Assyrian royal rituals and cultic texts / edited by Simo Parpola ; with contributions by Karlheinz Deller, Beate Pongratz-Leisten, and Stefania Ermidoro ; illustrations edited by Julian Reade.
Includes bibliographical references (pages lxxxvi-xcii) and indexes.
Contents:
Transliterations and translations. Records of cultic reforms and events. The Assyrian state rituals : re-invention of tradition -- Text types, manuscripts and tablet formats -- Technical terms and their rendering -- On the present edition. Transliterations and translations. Rituals for the King. Rituals in the temple of Aššur -- Report on royal rituals in the Aššur temple -- Manuals for chanters of the Aššur temple -- Rituals in the Akitu house and in temples of Ištar. Other cultic rituals. Rituals for singers -- Rituals for private devotees -- Miscellany and fragments. Liturgical manuals. Temple service and Takultu manuals. Other cultic texts. Cultic topography of Assur -- Royal decrees -- Records of cultic reforms and events.
Series:
Publications of the Foundation for Finnish Assyriological Research ; no. 13 State archives of Assyria ; volume XX
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