Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Nazi-Maruttaš, the twenty-third king of the Kassite dynasty (r.ca.1301-1277 BC), 2 appears in a total of ten literary texts that were copied after his reign.Two of these were probably composed in his lifetime, but the remaining eight seem to have been composed at later dates, from the end of the thirteenth century to the Persian period.This literary footprint, admittedly smaller than that of several other Mesopotamian kings, 3 is striking when compared with those of other Kassite rulers, who, for the most part, fell into oblivion with the end of their dynasty (ca.1500-1155).4 However, 1.This paper was presented at the Advanced Seminar in the Humanities 2012, organized by Prof. L. Milano and Prof. E. Cingano.I would like to express my thanks to Prof. B.R. Foster and Prof. E. Frahm for much critical feedback, and Prof. E. Jiménez for discussing many aspects of this paper with me and sharing his knowledge of several unpublished fragments in the Kuyunjik Collection
Author: Frazer, Mary
Language: English
Topic: Ancient Near East History
Subfield: Archeology (arts and humanities)
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3003940800