• The Origins of the Assyrian King List

    Author(s):
    Jonathan Valk (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Group(s):
    Ancient Near East, Assyriologists
    Subject(s):
    Middle East--Assyria, Assyriology
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Assyrian King List, Assyria
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/05jz-0b96
    Abstract:
    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.
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    Published as:
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    Pub. DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2017-0009
    Publisher:
    Walter de Gruyter GmbH
    Pub. Date:
    2018-8-18
    Journal:
    Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History
    Volume:
    6
    Issue:
    1
    Page Range:
    1 - 17
    ISSN:
    2328-9554,2328-9562
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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