Mari Theomorphism: Intimation of Sacrality in the Royal Correspondence
| dc.contributor.author | Sasson, Jack M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-15T16:00:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-11-15T16:00:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description | In this paper, dedicated to Bibek Hruska, Professor Sasson examines letters exchanged between the elite of the ancient city of Mari. His purpose in doing so is to discover what is meant when rulers were "deemed touched by godhood." | en_US |
| dc.description.school | Divinity School | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Reprinted with permission from Islet. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | u₄ du₁₁-ga-ni sá mu-ni-ib-du₁₁: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Blahoslav Hruška. Edited by Luděk Vacín. Dresden: Islet Verlag, 2011. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/4958 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Islet | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Gods, Assyro-Babylonian | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Mari (Extinct city) | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Assyro-Babylonian letters | en_US |
| dc.title | Mari Theomorphism: Intimation of Sacrality in the Royal Correspondence | en_US |