Royal self-depiction and legitimation of authority in the Levantine monarchies of the Iron Age in light of newly excavated royal sculptures at Tell Tayinat

Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen
2017

Volume description

This volume deals with the forms and strategies of rulership legitimation that were developed in the Iron Age kingdoms of the Levant as well as in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Based on iconographic, textual and archaeological evidence, the patterns used for sovereign legitimation in these regions are presented in detail. Particular attention is paid to the cultural interactions that took place between the regions as well as the peculiarities characterizing the individual kingdoms.

Editors

  • C. Levin
  • R. Müller

Publication Type

Book Name

Herrschaftslegitimation in vorderorientalischen Reichen der Eisenzeit

ISSN/ISBN

978-3-16-154858-1