border; son of Shalmaneser, priest of Assur, grandson of Adad-nirari, priest of
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By the time of Sargon of Akkad, "King of Kish" meant a divinely authorized ruler with the right to rule over all of Sumer, it might have begun to refer to some sort of a universal rule already in the centuries before Sargon's rise to
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periods. The titles and the order they were presented in varied from king to king, with similarities between kings usually being because of a king's explicit choice to align himself with a predecessor. Some titles, like the Akkadian
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Through its use by Sargon of Akkad and his successors, the title would be altered in meaning from "King of Kish" to the more boastful "King of the Universe", which is how later rulers would interpret it for more than a thousand
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Assyrian royal titularies were often changed depending on where the titles were to be displayed, the titles of the same Assyrian king would have been different in their home country of Assyria and in conquered regions. Those
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posthumously. The adoption of the title "God of Akkad" may have been due to Naram-Sin winning a great victory over a large-scale revolt against his rule. Naram-Sin was also the first Mesopotamian ruler to adopt the epithet
605:). The text of the cylinder as a whole combines and reshapes elements from the Babylonian and Assyrian traditions of royal titularies, sometimes breaking with tradition to introduce aspects of the Seleucid royal ideology. 378: 2340:
by Assyrian and Babylonian kings. The Akkadian-language titulature (here translated into English) of the Seleucid king Antiochus I (r. 281–261 BC) is preserved in the Antiochus Cylinder from Babylon and reads as follows:
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kings) often used "hybrid" titularies combining aspects of both. Such hybrid titularies are also recorded for the only known examples of Akkadian titularies beyond the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, employed by
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Assyrian epithets about royal lineage vary in how far they stretch back, most often simply discussing lineage in terms of "son of ..." or "brother of ...". Some cases display lineage stretching back much further,
517:(r. 556–539 BC), took all three of the Assyrian titles in inscriptions late in his reign, deliberately aligning himself with the Neo-Assyrian kings, possibly to claim a universal empire as in the Assyrian model. 2078: 641:
Descriptive titles similar to epithets, titles which center on the king's person. Titles and epithets which relate to the personality and position of the king account for about 24.9% of Neo-Assyrian titularies.
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once again became independent polities, the former vassal cities often only implicitly renounced their allegiance to Ur. Since the ruler of Ur was deified and thus technically a god, ruling titles like
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The assumption of many traditional southern titles, including the ancient "king of Sumer and Akkad", by the Assyrian kings served to legitimize their rule and assert their control over Babylon and
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as a basket-bearer. Kings only expressed inferiority and humility before the divine, often using epithets to describe themselves as "providers" for the gods. Currently housed in the
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Titles describing the domain under the control of a king. Titles and epithets which relate to the worldly position of the king account for about 35.8% of Neo-Assyrian titularies.
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Though the titulature of Antiochus I used in the cylinder has in the past been interpreted as very traditionally Babylonian in its composition, especially compared to that of
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and Ezida". Other titles in the cylinder, including "great king", "mighty king" and "king of the Universe" are more characteristic of the Neo-Assyrian kings.
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Though there had been kings (and thus obviously royal titles) in Mesopotamia since prehistoric times, the first great "innovator" of royal titles was
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Early Neo-Assyrian State Ideology Relations of Power in the Inscriptions and Iconography of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859) and Shalmaneser III (858–824)
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Popular title designating the king as powerful enough to draw the respect of their adversaries, frequently used in diplomacy with other nations.
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would usually focus on the protective role and the piety of the king. Monarchs who controlled both Assyria and Babylon (such as some of the
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Over the course of the centuries after the fall of the Third Dynasty of Ur, the main kingdoms that would develop in Mesopotamia were
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Another common theme for epithets is the king's relation to his people. Esarhaddon again being an example, he refers to himself as
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titularies do not, and also drive home the king's moral and physical qualities while downplaying his role in the judicial system.
