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Royal Hittite instructions and related administrative texts

Jared L Miller and Mauro Giorgieri
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  • Contents

  • Frontmatter
  • Series Editor's Foreword (page ix)
  • Acknowledgments (page xi)
  • Hittite Kings and Approximate Dates B.C.E. (page xii)
  • Notes on Translations (page xiii)
  • Signs and Conventions (page xv)
  • Abbreviations (page xvii)
  • Introduction
    • Hittite Instructions and Oath Impositions (and Related Administrative Texts) (page 1)
    • Defining the Genre(s) (page 1)
    • Defining the Corpus (page 9)
    • A Brief History of Research (page 13)
    • Origins and Development of the Obligation and Oath Texts (page 15)
    • Envisioning the Setting (page 23)
    • Terminology and Formulae (page 27)
    • Notes on Literary Form, Style, and Structure (page 32)
    • The Instructions as a Source for Hittite History, Religion, Society, and Thought (page 43)
    • The Tablets and Their Scribes and Archives (page 55)
    • Ancient Near Eastern Parallels (page 65)
  • Chapter 1: Old Kingdom Sources
    • 1. A Royal Reprimand of the Dignitaries (CTH 272) (page 73)
    • 2. Instructions and Oath Imposition for Royal Servants concerning the Purity of the King (CTH 265) (page 78)
    • 3. Protocol for the Palace Gatekeeper (CTH 263) (page 88)
    • 4. Protocol for the Royal Body Guard (CTH 262) (page 98)
    • 5. Royal Decree on Social and Economic Matters (CTH 269) (page 122)
    • 6. An Akkadian Fragment Mentioning an Oath (CTH 275) (page 126)
  • Chapter 2: Sources from the Reigns of Tudḫaliya I and Arnuwanda I
    • 7. Instructions for Military Officers and Frontier Post Governors (CTH 261.II) (page 129)
    • 8. Tudḫaliya I's Decree on Penal and Administrative Reform (CTH 258.1) (page 134)
    • 9. Tudḫaliya I's Decree on Judicial Reform (CTH 258.2) (page 140)
    • 10. Tudḫaliya I's Instructions and (page 144)
    • 11. Instructions and Oath Imposition for the Successions of Tudḫaliya I and Tudḫaliya III (CTH 271) (page 154)
    • 12. Instructions and Oath Imposition for Princes, Lords, and Military (CTH 251) (page 168)
    • 13. Instructions of Arnuwanda I for the Mayor (of Ḫattusa) (CTH 257) (page 182)
    • 14. Loyalty Oath of Town Commanders to Arnuwanda I, Ašmunikkal, and Tudḫaliya (CTH 260) (page 194)
    • 15. Instructions and Oath Imposition(s) of Arnuwanda I (CTH 275) (page 206)
    • 16. Decree of Queen Ašmunikkal concerning the "Royal Funerary Structure" (CTH 252) (page 208)
    • 17. Instructions of Arnuwanda I for the Frontier Post Governors (CTH 261.I) (page 212)
    • 18. Instructions and Oath Imposition for Military Commanders (CTH 268) (page 238)
    • 19. Āsḫapāla's Oath Regarding an Obligation to Supply Troops (CTH 270) (page 242)
    • 20. Instructions for Priests and Temple Personnel (CTH 264) (page 244)
  • Chapter 3: Empire Period Sources
    • 21. Instructions for Supervisors (CTH 266) (page 267)
    • 22. Instructions for Suppiluliuma I for the Military and a Corresponding Oath (CTH 253) (page 270)
    • 23. Oath of the Men of Ḫattusa to Ḫattusili III and Pudu-Ḫepa (CTH 254) (page 274)
    • 24. Instructions for Priests and Diviners (CTH 275) (page 276)
    • 25. Instructions for the UKU.UŠ-Troops (CTH 267) (page 280)
    • 26. Tudḫaliya IV's Instructions and Loyalty Oath Imposition for Lords, Princes, and Courtiers (CTH 255.1) (page 282)
    • 27. Tudḫaliya IV's Instructions and Oath Imposition for Courtiers (CTH 255.2) (page 294)
    • 28. Suppiluliu/ama II's Instructions and Oath Imposition for the Men of Ḫattusa (CTH 256) (page 308)
  • Sources (page 315)
  • Notes (page 323)
  • References (page 415)
  • Index of Divine Names (page 447)
  • Index of Personal Names (page 448)
  • Index of Geographical Names (page 450)
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Published: c2013
Publisher: SBL Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9781589837690 (hardcover)
  • 9781589836570 (ebook)
  • 9781589836563 (paper)
Series
  • Writings from the Ancient World
Subject
  • Biblical Literature
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