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Vol. 6 (2003): Assur y su entorno. En homenaje a los primeros arqueólogos de Assur
3. La arqueología

Altorientalische herrschergräber in Mesopotamien und Syrien: bemerkungen zur lage und architektur

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  • P. A. Miglus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15366/isimu2003.6.014
Published February 19, 2016

Keywords:

Mesopotamia, Syria, Ashur, Tuttul, royal burials / cementery / graves / tombs, funerary practices
How to Cite
Miglus, P. A. (2016). Altorientalische herrschergräber in Mesopotamien und Syrien: bemerkungen zur lage und architektur. ISIMU, 6, 245–294. https://doi.org/10.15366/isimu2003.6.014

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Abstract

This paper presents an ovmew of burial customs of the Mesoptamian and Syrian rulers in the 3rd - 1st millennia B.C. It contains a comparison of location and architectural patterns of contemporary royal tombs and buildings (or parts of buildings) belonging to them, and points out the evidence for continuity of the royal funerary tradition in Mesopotarma and Syria. Finally details of the tombs of the Assyrian kings in Ashur are discussed. Contents:

- 1. Royal burials in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium B.C.

- 2. Royal burials in Mesopotamia in the 2nd millennium B.C.

- 3. Royal burials in Syria in the 2nd millennium B.C.

- 4. Royal burials in Mesopotamia in the 1st millennium B.C.

- 5. Some remarks about the construction and the sequence of the royal tombs in Ashur.

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