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and crowned as sovereign of the two lands surrounding Nippur "to right and left". The fourth king of the Third Dynasty of Ur,
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Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia Volume 1: Historical Records of Assyria From the Earliest Times to Sargon
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Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia Volume 1: Historical Records of Assyria From the Earliest Times to Sargon
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Viceroy of the god Assur, son of Ishme-Dagan, viceroy of the god Assur, builder of the temple of Bêl, the elder.
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The title speaks about humility before the gods, the king would not have shown inferiority towards other rulers.
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Interkulturalität in der Alten Welt: Vorderasien, Hellas, Ägypten und die vielfältigen Ebenen des Kontakts
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Alternatively "King of the Four Corners of the Universe", usually shortened to "King of the Four Corners"
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Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia Volume 2: Historical Records of Assyria From Sargon to the End
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Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia Volume 2: Historical Records of Assyria From Sargon to the End
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Literally "king of the land of Babylon". Rare variant of the Babylonian royal title recorded for some
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of any one given king and in exploring sociocultural factors during the reigns of individual kings.
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Die mittelassyrischen, universalistischen Königstitel und Epitheta Tukultī-Ninurtas I. (1242–1206)
311:" in an effort to unify the north and south of Mesopotamia under his rule, creating the title of " 5373: 5301: 5128: 4981: 4899: 4894: 4450: 4329: 4053:"Last Emperor or Crown Prince Forever? Aššur-uballiṭ II of Assyria according to Archival Sources" 1403: 312: 123: 5332: 5184: 4943: 4536: 4526: 2189:("he who brought stable prices, successful harvests, (and) an abundance of grain to the land"). 1578: 1540: 934: 835: 220: 4267: 3678: 5378: 5001: 3947: 3910: 3780: 2134: 2051: 865: 506: 94: 159:(r. 281–261 BC) of the Seleucid Empire, who also introduced some aspects of their own royal 5219: 5179: 4658: 4412: 3523: 2345: 2295: 2271: 2099:
including Ashurbanipal, Esarhaddon and Shamash-shuma-ukin, frequently employed the epithet
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Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia
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Many epithets are religious in nature, usually focusing on the king as a "provider" (
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Images, Power, and Politics: Figurative Aspects of Esarhaddon's Babylonian Policy
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Levin, Yigal (2002). "Nimrod the Mighty, King of Kish, King of Sumer and Akkad".
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After the fall of Akkad, further titles would be introduced by the kings of the
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Handbook of Syrian Coins: Royal and Civic Issues, Fourth to First Centuries BC
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in that this title refers to being a governor explicitly on behalf of the god
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Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies
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Hallo, William W. (1980). "Royal Titles from the Mesopotamian Periphery".
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Literally "king of the land of Padan and Alman". Title only recorded for
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and his grandfather Sargon were recognized as divine, they had only been
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Literally "king of the land of Sumer". Combined with "king of Akkad" by
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Literally "king of the land of Akkad". Combined with "king of Sumer" by
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Democratization in the Middle East: Experiences, Struggles, Challenges
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Among the host of Heaven: the Syro-Palestinian pantheon as bureaucracy
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The king respecting the divine is sometimes expressed with words like
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Goetze, Albrecht (1964). "The Kassites and near Eastern Chronology".
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predecessors through the titles, epithets and order chosen. As such,
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Steinkeller, Piotr (2013). "An archaic "prisoner plaque" from kiš".
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King of the Totality of the Four Corners including all their rulers
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Karlsson, Mattias (2017). "Assyrian Royal Titulary in Babylonia".
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was a builder of cities, victorious in war and a righteous judge.
