The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria

34 hélène sader the rest of the kingdom was annexed by Sargon II, who conquered the capital Qarqar in 720 B.c.151 old and recent ...

history 35 of Ṣobah, is not corroborated by extra-biblical sources. So, little is known about the origin of this kingdom and its ...

36 hélène sader order to gain more insights into its history and into its relations with its neighbors. concluding remarks the ...

chapter three Society, inStitutionS, Law, and economy dagmar Kühn Society1 1.1 Semi-Nomadic Origins we still have little knowl ...

38 dagmar kühn crossed the euphrates 28 times to defeat them.5 unfortunately, tiglath- pileser gives no names of chiefs or tribe ...

society, institutions, law, and economy 39 conquering villages and towns and establishing kingdoms.13 in assyrian and aramaean s ...

40 dagmar kühn it is not entirely clear whether the eponym refers to a famous histori- cal ancestor of the tribe or dynasty or t ...

society, institutions, law, and economy 41 cults) as well as in art and in architecture, it becomes evident that the new aramaea ...

42 dagmar kühn or even loyal allies without any family relation at all.30 we have no defi- nite information on the composition o ...

society, institutions, law, and economy 43 in the aramaic papyri from elephantine and elsewhere in the ancient near east. inform ...

44 dagmar kühn the appearance of “new” professions formed aramaean society’s social classes. the extension and reinforcement of ...

society, institutions, law, and economy 45 1.6 Rural Society 1.6.1 Farmers, Day Laborers, and Slaves the majority of ordinary pe ...

46 dagmar kühn e. Lipiński thinks that in peacetime the slave trade in the independent aramaean kingdoms was of minor concern. d ...

society, institutions, law, and economy 47 oxen, and donkeys as well as grain fields.67 nevertheless, p.-e. dion remains cautiou ...

48 dagmar kühn territory (hadad, Baʿalšamayin, el, Šamaš). the oldest inscription from the Samʾal king Kulamuwa enumerates the t ...

society, institutions, law, and economy 49 in the inscriptions of Bar-rakkab of Samʾal rakkabʾel appears to have already held th ...

50 dagmar kühn Loyal aramaean vassal kings evidently did not lose their power and titles under assyrian dominion.83 on the contr ...

society, institutions, law, and economy 51 rites and honors after his death (Kai 215: 16–18). nevertheless, the ultra- loyal rul ...

52 dagmar kühn king and possibly the queen. it is striking that according to the hadad inscription sacrifices were made to the k ...

society, institutions, law, and economy 53 had a different mother. panamuwa i mentions brothers and friends (Kai 214: 13, 24–34) ...