8.1 Royal court

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Ahiqar in the Book of Tobit (1)
Ahiqar story (1)
Apollonius and the eunuch (1)
Assyrian scribal traditions (1)
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon (1)
King's female relatives (1)
Seleucid royal council (1)
Theophrastos and Ahiqar (1)

8. Administrative systems (67)

8.1 Royal court (9)

8.1 Royal court (9)

8.1.1 Royal advisors and ministers (5)

8.1.1.1 Court scholars (2)

8.1.1.2 Royal council (1) (3)

8.1.1.2.1 Cabinet of nine ministers including king (2)

8.1.1.2.1.1 Chief scribe (royal scholar)

8.1.1.2.1.2 Vizier (sukkallu) (1)

8.1.1.2.1.3 Chief judge (sartinnu)

8.1.1.2.1.4 Treasurer (masennu) (1)

8.1.1.2.1.5 Chief eunuch (rab-šarēši)

8.1.1.2.1.6 Chief cupbearer (rab-šāqê) (2)

8.1.1.2.1.7 Commander-in-chief (turtānu)

8.1.1.2.1.8 Palace herald (nāgir ekalli)

8.1.1.2.2 Royal council as “image” of divine council

8.1.1.2.3 Ministers as “images” of the “great gods”

8.1.2 Royal entourage (3)

8.1.2.1 King’s relatives (1)

8.1.2.2 Bearded (uncastrated) courtiers

8.1.2.3 Eunuchs (2)

8.1.2.3.1 Eunuch generals

8.1.2.3.2 Eunuch governors (1)

8.1.2.3.3 Eunuch bodyguards

8.1.2.4 Foreign princes and nobility

8.1.2.5 Magnates

8.1.3 Royal chancellary (1)

 

8.2 Court ceremony (11)

8.2 Court ceremony (11)

8.2.1 Royal audience (1)

8.2.2 Royal New Year’s reception

8.2.3 Royal dinner

8.2.4 Royal Succession (7)

8.2.4.1 Nursing and rearing of princes in temples

8.2.4.2 Choice of crown prince by extispicy (1)

8.2.4.3 Binding the diadem

8.2.4.4 Introduction of heir into Succession Palace (1)

8.2.4.5 Co-regency with king

8.2.5 Dressing in purple (1) (3)

 

8.3 Provincial administration (9)

8.3 Provincial administration (9)

8.3.1 Provincial governors (1)

8.3.1.1 Provincial courts modelled after royal courts

8.3.2 Military governors

8.3.3 Vassal kings (1)

8.3.3.1 Royal deputy/delegate

8.3.4 Royal “eye and ear” (1)

8.3.5 Administrative measures (4)

8.3.5.1 Deportations (4)

 

8.4 Taxation (8)

8.4 Taxation (8)

8.4.1 Tax-collector (mākisu)

8.4.2 Tax-collection points (pirru)

8.4.3 Customs dues (miksu)

8.4.4 Corn and straw tax (šibšu u nusahi)

8.4.5 Military service (ilku) (2)

8.4.6 Labour service (tupšikku) (3)

8.4.7 First fruits (rēšēti)

 

8.5 Administrative standards (14)

8.5 Administrative standards (14)

8.5.1 Weights (2) (3)

8.5.1.1 Talent

8.5.1.2 Mina (2)

8.5.1.3 Shekel

8.5.2 Measures of length (3)

8.5.2.1 Seah

8.5.2.2 Homer

8.5.2.3 Finger

8.5.2.4 Half-cubit (span)

8.5.2.5 Cubit

8.5.2.6 Reed (nindanu)

8.5.2.7 Stadion (šiddu)

8.5.2.8 League/parasang (bēru “double-hour”) (1)

8.5.3 Measures of time (8)

8.5.4 Standardized pottery

8.5.5 Standard rations

 

8.6 Diplomacy and foreign relations (16)

8.6 Diplomacy and foreign relations (16)

8.6.1 Correspondence with foreign rulers

8.6.2 Messengers

8.6.3 Ambassadors

8.6.3.1 Embassies

8.6.4 Political methods (1)

8.6.4.1 Honours (1)

8.6.4.1.1 Dressing in purple (2)

8.6.4.1.2 Granting insignia (golden torcs)

8.6.4.2 “Divide et impera”

8.6.5 Relations with vassals (4)

8.6.5.1 Royal delegate at vassal court

8.6.5.2 Tribute (1)

8.6.6 Visits to the imperial court

8.6.6.1 Attending the Royal New Year’s Reception

8.6.6.2 Tribute (audience gifts)

8.6.6.3 “Asking the king’s health”

8.6.7 Treaties (9)

8.6.7.1 Friendship and peace treaties

8.6.7.2 Alliance pacts (treaties of peace and vassalage) (3)

8.6.7.3 Vassal treaties (5)

8.6.7.4 Allegiance pacts (1)

8.6.8 Declaration of war (2)