The hunter and the asses: a neo-assyrian paean glorifying Shalmaneser III

The present article gives a new edition and analysis of ‘The Hunter and the Asses’ (LKA 62) and discusses its political, historical and literary setting. We argue for the identification of the text as a paean, glorifying the campaigns of Shalmaneser III to the west against the coalition of 12 kings...

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Authors: Fink, Sebastian 1978- (Author) ; Parpola, Simo 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2019
In: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
Year: 2019, Volume: 109, Issue: 2, Pages: 177-188
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:The present article gives a new edition and analysis of ‘The Hunter and the Asses’ (LKA 62) and discusses its political, historical and literary setting. We argue for the identification of the text as a paean, glorifying the campaigns of Shalmaneser III to the west against the coalition of 12 kings led by the king of Damascus.
ISSN:1613-1150
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/za-2019-0013