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Document Details : Title: Perceiving the Divinity of the Assyrian King Subtitle: Two Observations from the Sidelines on a Recent Book by Julian E. Reade Author(s): PORTUESE, Ludovico Journal: Bibliotheca Orientalis Volume: 80 Issue: 5-6 Date: 2023 Pages: 475-489 DOI: 10.2143/BIOR.80.5.3293584 Abstract : The Palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh has recently been the biographical subject of a monograph by Julian Edgeworth Reade. This discussion uses Reade’s analyses to examine the new ways through which the last Assyrian kings presented themselves. The observations are built on the peculiar architectural traits of the palace’s throneroom and the upper rooms. It is concluded that the innovations introduced by Ashurbanipal contributed to turn the image of the king into a quasi-divine entity, with the consequence that Greek sources judged the Assyrian kings as unseen gods. This paper is part of the project 'GALATEO – Good Attitudes for Life in Assyrian Times: Etiquette and Observance of Norms in Male and Female Groups', which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101027543 (GALATEO grant ID: https://doi.org/10.3030/101027543). |
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