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The Materiality of Assyrian Sacred Kingship
Author(s) -
Thomason Allison
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
religion compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1749-8171
DOI - 10.1111/rec3.12201
Subject(s) - monarchy , realm , delegate , materiality (auditing) , ideology , assyria , history , mythology , art , ancient history , aesthetics , archaeology , literature , law , political science , politics , computer science , programming language
This contribution explores the material manifestations of Assyrian kingship and how they intersected with Assyrian ideology and religion. This state‐of‐the‐field discussion focuses on the Neo‐Assyrian period, 883–612 BCE. To legitimate their positions as the god Aššur's chosen delegate, the kings produced and consumed a vast array of monumental and portable goods, which served to represent the kings as beneficent creators of an orderly realm and protectors of the Assyrian world keeping chaos at bay.