...But there are also aspects of the preservation and expression of ethnic traditions that reflect the backwardness, peripherality, and dynamism of Assyria's history. These include the fact that the ancient eponym system, in which each year was named and recorded by a limmu, a top official selected from among the royal family, nobles, and high officials, was maintained until the time of the World Empire, the part of the Assyrian king list that is said to have been the first 17 people who "lived in tents" conveys an old tradition dating back to the pre-Sargonian period, the Middle Assyrian law books show the extreme harshness of punishments, and the fact that many monarchs, such as Ashurnasirpal II, Tiglathpileser III, and Sennaherib, showed nationalistic policies based on devotion to the god Ashur. The areas in which Assyria showed significant development while inheriting Babylonian culture were the fields of art, mathematics, and engineering. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention the "eponym system" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…しかしまたアッシリアの歴史の後進性・周縁性・ダイナミズムを反映した,民族的伝統の保持・発現の側面もある。各年を,王族・貴族・高官の中から1名選んだ最高官リンムlimmuによって名づけ記録する古来のエポニム制が世界帝国時代まで保持されたこと,アッシリア王名表中の〈天幕(テント)に住んだ〉とされる最初の17人の部分は,前サルゴン期にさかのぼる古い伝承を伝えていること,中期アッシリアの法書が刑量の非常な過酷さを示していること,またアッシュールナシルパル2世,ティグラトピレセル3世,センナヘリブのように,アッシュール神への帰依にもとづく国粋主義政策をほとばしらせる君主がかなり現れたこと,などがそれである。アッシリアがバビロニア文化を受けつぎながら重要な発展を示した領域としては,美術,数学,工学的技術の諸分野がある。… ※「エポニム制」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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