Editorial: Walter de Gruyter
Colección: Vigilanzkulturen / Cultures of Vigilance ; 10
Número de páginas: 297 págs.
Fecha de edición: 22-04-2024
EAN: 9783111323411
ISBN: 978-3-11-132341-1
Precio (sin IVA): 32,95 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 34,27 €
In 672 BC, Esarhaddon, King of Assyria, imposed a succession covenant (adê) on his subjects, the inhabitants of the Assyrian Empire. This covenant required the empire’s population to monitor one another, and themselves, for signs of disloyalty to the monarch and his chosen successor, Ashurbanipal. This study examines the aims and outcomes, desired and undesired, of imposing this duty of vigilance across the Assyrian Empire.