Metaphorical allusions to life-giving plants in neo-assyrian texts and images

Abstract: In the royal correspondence of late Assyrian kings (8th–7th century BCE), a few letters refer to the so-called “plant of life” (Akk. šammu balāṭi) being placed by the king in the mouth or nostrils of his subjects. At the same time, in the royal iconography that goes from Tiglath-pileser...

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Autor principal: Portuese, Ludovico
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente 2019
Materias:
ARTE ANTIGUO
ICONOGRAFIA
PINTURA
ASIRIA
RETRATOS
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/8714
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) de Universidad Católica Argentina
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language Inglés
topic ARTE ANTIGUO
ICONOGRAFIA
PINTURA
ASIRIA
RETRATOS
spellingShingle ARTE ANTIGUO
ICONOGRAFIA
PINTURA
ASIRIA
RETRATOS
Portuese, Ludovico
Metaphorical allusions to life-giving plants in neo-assyrian texts and images
topic_facet ARTE ANTIGUO
ICONOGRAFIA
PINTURA
ASIRIA
RETRATOS
description Abstract: In the royal correspondence of late Assyrian kings (8th–7th century BCE), a few letters refer to the so-called “plant of life” (Akk. šammu balāṭi) being placed by the king in the mouth or nostrils of his subjects. At the same time, in the royal iconography that goes from Tiglath-pileser III onward (8th century BCE), bas-reliefs and wall paintings often show the ruler holding a plant or flower in his lowered left hand. This paper analyses the portraits of the kings—with a special focus on the reign of Sargon II— in the light of textual evidence in order to identify the meaning and function of the plant of life. A link between texts and images will be proposed, thereby suggesting that the plant was used primarily by the king to express his mercy and metaphorically indicate himself as a life-giving ruler.
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title Metaphorical allusions to life-giving plants in neo-assyrian texts and images
title_short Metaphorical allusions to life-giving plants in neo-assyrian texts and images
title_full Metaphorical allusions to life-giving plants in neo-assyrian texts and images
title_fullStr Metaphorical allusions to life-giving plants in neo-assyrian texts and images
title_full_unstemmed Metaphorical allusions to life-giving plants in neo-assyrian texts and images
title_sort metaphorical allusions to life-giving plants in neo-assyrian texts and images
publisher Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente
publishDate 2019
url https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/8714
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