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The Akītu Festival
Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia
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The ak?tu festival is one of the oldest recorded religious festivals in the world, celebrated for several millennia throughout ancient Mesopotamia. Yet, the ak?tu was more than just a religious ceremony; it acted as a political device to ensure the supremacy of the king, the national god, and his capital city. Using tools of social anthropology and ritual analysis, this book presents a detailed reconstruction of the festival events and its attendant rituals to demonstrate how the festival became a propagandistic tool wielded by the monarchy and ruling classes. The ak?tu festival demonstrates the effectiveness of religion as a political tool.
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
- ANALYSIS OF PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP ON THE AKĪTU
- PHENOMONOLOGY OF THE AKĪTU FESTIVAL
- RITUALISTIC ELEMENTS OF THE AKĪTU
- POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND IDEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX