Elam in the Iron Age

Author:

Bartelmus Alexa

Abstract

Abstract The history of southwestern Iran, that is “Elam,” in the first half of the first millennium bc is still very elusive. However, it is clear that major developments took place in this period that changed the balance of power and eventually led to the rise of the Persian Empire in the sixth century bc. This chapter discusses the available sources for Neo-Elamite history (royal and other official inscriptions, letters, and administrative documents; archaeological and iconographical remains; as well as Mesopotamian texts shedding light on Elam) from both a diachronic and a synchronic perspective, in order to illustrate the network of regional and international relations within which these changes occurred. In doing so, previously existing models of dividing the history of the Neo-Elamite period into two or three phases are abandoned in favor of a more flexible approach that allows for the treatment of certain aspects of Elamite history more coherently, including Elamite relations with Assyria, Babylonia, and the Persians. In addition, the traditional numbering of the names of Elamite rulers (“I,” “II,” etc.) is called into question by highlighting the considerable gaps that plague the existing knowledge of the early Elamite period, and new possibilities for reconciling the list of rulers attested in the Babylonian chronicles and Assyrian sources with those known from contemporary royal inscriptions are suggested.

Publisher

Oxford University PressNew York

Reference168 articles.

1. A tomb of the Neo-Elamite period at Arjan, near Behbahan.;AMIT,1985

2. The problem of locating ancient Huhnuri in the Ram Hormuz region.;NABU,2013

3. The earliest Persians in Iran: toponyms and Persian ethnicity.;Dabir,2020

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3