Studies of Assyrian history and royal ideology generally focus on the great kings of the Neo-Assyrian period. This thesis aims to elucidate the political history and ideological principles of a lesser Assyrian monarch, Adad-nirari III. The first part of the research establishes a chronology of the reign and a political history of the period. The second section focuses on the nature the royal ideology present in Adad-nirari’s royal inscriptions. The findings from the second section are then compared and contrasted with the reckoning of current scholarship in order to broaden our understanding of Assyrian royal ideology.
Date of completion: 2010.[table “6” not found /]
Categories: PhD ResearchPhD Research completed