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From Acknowledgment to Legitimization. The Practice of Referencing Previous Kings in Royal Elamite Inscriptions

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JAHANGIRFAR M.
Historia i Świat
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2024
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vol. 13
33–54
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A prominent characteristic of royal Elamite inscriptions, which readily stands out, is the refe-rences to predecessors. The majority of these figures appear as previous builder-kings who (re)construc-ted temples. Also, there are other cases where previous kings are mentioned in connection to other affairs, including the Mesopotamian rulers who were defeated by their Elamite counterparts. The references to previous kings occur in some certain patterns. The predecessors and their achievements are sometimes named and recognized – as their names were preserved in older inscriptions – by the reigning king. Additionally, there are other cases where the current king acknowledges he is not the first one in achie-ving specific goals, although he does not reveal the names of his predecessors. In such cases, he often refers to his predecessors collectively as “previous kings”. Furthermore, the king occasionally admits that he does not know who (re)built a certain structure before him. This paper studies the various ways in which predecessors are acknowledged in royal Elamite inscriptions.
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Creation in Ancient Elam based on Royal Elamite Inscriptions and Rock Reliefs

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Dadashi I., Jahangirfar M., Seyyed Ahmadi Zavieh S.
Historia i Świat
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2023
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vol. 12
139-152
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Royal Elamite inscriptions offer valuable insights into a range of themes related to ancient Iran. However, to date, no Elamite creation myth has been recovered. Nonetheless, there exist indirect references in the inscriptions and rock reliefs that can be used to reconstruct such an account. This study aims to partially reconstruct the Elamite genesis by examining the linguistic and iconographical clues. It is important to note, however, that this primary investigation provides only limited insights into the creation myth in ancient Elam.
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