The account of nabû-šuma-iškun revisited

Ran Zadok

doi:10.1515/aofo-2017-0017

The account of nabû-šuma-iškun revisited

Ran Zadok^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Archaeology

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

Nabû-šuma-iškun is described as the emblematic malevolent king in the polemical pamphlet, authored in all probability by an anonymous member of the Urukean priestly establishment. However, certain measures taken by him are within the norms of ancient Near Eastern politics. In addition, accusations made against him by the author of the polemical pamphlet may be relativized. Nabû-šuma-iškun's actions in the international sphere prove that he was a far-sighted statesman. It is demonstrated that important religious and political objectives of this king were not fundamentally different from those of later Babylonian rulers, including kings of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	261-267
Number of pages	7
Journal	Altorientalische Forschungen
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2017-0017
State	Published - 1 Dec 2017

Funding

Funders	Funder number
Israel Science Foundation	742/05

Keywords

Polemical pamphlet
Politics
Revision
Transgressions

Access to Document

10.1515/aofo-2017-0017

Cite this

@article{b8fab315079040b48471f91003c09f1d,

title = "The account of nab{\^u}-{\v s}uma-i{\v s}kun revisited",

abstract = "Nab{\^u}-{\v s}uma-i{\v s}kun is described as the emblematic malevolent king in the polemical pamphlet, authored in all probability by an anonymous member of the Urukean priestly establishment. However, certain measures taken by him are within the norms of ancient Near Eastern politics. In addition, accusations made against him by the author of the polemical pamphlet may be relativized. Nab{\^u}-{\v s}uma-i{\v s}kun's actions in the international sphere prove that he was a far-sighted statesman. It is demonstrated that important religious and political objectives of this king were not fundamentally different from those of later Babylonian rulers, including kings of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.",

keywords = "Polemical pamphlet, Politics, Revision, Transgressions",

author = "Ran Zadok",

note = "Funding Information: Note: The gist of this paper was presented at the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Philadelphia (July 2016). My research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 742/05).",

year = "2017",

month = dec,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1515/aofo-2017-0017",

language = "אנגלית",

volume = "44",

pages = "261--267",

journal = "Altorientalische Forschungen",

issn = "0232-8461",

publisher = "Walter de Gruyter GmbH",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The account of nabû-šuma-iškun revisited

AU - Zadok, Ran

N1 - Funding Information: Note: The gist of this paper was presented at the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Philadelphia (July 2016). My research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 742/05).

PY - 2017/12/1

Y1 - 2017/12/1

N2 - Nabû-šuma-iškun is described as the emblematic malevolent king in the polemical pamphlet, authored in all probability by an anonymous member of the Urukean priestly establishment. However, certain measures taken by him are within the norms of ancient Near Eastern politics. In addition, accusations made against him by the author of the polemical pamphlet may be relativized. Nabû-šuma-iškun's actions in the international sphere prove that he was a far-sighted statesman. It is demonstrated that important religious and political objectives of this king were not fundamentally different from those of later Babylonian rulers, including kings of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

AB - Nabû-šuma-iškun is described as the emblematic malevolent king in the polemical pamphlet, authored in all probability by an anonymous member of the Urukean priestly establishment. However, certain measures taken by him are within the norms of ancient Near Eastern politics. In addition, accusations made against him by the author of the polemical pamphlet may be relativized. Nabû-šuma-iškun's actions in the international sphere prove that he was a far-sighted statesman. It is demonstrated that important religious and political objectives of this king were not fundamentally different from those of later Babylonian rulers, including kings of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

KW - Polemical pamphlet

KW - Politics

KW - Revision

KW - Transgressions

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038378349&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1515/aofo-2017-0017

DO - 10.1515/aofo-2017-0017

M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???

AN - SCOPUS:85038378349

SN - 0232-8461

VL - 44

SP - 261

EP - 267

JO - Altorientalische Forschungen

JF - Altorientalische Forschungen

IS - 2

ER -

The account of nabû-šuma-iškun revisited

Abstract

Funding

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this