Monarchies and socio-religious traditions in the ancient Near East /

Papers read at the 31st International congress of human sciences in Asia and North AfricaIncludes bibliographical references.The conception of ancient Syro-Palestinian kingship in the light of contemporary royal archives with special reference to the recent discoveries at Tell Mardikh (Ebla) in Syria / L.M. Muntingh -- The problem of childlessness in the royal epic of Ugarit / David Toshio Tsumura -- The prophetic pattern of anointing kings in ancient Israel / Z. Weisman -- Hittites and Aramaens in the land of BitAdini / Yutaka Ikeda -- Palace and temple gardens in the ancient Near East / Donald J. Wiseman -- Iconographic, literary, and political aspects of an ancient Egyptian god's identification with the monarch / Karol Myśliwiec -- Recent researches in the pyramids with tests at Saqqarah / Jean Lecant -- History, administration, and culture of Achaemenid Mesopotamia / Luigi Cagni -- Names and kinship in Vedic India / R. Morton Smith -- Church state relations in the Sasanian period / Ph. Gignoux