著者

古畑 正富 Masatomi Kobata 河内長野市文化振興計画策定委員

雑誌

桃山学院大学キリスト教論集 = St. Andrew's University Journal of Christian Studies (ISSN:0286973X)

巻号頁・発行日

no.41, pp.69-91, 2005-01-20

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As to the Pazarcik stele, published by V.Donbaz, special attention has been paid to the figure of Sammuramat (Semiramis), Adad-n?r?r? Ⅲ's queen mother. As pointed out rightly (RIMA 3. A. O. 104. 3), such military-oriented character as Sammuramat is hardly to be explained by means of“normal”male lineage written in the Assyrian records. Because the military action of queen mother, who went with the king and the Assyrian army (task force) in the campaign to the west (805BC), was unusual in the first stage of the Neo-Assyrian empire. The purpose of this paper is to examine the position of Sammuramat in the Pazarcik stele against the background of the empire's localization. Considering the Assyrian politico-miliatry records relating to queen mother, we may conclude the following points. Such as: (1) It is highly probable that Sammuramat crossed the Euphrates with the Assyrian task force, but that the commander-in chief of it was the general named Nergal-il?ya. Sammuramat, therefore, was not a female warrior and did not participate in the real battle. (2) Presumably, Sammuramat was looking forward to a good news with her little son in the midst of mobile palace. Sammuramat was guarded by the“qurb?tu-soldiers (group) of queen mother”who were gathered from her private manor. In contrast to the qurb?tu-soldiers, there was the ordinary contingent called“kisir of queen mother”. But, we believe, it cannot be directly connected with the command of Sammuramat ( → indirect approach). (3) We get a strong impression that the empire’s localization, during the reign of Adad-n?r?r? Ⅲ, was making steady progress in terms of internal structure. From the logical point of view, it becomes clear that Sammuramat won broad support from the local power of the empire.