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Variant of "King of the Four Corners of the World" recorded for
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Variant of "King of the Four Corners of the World" used in the
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contains the last known example of a royal titulary written in
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with two exceptions. The founder of the Neo-Babylonian empire,
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Another title heavily associated with the Akkadian rulers was
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Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie
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The Inscriptions of Nabopolassar, Amel-Marduk and Neriglissar
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in the south. The kings of Assyria would title themselves as
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assumes many native Mesopotamian title following his 539 BC
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Titles describing the position of the king relative to the
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of the 14th century BC, who once more introduced the title
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Titles centering on the king's relationship to the divine
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Titles centering on the king's relationship to the world
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and his line and granting Antiochus further legitimacy.
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Relations of Power in Early Neo-Assyrian State Ideology
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A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC
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maḫīru kīnu ešēru ebūru napāš Nisaba ušaššû ina māti
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2525: 2510: 2483: 2471: 2459: 2447: 2430: 2287:, who reigned 681–669 BC, uses the following titles 2255:king Kurigalzu (there were two kings of this name; 486:" and "favourite of the god Ashur and the goddess 227:. Naram-Sin introduced the idea of kingship in the 3996:Raaflaub, Kurt A.; Talbert, Richard J. A. (2010). 3718: 2318:, true shepherd, chosen by the steadfast heart of 1702:Alternatively "King of All" or "King of the World" 81:(and the style they were presented in) assumed by 1464:(r. 669–631 BC). Saw occasional later use in the 786: 5365: 4256: 3621:(16). Kaitseväe Ühendatud Õppeasutused: 159–179. 3177: 394:, featuring a depiction of the king fighting an 4471: 4195:Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale 3995: 3265: 2200: 497:titles that speak of the king's prowess, e.g. " 353:When the Third Dynasty of Ur collapsed and its 346:("mighty king"), replacing the earlier epithet 4106: 3481: 3083: 2729: 2166:("to trust in"). Ashurbanipal has the epithet 520: 426:, signifying his role as an absolute monarch. 112:("king of the Four Corners of the World") and 4610: 4423: 4363: 4257:Waerzeggers, Caroline; Seire, Maarja (2018). 1290: 155:(r. 559–530 BC) of the Achaemenid Empire and 4260:Xerxes and Babylonia: The Cuneiform Evidence 1330:Variant of "King of the Lands" recorded for 418:until the reign of the Middle-Assyrian king 5205:Military history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire 4192: 3482:Cohen, Raymond; Westbrook, Raymond (1999). 2504: 2226:Middle Assyrian titulary: Tukulti-Ninurta I 2133:Epithets often also illustrate the king as 2122:("submissive") may seem strange, his title 2046:One of the most common royal titles of the 1665:šar kiššat kibrāte ša napḫar malkī kalîšunu 1499: 4617: 4603: 4370: 4356: 3889: 3878: 3521: 3442: 3418: 3298: 2858: 2311:, who reigned 605–562 BC, read as follows: 2303:Neo-Babylonian titulary: Nebuchadnezzar II 702:King who has no equals in all of the lands 444:", his great-grandfather. More extremely, 4107:Saikal, Amin; Schnabel, Albrecht (2003). 