At the Heart of an Empire

This study is devoted to the Neo-Assyrian royal household as it emerges from the available cuneiform sources. It addresses the functions as well as the conditions of life and work of the royal household personnel. It clarifies which types of officials, professionals and other employees were active w...

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Autor principal: Gross, Melanie M.
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description This study is devoted to the Neo-Assyrian royal household as it emerges from the available cuneiform sources. It addresses the functions as well as the conditions of life and work of the royal household personnel. It clarifies which types of officials, professionals and other employees were active within or on behalf of the royal household. What were their tasks, and what was their position within the royal household and in relation to the king and his family? What departments were in place, and who were the managers? What was the role of lower-ranking personnel within this system? The study also investigates the social and cultural background of the personnel as well as their professional life, including their financial means, the quantity and type of their remuneration, and their career progression. Envisaged also as reference book, the book provides a prosopographical catalogue of the wide range of personnel discussed. As the personal household of the sovereign and the administrative and political centre of the empire, this study of the royal household opens up the immediate environment of the king and his family, but also to the governmental apparatus of the empire as a whole.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-353912025-05-08T12:59:45Z At the Heart of an Empire Gross, Melanie M. Assyria cuneiform texts ancient history This study is devoted to the Neo-Assyrian royal household as it emerges from the available cuneiform sources. It addresses the functions as well as the conditions of life and work of the royal household personnel. It clarifies which types of officials, professionals and other employees were active within or on behalf of the royal household. What were their tasks, and what was their position within the royal household and in relation to the king and his family? What departments were in place, and who were the managers? What was the role of lower-ranking personnel within this system? The study also investigates the social and cultural background of the personnel as well as their professional life, including their financial means, the quantity and type of their remuneration, and their career progression. Envisaged also as reference book, the book provides a prosopographical catalogue of the wide range of personnel discussed. As the personal household of the sovereign and the administrative and political centre of the empire, this study of the royal household opens up the immediate environment of the king and his family, but also to the governmental apparatus of the empire as a whole. 2021-02-10T14:26:02Z 2021-02-10T14:26:02Z 2020-11-16T13:38:07Z 2020 book ONIX_20201116_9789042940734_2 ONIX_20201116_9789042940734_2 OCN: 1202599404 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42990 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35391 eng Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42990/1/9789042940741.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42990/1/9789042940741.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42990/1/9789042940741.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42990/1/9789042940741.pdf Peeters 54055e58-96e2-4385-b5e1-1938765aa78b H2020 European Research Council 178e65b9-dd53-4922-b85c-0aaa74fce079 European Research Council (ERC) EU collection 1094 Leuven; Paris, Bristol, CT 682241 open access
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cuneiform texts
ancient history
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