The Assyrian war ritual: The reliefs kings Assurbanipal's North Nineveh Palace

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  • Fernanda Lorena Ramírez Martínez Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33064/hh.vi22.3463

Keywords:

Mesopotamia, Assyrian Empire, Reliefs, Ashurbanipal, ritual warfare

Abstract

For the mesopotamians, the king represented the bridge between them and their gods, for they believed in the power of the ritual of religion to appease their anger and seek their favor in earthly affairs. This article describes the basic concepts of the ideology of the Assyrian empire regarding the war ritual and the representation of its different phases in art, as well as the interpretation of its elements. In the reliefs of the Nineveh palace of Ashurbanipal, the last Assyrian king, the analyzed elements are exemplified, to demonstrate how the power of the image as a diffusion of violence and its context justified the Assyrian control.

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Author Biography

Fernanda Lorena Ramírez Martínez, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Fourth semester student of the Bachelor's Degree in History at the UAA.

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Published

2021-01-01

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Ramírez Martínez, Fernanda Lorena. 2021. “The Assyrian War Ritual: The Reliefs Kings Assurbanipal’s North Nineveh Palace”. Horizonte Histórico - Semester Journal for Students of the UAA’s Bachelor’s Degree in History, no. 22 (January):3-20. https://doi.org/10.33064/hh.vi22.3463.

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No. 22 (2021): Science, Medicine, Health and Disease in History

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