4067: 3286: 1818:, not as governing the region of Assyria. 1567:King of All the Four Corners of the World 4144: 3900: 3857: 3766: 3739: 3716: 3406: 3394: 3367: 3344: 3248: 3221: 3204: 3150: 3095: 3052: 3010: 2995: 2882: 2843: 2824: 2803: 2750: 2717: 2603: 2584: 2107:("competent one who knows every craft"). 2077: 1224:Expressing kingship over the Amnanu, an 821:Alternatively "Viceroy of the god Assur" 707:šarru ša ina kullat mātāti māḫiri lā īšû 597:rebuilt the Ezida Temple in the city of 524: 377: 194: 41: 17: 4624: 4213: 4125: 3612: 3502: 3466: 3454: 3382: 3189: 3029: 2974: 2654: 2642: 2630: 2424: 5366: 4165: 4050: 4016: 3974: 3937: 3807: 3744:. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. 3697: 3568: 3549: 3528:(2nd ed.). Blackwell Publishing. 3430: 3162: 3112: 2947: 2615: 2569: 2441: 2379:History of institutions in Mesopotamia 545:. The cylinder is today housed at the 4598: 4403:King of the Four Corners of the World 4379:Ancient Mesopotamian royal titulature 4351: 4300:"Livius - Cyrus Cylinder Translation" 3829: 3676: 3632: 3317: 3071: 2870: 2557: 2542: 2519: 2489: 2477: 2465: 2453: 2206:Old Assyrian titulary: Ashur-nirari I 1601:King of the Four Corners of the World 1460:Introduced in its simplified form by 637:Titles centering on the king's person 631: 233:King of the Four Corners of the World 174:royal titles vary in their contents, 130:In the Akkadian-speaking kingdoms of 4310:from the original on 19 January 2019 4266:. Peeters Publishers. Archived from 2307:The titles preserved in Babylon for 1384:and elsewhere up until modern times. 4111:. United Nations University Press. 2137:, the chosen words typically being 501:", "mighty king" and even the old " 478:. Epithets like "chosen by the god 215:(r. 2254–2218 BC), the grandson of 30:ruler, 2300–2000 BC, housed in the 13: 3981:. American Philosophical Society. 2054:periods, used by nearly all kings. 374:Assyrian and Babylonian titulature 14: 5395: 4323: 4057:State Archives of Assyria Studies 3903:"Mithridates VI Eupator and Iran" 3890:Luckenbill, Daniel David (1927). 3879:Luckenbill, Daniel David (1926). 2294:The great king, the mighty king, 2279:Neo-Assyrian titulary: Esarhaddon 118:("king of the Universe") and the 5343:Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary 4834: 4283: 4248: 4184: 4135: 4098: 4041: 3929: 3849: 3799: 3702:. . Classical Numismatic Group. 3541: 2251:In one of his inscriptions, the 1380:after which it would be used in 4223:The Journal of Hellenic Studies 3475: 2322:, exalted governor, beloved of 975:Literally "king of the land of 751:A popular title, especially in 303:. The founder of this dynasty, 4900:Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) 4895:Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) 4151:. Cambridge University Press. 3896:. University of Chicago Press. 3885:. University of Chicago Press. 3813:The Land of the Elephant Kings 2335:Seleucid titulary: Antiochus I 2082:Detail of a stone monument of 868:kings. Title employed by some 787:Specific locations and peoples 205:Istanbul Archaeological Museum 1: 5282:Ancient Mesopotamian religion 4679:Tigris–Euphrates river system 3938:Oshima, Takayoshi M. (2017). 3550:Foster, Benjamin R. (2005) . 3522:De Mieroop, Marc Van (2004). 2384: 1765:Ancient Mesopotamian religion 320: 3901:Olbrycht, Marek Jan (2009). 3815:. Harvard University Press. 