essay
Model and actualization: the kings of Akkad in the historical tradition
akkad : the first world empire : structure, ideology, traditions • 5 • Published In 1993 • Pages: 41-67
By: Liverani, Mario.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In the historical reconstruction of the Akkad dynasty, the difference has always been clear between the direct, contemporary sources (mainly royal inscriptions, on original monuments or in careful copies), and those belonging to later historiographical traditions. The scond class of sources clearly offer greataer problems of reliability if comapred with the first one (p. 41). In this article Liverani presents a critical evaluation of this latter class of source material as it relates to the historical reconstruction of the Akkad dynasty.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Verbal arts
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Historical reconstruction
- Reviews and critiques
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Akkadian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4334-4113 BP (2334-2113 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Akkadian Period, Mesopotamia: Current countries are Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mario Liverani
- Proceedings of the Conference 'Akkad. Il primo impero universale: strutture, ideologia, tradizioni' held at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' on December 5th to 7th, 1990
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95100216
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akkadians/Iraq History To 634