In this video, I will delve into the story of king Esarhaddon in an effort to highlight some of the ways ancient Mesopotamians used the practice of divination.
Sources:
Ann M. Weaver. “The ‘Sin of Sargon’ and Esarhaddon’s Reconception of Sennacherib: A Study in Divine Will, Human Politics and Royal Ideology.” Iraq 66 (2004): 61–66.
Aro, Jussi., Parpola, Simo. Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria. Finland: Helsinki University Press, 1990.
Cooley, Jeffrey L. “Celestial Divination in Esarhaddon’s Aššur A Inscription.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 135, no. 1 (2015): 131–47.
Elayi, Josette. Esarhaddon, King of Assyria. ISD LLC, 2023.
Koch, Ulla Susanne. “Sheep and sky: Systems of divinatory interpretation.“ (2011).
Radner, Karen. “Royal decision-making: kings, magnates, and scholars.“ (2011).
Radner, Karen.
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