Assyrian royal rituals and cultic texts

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Creator: edited by Simo Parpola ; with contributions by Karlheinz Deller, Beate Pongratz-Leisten, and Stefania Ermidoro ; illustrations edited by Julian Reade
Format: Books
Languages: English, Akkadian
Contributors: Parpola, Simo, editor

Deller, Karlheinz, contributor

Pongratz-Leisten, Beate, contributor

Ermidoro, Stefania, contributor

Reade, Julian, editor
Publication: Helsinki : The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2017

Winona Lake, Indiana : Printed in the USA and distributed by Eisenbrauns
Series: Publications of the Foundation for Finnish Assyriological Research ; no. 13

State archives of Assyria ; v. 20
Physical Details: xciv, 255 pages : black-and-white illustrations, black-and-white plans, plates ; 25 cm
ISBNs: 9515700019, 9515700027, 9521013419, 9789521013416, 9521013400, 9789521013409, 9789515700018, 9789515700025
OCLC: ocn862843911

Includes bibliographical references (pages lxxxvi-xciv) and indexes.
English; texts in romanized Akkadian with parallel English translation; plates in cuneiform Akkadian.

Introduction. The nature and content of the corpus -- The Assyrian state rituals : re-invention of tradition -- Text types, manuscripts and tablet formats -- Technical terms and their rendering -- On the present edition. Transliterations and translations. Rituals for the King. Rituals in the temple of Aššur -- Report on royal rituals in the Aššur temple -- Manuals for chanters of the Aššur temple -- Rituals in the Akitu house and in temples of Ištar. Other cultic rituals. Rituals for singers -- Rituals for private devotees -- Miscellany and fragments. Liturgical manuals. Temple service and Takultu manuals. Other cultic texts. Cultic topography of Assur -- Royal decrees -- Records of cultic reforms and events

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