The First Dynasty of the Sealand in Mesopotamia

Odette Boivin

Published by De Gruyter 2018

The First Dynasty of the Sealand in Mesopotamia

Odette Boivin

Volume 20 in the series Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501507823

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The Sealand kingdom arose from the rebellion against Babylonian hegemony in the latter half of the 18th century BCE., forcing it to share power over Sumer and Akkad. Although its kings maintained themselves throughout the turmoil leading to the demise of the Amorite dynasty at Babylon, it remains one of the most poorly documented Mesopotamian polities.

Until recently, it was known to us mainly through its inclusion into later king lists and chronicles, but the recent publication of well over 400 archival texts from a Sealand palace, soon followed by literary and divinatory tablets, finally makes it possible to study this polity from primary sources. This book proposes a history of the Sealand kingdom based on the new evidence and a reevaluation of previously known sources.

The aspects examined are: the economy — mainly the palatial administration and transformation of agricultural and animal resources; the panthea and the palace-sponsored cult, which show that Sealand I kings may have positioned their rule in a Larsean tradition; the political history, including a discussion of the geography and the relative chronology; the recording and transmission of knowledge on the Sealand I dynasty in Mesopotamian historiography.

Author / Editor information

Odette Boivin, University of Toronto, Canada.

Reviews

"This book provides an excellent collection and analysis of the newly-published Sealand materials, which now ongoing archaeological research in southern Iraq will hopefully further contextualize."
Marc Van De Mieroop in: BMCR (26.03.2019), http://www.bmcreview.org/2019/03/20190332.html

"Avec ces données abondantes et détaillées, l’auteure a fourni un travail utile. L’ouvrage est impressionnant par la présentation des textes qui peuvent aisément être négligés s’ils ne sont pas regroupés et mis en perspective selon les règles de l’histoire. Il ressort au total un tableau clair de cette documentation quatre fois millénaire."
Daniel Bonnetre in: Histara (12.09.2019), http://histara.sorbonne.fr/cr.php?cr=3788

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Tables and Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
Conventions and Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XV
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Sealand I in Babylonian historiography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3. Geographical and chronological considerations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
4. A political history of the Sealand kingdom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
5. The Sealand I palatial economy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
6. The Sealand I panthea and religious history Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
7. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Appendix 1: BKL A and Babylon I-Sealand I synchronism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Appendix 2: Sealand I year names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Appendix 3: Text numbers corresponding to Table Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Indexes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Researchers of Mesopotamian and Near Eastern history, economy, administration, religion, and archives
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 292
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 10
Keywords: First Dynasty of the Sealand; Late Old Babylonian Period; Early Kassite Period; Mesopotamian History

eBook

Published: March 19, 2018
ISBN: 9781501507823

Hardcover

Published: March 19, 2018
ISBN: 9781501516399

Paperback

Published: December 2, 2019
ISBN: 9781501519437