The Akītu Festival : Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia /
Julye Bidmead.
- Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource
- Gorgias Near Eastern Studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- ANALYSIS OF PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP ON THE AKĪTU -- PHENOMONOLOGY OF THE AKĪTU FESTIVAL -- RITUALISTIC ELEMENTS OF THE AKĪTU -- POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND IDEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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Akitu. Kings and rulers--Religious aspects--Assyro-Babylonian religion.