The just judgements that ammu-rapi, a former king, rendered: A New Royal Inscription in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums

Frazer, Mary und Adali, Selim Ferruh (2021): The just judgements that ammu-rapi, a former king, rendered: A New Royal Inscription in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums. In: Zeitschrift Fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie, Vol. 111, No. 2: pp. 231-262

Abstract

This article publishes a royal inscription preserved on a clay tablet housed in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums. The inscription, which was intended for display on a stele, commemorates a royal grant of tax exemptions to nine Babylonian cities and presents the royal protagonist as a second ammu-rapi. The name and titulary of the king in question are not preserved, and the attribution of the inscription is accordingly uncertain. Following Jean-Vincent Scheil's attribution of the text already in 1902, the study that accompanies an edition of the text argues that it should be attributed to Nabonidus, king of Babylon 556-539 BC, and explores its historical significance in this context.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: History and Art History > Department of History
• Subjects: 900 History and geography > 900 Geschichte
• ISSN: 0084-5299
• Language: English