The place of deportation of the Babylonian divine statues

Authors

  • Pierre Villard

Keywords:

Babylonian divine statues, Esarhaddon, Sennacherib

Abstract

After winning the civil war that followed the murder of Sennacherib and ascending to the throne, Esarhaddon compiled collections of prophecies that justified his rise to power. These collections, transposed into literary language and organised in sections, each corresponding to what a prophet or prophetess had proclaimed, were probably read during politico-religious ceremonies (Parpola 1997: lxviii–lxx).

References

SAA 9= Parpola, S. 1997. Assyrian Prophecies (SAA 9). Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project.

SAA 13= Cole, S.W., and P. Machinist 1998. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Priests to Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal (SAA 13). Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project.

Published

01/06/2023

How to Cite

Villard, P. (2023). The place of deportation of the Babylonian divine statues. Ash-Sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East – Archaeological, Historical and Societal Studies, 7(1), 12–14. Retrieved from https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/ash-sharq/article/view/1932

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