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2021 •
Aššurnaṣirpal II (r. 883-859 b.c.e.) moved his capital from Aššur to the old, long-deserted city of Kalḫu, which he proceeded to rebuild. His new official residence, the Northwest Palace, he described as his "palace for eternity." The rooms of the palace had carved stone relief slabs, previously unknown in Assyria. Ten of the, known, rooms had depictions of stylized trees, as well as other figures. This chapter identifies the stylized trees as female date palms and their offshoots-clones of the original tree-together offering a stylized view of a date palm plantation. By exploring the scientific and linguistic data of date palms and the artistic and historical aspects of the reliefs, it appears that Aššurnaṣirpal used this stylized depiction of a date palm plantation as his stemma, an analogy of his unchanging hereditary right to rule.
The modern engagement of ‘landscape’ as a concept and reality is historically constituted; nevertheless, it appears to be especially relevant to the study of the ancient Assyrians, who were hearty conquerors of an imperial realm. This paper outlines the history of scholarship on the Neo-Assyrian landscape, including critical perspectives on the concept’s evolution. The ancients themselves did not use an all-encompassing term such as ‘landscape’, but rather, described individual features of the lands they encountered or conquered, both natural and man-made. These records are found in royal texts as well as in monumental images, and reflect, to varying degrees, the economic, social, political, and symbolic significance of the land and its relationship to Assyrian identity. With a wealth of new archaeological, art historical, and textual material constantly emerging, however, this paper asks what types of data might be brought to bear on the topic, as well as what theoretical frameworks or methodological concerns might guide our interpretations. Traditional aesthetics-based and unproblematized historical approaches to palace culture are shown to be enhanced or potentially superseded by multi-level research strategies that include a more in-depth and interpretive reading of Assyrian visual and textual sources, the incorporation of archaeological survey discoveries, and the inclusion of data from lesser-known commemorative sites in outlying territories. Ultimately, the concept of the Assyrian landscape is shown to generate a number of alternative readings and trajectories.
Excerpted from the author's Ph.D. dissertation, this paper examines the role of ritual activity in the making of ancient Assyrian stelae and rock reliefs, carved in the process of military expansion. These elusive monuments are shown to have been cumulative moments of transformation, whereby the royal body fuses with an ancestral land.
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The rather euphemistic “lady of the house”,2 bēlat bēti,3 appears twelve4 times in the extant Neo-Assyrian sources. The overall interpretation of the compound must, however, be more complex than its straightforward translation. In this article, we will aim at clarifying the identity of the ladies who carried this title in the NeoAssyrian period as well as briefly discussing the possible problems and/or prospects resulting from the proposed identifications. We will argue that more than half of the occurrences clearly use the term “lady of the house” to indicate the wife of the
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Православная Энциклопедия, том 68, Москва: Церковно-научный центр «Православная энциклопедия»
Тисмана, монастырь Успения Пресв. Богородицы / Tismana, mănăstirea Adormirii Maicii Domnului2023 •
International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics
Treatment with One Dose of Reltecimod is Superior to Two Doses in Mouse Models of Lethal Infection2019 •
Revista Colombiana de Anestesiología
Manejo de paciente obstétrica a término con fibrilación auricular con respuesta ventricular rápida sin inestabilidad hemodinámia2009 •
Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology
Analysis of the distribution and expression of some tumor invasiveness markers in palate squamous cell carcinomas2021 •
en J.I. Grande Aranda (ed.), Los vulnerables: estudios interdisciplinares sobre la vulnerabilidad, Tirant lo Blanch, 2023, pp. 327-362
COGOLLOS GARCÍA, JESÚS F., La preocupación por los vulnerables durante la Segunda República española. La gestión política de José Anguera de Sojo al frente del Ministerio de Trabajo, Sanidad y Previsión: condiciones laborales y seguros sociales (octubre de 1934-abril de 1935)2023 •