RT Book, Section
T1 Gods in the Archival and other Middle Assyrian Texts. An Overview
A1 Llop Raduá, Jaume
A2 Rocío Da Riva, 
A2 Ana Arroyo, 
A2 Celine Debourse, 
A2 Arroyo Cambronero, Ana
AB This article surveys the documentation on gods in Middle Assyrian sources, focusing not on theological elaboration but on how deities appear across various text genres. Drawing primarily on archival materials from Assur and Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta, the study examines how gods are mentioned in administrative, legal, ritual, and cultic texts. It explores the functions and status of different deities in practice — including their involvement in oaths, festivals, temple provisioning, and offerings — and highlights the dominance of Aššur, along with the presence of other major and minor gods. The article shows that gods were essential actors in the ideological, legal, and practical dimensions of Assyrian statecraft and everyday administration.
PB Zaphon
SN 978-3-96327-188-5
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/123431
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/123431
LA eng
NO Llop, Jaume 2022. Gods in the Archival and other Middle Assyrian Texts. An Overview, en Rocío Da Riva, Ana Arroyo y Celine Debourse (eds.), Ceremonies, feasts and festivities in Ancient Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean World: Performance and Participation (Melammu Workshops and Monographs, 7). Münster: Zaphon, pp. 209-225.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 19 dic 2025