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From a gardener to king (2)

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Chronicles
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.11 Historiography
05.11.02 Historiographic texts
05.11.02.01 Chronicles
Sargon legends
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
04.02 Royal epics and legends
04.02.02 Sargon legends
Substitute king ritual
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.01 Public festivals
03.01.10 Substitute king ritual

Keywords
gardeners
kings
substitution

Period
Old Assyrian and Old Babylonian Empires

Channel
Old Assyrian and Old Babylonian texts

Text
Chronicle of Early Kings A.31-36:
Erra-imitti, the king, installed Bel-ibni (= Enlil-bani), the gardener, on his throne as a substitute king and he (= Erra-imitti) placed his own royal crown on his head. Erra-imitti died in his palace while sip[ping] hot porridge, and Bel-ibni who was (still) sitting on the throne did not rise (any more), he (thus) was elevated to kingship.

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Chronicle of Early Kings A.31-36

Bibliography

Drews 1974, 389-390

Drews, Robert. “Sargon, Cyrus and Mesopotamian Folk History.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 33 (1974) 387-393. [JSTOR (requires subscription)]

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Amar Annus

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