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8.1.1.2.1.6 Chief cupbearer ({rab-šāqê})
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Ahiqar in the Book of Tobit (1)
Cyrus as cupbearer (1)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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