The Collective and Individual Legitimacy of Royal Power
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East |
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| Keywords | Assyria; Babylonia; royal ideology |
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| Description | The study deals with two basic models of royal legitimity in ancient Near East. The first one, that is attested mainly in Babylonia, can be labelled "individual", whereas the second one, which prevailed in Assyrian or Persia, can be viewed as collective. |