3571:Journal of Cuneiform Studies 3178:Waerzeggers & Seire 2018 2389: 2360:and Ezida, foremost heir of 2283:In one of his inscriptions, 2230:In one of his inscriptions, 2210:In one of his inscriptions, 2201:Examples of royal titularies 2135:selected to rule by the gods 1778:English translation of title 1719:Popular title introduced by 1623:Popular title introduced by 1508:English translation of title 1299:English translation of title 1013:Ruling title of monarchs of 795:English translation of title 652:English translation of title 7: 5348:Chicago Assyrian Dictionary 5230:Egypt-Mesopotamia relations 5225:Indus-Mesopotamia relations 4292: 4145:Shayegan, M. Rahim (2011). 3975:Porter, Barbara N. (1994). 3554:(3rd ed.). CDL Press. 3266:Raaflaub & Talbert 2010 2372: 2247:Kassite titulary: Kurigalzu 2073: 1925:King who is their favourite 1773: 1503: 1294: 790: 742:Alternatively "Mighty king" 647: 521:Achaemenid and Seleucid use 71:Mesopotamian royal titulary 10: 5400: 5353:Chicago Hittite Dictionary 4126:Sazonov, Vladimir (2011). 4085:10.1515/zava.2001.91.2.264 3844:10.1163/156853302760197494 3740:Karlsson, Mattias (2016). 3717:Karlsson, Mattias (2013). 3698:Hoover, Oliver D. (2009). 3132:Cyrus Cylinder Translation 3084:Saikal & Schnabel 2003 2730:Cohen & Westbrook 1999 2147:migir Enlil Šamaš u Marduk 2021:King who provides for them 1833:Governor of the Great Gods 1320:Glorious King of the Lands 1291:Dominance over Mesopotamia 190: 166: 32:Metropolitan Museum of Art 5320: 5274: 5248: 5152: 5049: 4942: 4850: 4843: 4832: 4714: 4641: 4632: 4577: 4519: 4481: 4434:Dominion over Mesopotamia 4433: 4385: 4235:10.1017/S0075426914000068 4214:Stevens, Kahtryn (2014). 4002:. 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Ruling title of the 593:(r. 281–261 BC) of the 313:king of Sumer and Akkad 140:Assyrian royal titulary 124:šar māt Šumeri u Akkadi 5185:Babylonian mathematics 4051:Radner, Karen (2019). 4017:Radner, Karen (2010). 3955:Cite journal requires 3918:Cite journal requires 3788:Cite journal requires 2370: 2332: 2300: 2276: 2244: 2223: 2151:nibīt Marduk Ṣarpanītu 2105:itpēšu ḫāsis kal šipri 2095: 1579:Middle Assyrian Empire 589:, which describes how 550: 403: 208: 63: 39: 4207:10.3917/assy.107.0131 3968:registration required 3670:registration required 3626:registration required 3606:registration required 3507:. 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Routledge. 3863: 3862: 3856: 3852: 3845: 3841: 3837: 3833: 3828: 3824: 3822:9780674728820 3818: 3814: 3810: 3806: 3802: 3795: 3782: 3774: 3770: 3765: 3761: 3757: 3753: 3751:9781614519683 3747: 3743: 3738: 3734: 3728: 3723: 3722: 3715: 3711: 3705: 3701: 3696: 3692: 3686: 3682: 3681: 3675: 3671: 3664: 3660: 3656: 3652: 3648: 3644: 3640: 3636: 3631: 3627: 3620: 3616: 3611: 3607: 3600: 3596: 3592: 3588: 3584: 3580: 3577:(4): 97–101. 3576: 3572: 3567: 3563: 3561:1-883053-76-5 3557: 3553: 3548: 3544: 3537: 3531: 3527: 3526: 3520: 3516: 3510: 3506: 3501: 3497: 3491: 3487: 3486: 3480: 3479: 3469:, p. 68. 3468: 3463: 3457:, p. 71. 3456: 3451: 3444: 3439: 3432: 3427: 3421:, p. 65. 3420: 3415: 3409:, p. 16. 3408: 3407:Karlsson 2017 3403: 3397:, p. 15. 3396: 3395:Karlsson 2017 3391: 3385:, p. 74. 3384: 3379: 3377: 3370:, p. 13. 3369: 3368:Karlsson 2017 3364: 3362: 3360: 3358: 3356: 3354: 3347:, p. 77. 3346: 3345:Karlsson 2016 3341: 3339: 3337: 3335: 3333: 3331: 3329: 3327: 3319: 3314: 3312: 3310: 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Index


Mesopotamian
Iranian
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York

Neo-Sumerian
Ur-Nammu
British Museum
Ur
royal titles
epithets
monarchs
Ancient Mesopotamia
Akkadian period
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Achaemenid
Seleucid
šar kibrāt erbetti
šar kiššatim
Neo-Sumerian
šar māt Šumeri u Akkadi
Assyria
Babylonia
Neo-Assyrian
Cyrus the Great
Antiochus I
ideologies
Mesopotamian
epithets

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