The Origins of the Assyrian King List

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ID21242691
AuthorsJonathan Valk (Leiden Institute for Area Studies , Universiteit Leiden , Leiden , the Netherlands), J P J De Valk (0000-0003-0094-3466, Leiden University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume6
Issue1
Pages1-17
Publication date2019-05-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ancient Near Eastern History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2328-9554 • E-ISSN: 2328-9562
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/janeh-2017-0009
OpenAlexW2888513536
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited27

The Assyrian King List (AKL) is central to the reconstruction of Assyrian and broader Near Eastern history and chronology. Because of AKL’s significance, locating its original moment of composition has far-reaching historiographical implications. There is no scholarly consensus on the dating of AKL, but a closer look at the internal evidence of AKL indicates a firm, fifteenth century terminus post quem for the creation of AKL, while the bilingual tablet fragment BM 98496 establishes the thirteenth century reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I as a secure terminus ante quem . Within this temporal range, it is possible to trace the genesis of AKL to the reign of Aššur-uballiṭ I. This period witnessed great change in Assyria, and the nature of this change provides an ideal historical, political, and ideological context for the production of AKL. No other moment in Assyrian history offers so compelling a conjunction of political motives and historical circumstances for AKL’s composition

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Assyria · Fifteenth · Historiography · Ideology · Literature · Political science · Politics · Reign · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy

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