dc.contributor.author
Kraus, Nicholas Larry
dc.date.accessioned
2022-11-28T12:54:50Z
dc.date.available
2022-11-28T12:54:50Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/37045
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-36759
dc.description.abstract
Tuṭṭanabšum, daughter of Naram-Suen, was one of the most powerful women of the Akkadian dynasty. The princess was installed as the high priestess of Enlil at Nippur; she held one of the highest cultic positions for the head of the Sumerian pantheon, in a city whose temple served as the religious capital of Sumer. Now, an administrative tablet from the Iraq Museum shows that Tuṭṭanabšum, like her father, was also elevated to the realm of the divine. Never before has there been evidence that a member of the Akkadian royal family other than the king was given divine status. The tablet demonstrates that the divinity adopted by Naram-Suen after his victory in the Great Rebellion applied not only to the king, but to other members of the royal family. Tuṭṭanabšum, therefore, was not only a member of the royal house and one of the highest cultic officials in the empire, but was also elevated to the divine realm.
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dc.format.extent
15 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Sargonic Empire
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dc.subject
Old Akkadian
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dc.subject
high priestess
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dc.subject
divine kingship
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dc.subject.ddc
900 Geschichte und Geografie::930 Geschichte des Altertums (bis ca. 499), Archäologie::930 Geschichte des Altertums bis ca. 499, Archäologie
dc.title
Tuṭṭanabšum: Princess, Priestess, Goddess
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1515/janeh-2020-0008
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
2
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername
De Gruyter
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
85
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
99
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
7
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2020-0008
refubium.affiliation
Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Altorientalistik
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no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.issn
2328-9554
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2328-9562
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DeepGreen