| 词条 | King of Battle |
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The King of Battle, or šar tamḫāri, is an ancient Mesopotamian epic tale of Sargon of Akkad and his campaign against the city of Purušḫanda in the Anatolian highlands and its king, Nur-Daggal[1][2] or Nur-Dagan, in aid of his merchants. It is extant in five manuscripts,[3] two[4][5] from Amarna in Egypt and six fragments[6] of one from the Hittite capital Ḫattuša from the middle Babylonian period and one each from Aššur[7] and Nineveh,[8] probably from the Neo-Assyrian period. Of the twenty-three tales composed of the Kings of Akkad, this was one of only three, along with the Birth Legend of Sargon and the Cuthean Legend of Naram-Sin, to continue to circulate in the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods, some 1,500 years after the events they describe.[9] It is thought to have been committed to writing during the first half of the second millennium, perhaps following a lengthy oral tradition, although the circumstances of its composition are hotly debated.[10] The textResponding to the grievances of his merchants, Sargon declares his intention to his reluctant warriors to forge a campaign into Anatolia to conquer its principal town Purušḫanda, whose tyrannical ruler has been oppressing the expatriate Akkadian tradesmen. The soldiers’ apprehension was due to their anticipation of the tribulations afforded by the great distance and uncertainty of the venture. He rallies them with promises of victory based on his consultation with the goddess Ištar in her temple during which he falls into a deep sleep to receive her prophecy.[11] The army faces many hardships crossing of the Tigris and in their onward journey. They struggle through mountain passes strewn with impenetrable thickets and great boulders of Lapis Lazuli.[12][13] The god Enlil warns Nur-Dagan of the approaching Sargonic horde but reassures him that he will be safe. He addresses his warriors, telling them that the remoteness of Purušḫanda has protected it from all other foes in the past and predicting a similar outcome on this occasion, a prediction that is subsequently overturned by Sargon’s sudden and complete subjugation of the city. As Sargon is crowned king of Purušḫanda before the city gate, Nur-Dagan makes a humiliating submission of defeat and declares that Sargon has no equal. A lengthy time later, some variants:3 years, Sargon prepares to depart Purušḫanda and return to Akkad. His soldiers protest that they should not leave empty-handed and consequently fell three trees standing at the gate-house.[14] The various manuscripts of the epic show differing narrative details, although their fragmentary state may exaggerate the apparent differences.[15] Principal publications
Inscriptions1. ^Where the Hittite version, lNu-úr-da-aḫ-ḫi, mistakes the GAN in lZALAG-dda-gan for ḪÉ. 2. ^{{ cite book | title = Principles of Akkadian Textual Criticism | author = Martin Worthington | publisher = De Gruyter | year = 2012 | page = 6 }} quoting Volkert Haas (2006) in Hethitische Literatur p. 68 n. 1. 3. ^{{ cite journal | title = Reviewed Work: Legends of the Kings of Akkade: The Texts by Joan Goodnick Westenholz | author = Oded Tammuz | journal = Israel Exploration Journal | volume = 54 | issue = 1 | year = 2004 | jstor = 27927068 | page = 123-124 }} 4. ^EA 359 Cairo 48396, SR 12223 in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. 5. ^EA 375 BM 134866 in the British Museum, London 6. ^Tablet fragments KBo 3.9 (Bo 2400); KBo 3.10 (Bo 7333); KBo 12:1 (110/t); KBo 13.46 (624/u); KBo 22.6 (Bo 68/28) published in CTH 10; and KUB 48.98 (Bo 3715). 7. ^VAT 10290 KAV 138 in the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin. 8. ^K.13228 in the British Museum Kouyunjik collection. 9. ^{{ cite book | title = Sennacherib at the Gates of Jerusalem: Story, History and Historiography |chapter = The First “World Event” | author = Seth Richardson | editor = Isaac Kalimi, Seth Richardson | publisher = Brill | year = 2014 | page = 488 }} 10. ^{{ cite book | title = Epic and History | chapter = Akkadian Heroic Traditions | author = Joan Goodnick Westenholz | editor = David Konstan, Kurt A. Raaflaub | year = 2010 | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | pages = 37-39 }} 11. ^{{ cite book | title = Prophecy and Prophets in Stories: Papers Read at the Fifth Meeting of the Edinburgh Prophecy Network, Utrecht, October 2013 | chapter = Prophets, Men of God, Wise Women: Dreams and Prophecies in Hittite Stories | author = Meindert Dikstra | editor = Bob E.J.H. Becking, Hans Barstad | publisher = Brill | year = 2015 | pages = 20-21 }} 12. ^NA4.ZA.GÌN. 13. ^{{ cite book | title = The Sumerian World | chapter = Sumer, Akkad, Ebla and Anatolia | author = Christoph Bachhuber | editor = Harriet Crawford | publisher = Routledge | year = 2013 | page = 503 }} 14. ^{{ cite book | title = Epic and History | chapter = Epic and History in Hittite Anatolia | author = Amir Gilan | editor = David Konstan, Kurt A. Raaflaub | year = 2010 | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | page = 54 }} 15. ^{{ cite book | title = Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History | author = Marc Van De Mieroop | publisher = Routledge | year = 1999 | pages = 67-68 }} NotesReferences 2 : Akkadian literature|Clay tablets |
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