The Inscriptions of Nabopolassar, Amēl-Marduk and Neriglissar

This volume includes critical and collated editions of all the inscriptions of the 1st-millennium Babylonian kings Nabopolassar (626-605), Amel-Marduk (biblical Evil-Merodach, 561-560), and Neriglissar (559-556). The editions are preceded by an introduction and followed by a glossary, indices of toponyms, anthroponyms, theonyms, and a concordance. The volume includes aCD-ROM with high-definition full-color images of the inscriptions This volume will include critical and collated editions of all the inscriptions of the 1st-millennium Babylonian kings Nabopolassar (626-605), Amel-Marduk (biblical Evil-Merodach, 561-560), and Neriglissar (559-556). The editions will be preceded by an in-depth study and followed by a glossary and concordance of the inscriptions as well as complete indexes of toponyms, anthroponyms, and theonyms. The volume includes a CD-ROM with high-definition full-color digital images of the inscriptions. -- Publisher Introduction: The royal inscriptions as historical sources; The contents of the inscriptions; Style and composition of the inscriptions : intertextuality in the texts of Nabopolassar and Neriglissar; Archaeology and inscriptions : material supports and find-spots of the inscriptions The inscriptions of Nabopolassar The inscriptions of Amel-Marduk The inscriptions of Neriglissar Glossary Concordance List of photographs. Biographical note: Rocío Da Riva, University of Barcelona, Spain