Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal
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- ISBN 9781575063294
- Weight: 726g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 1998
- Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The letters edited in this volume represent the correspondence of various priests and high temple officials in the Assyrian realm during the third through fifth decades of the seventh century BC. They consist chiefly of reports to Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal about cultic concerns and matters connected with the construction and renovation of temple edifices in the major cities of the Assyrian empire, both in the heartland and in the provinces. These fascinating letters throw light on the buildings, refurbishment, and maintenance of temples, the fashioning and installation of statues of the king, the provisioning of the cult, the performance of sacrifices, the rite of sacred marriage, and the processions of divine images.
