Bidmead, Julye,

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



9781463236007


Akitu.
Kings and rulers--Religious aspects--Assyro-Babylonian religion.


Electronic Books.

BL1625 / .A388 2014