L'insigne de pouvoir et le sceau du grand vizir Sín-ah-Usur (les symboles personnels d'un haut-dignitaire de Sargon II)

Niederreiter, Zoltán

doi:10.3917/assy.099.0057

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“…One way of strengthening this message was to maintain the fiction of a single army led by the king, who alone is responsible for all victories; for rare exceptions to this convention, see Yamada (2000:26, 221-222) and Niederreiter (2005). In reality, the Assyrian empire must have relied on multiple armies with some military leadership delegated to generals, but this is almost never reflected in official texts.…”

Section: Historical Sourcesmentioning

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Modeling Strategic Decisions in the Formation of the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire

Baudains¹,

Zamazalová²,

Altaweel³

et al. 2015

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Understanding patterns of conflict and pathways in which political history became established is critical to understanding how large states and empires ultimately develop and come to rule given regions and influence subsequent events. We employ a spatiotemporal Cox regression model to investigate possible causes as to why regions were attacked by the Neo-Assyrian (912-608 BCE) state. The model helps to explain how strategic benefits and costs lead to likely pathways of conflict and imperialism based on elite strategic decision-making. We apply this model to the early 9th century BCE, a time when historical texts allow us to trace yearly campaigns in specific regions, to understand how the Neo-Assyrian state began to re-emerge as a major political player, eventually going on to dominate much of the Near East and starting a process of imperialism that shaped the wider region for many centuries even after the fall of this state. The model demonstrates why specific locations become regions of conflict in given campaigns, emphasizing a degree of consistency with which choices were made by invading forces with respect to a number of factors. We find that elevation and population density deter Assyrian invasions. Moreover, costs were found to be more of a clear motivator for Assyrian invasions, with distance constraints being a significant driver in determining where to campaign. These outputs suggest that Assyria was mainly interested in attacking its weakest, based on population and/or organization, and nearest rivals as it began to expand. Results not only help to address the emergence of this empire, but enable a generalized understanding of how benefits and costs to conflict can lead to imperialism and pathways to political outcomes that can have major social relevance.

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Section: Historical Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modeling Strategic Decisions in the Formation of the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire

Baudains¹,

Zamazalová²,

Altaweel³

et al. 2015

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“…22). En outre, il faut 76 Loud et Altman 1938, 14;Hesse 1973, 90;, rappeler aussi que des briques a empreinte provenant du 108 n. 61-62; Sauvage 1998, 42-43;Niederreiter 2005, Temple de Nabu de Kalhu representent un mushussu 71-72 et, cf. I.b.2x dans le Catalogue).…”

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Le rôle des symboles figurés attribués aux membres de la Cour de Sargon II: Des emblèmes créés par les lettrés du palais au service de l'idéologie royale

Niederreiter¹

2008

Iraq

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Les recherches récentes ont permis d'identifier certains symboles personnels des rois néo-assyriens. Parmi les figures emblématiques on trouve le lion et le taureau dont le rôle est primordial dans l'art et la poésie de la Cour pour symboliser le pouvoir du monarque. Il est évident que le scorpion, symbole des reines, donc du harem royal, est à mettre en parallèle avec le lion et le taureau, symboles des rois. Il reste à savoir si d'autres symboles ont été attribués aux membres de la Cour.Cet article porte, en premier lieu, sur les figures symboliques de la maison royale et en identifie deux nouvelles, le symbole en forme d'oméga et le dromadaire, qui sont associés à Sîn-ah-uṣur, le frère favori et grand vizir de Sargon II. Notre interprétation essaye de prouver que les symboles figurés reconnus sur les briques à empreinte et les sceaux provenant de Dûr-Šarrukîn et de Kalhu ont permis d'identifier les symboles de dignitaires. Ces figures constituaient l'emblème ou la marque de propriété des membres de la maison royale (le roi, son épouse et son frère) et des dignitaires de la Cour. Tout cela permet d'interpréter de nouveau les figures symboliques dont l'importance apparaît de premier ordre dans l'idéologie royale à la Cour de Sargon II.

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Solving the Starry Symbols of Sargon II

Worthington

2024

Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research

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L'insigne de pouvoir et le sceau du grand vizir Sín-ah-Usur (les symboles personnels d'un haut-dignitaire de Sargon II)

Cited by 5 publications

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Modeling Strategic Decisions in the Formation of the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire

Modeling Strategic Decisions in the Formation of the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire

Le rôle des symboles figurés attribués aux membres de la Cour de Sargon II: Des emblèmes créés par les lettrés du palais au service de l'idéologie royale

Solving the Starry Symbols of Sargon II

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