THE BITTER SEA AND THE WATERS OF DEATH:THE SEA AS A CONCEPTUAL BORDER IN MESOPOTAMIA  

作　　者：Gina Konstantopoulos 

机构地区：[1]University of Tsukuba

出　　处：《Journal of Ancient Civilizations》2020年第2期171-197,268,共28页世界古典文明史杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：The article examines the role of the seas in Sumerian and Akkadian royal inscriptions and literary texts from the third millennium BC onwards.By tracing the presence of the sea in these texts,it becomes clear that the Upper and Lower Sea—or the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf,though the former could shift geographically—could stand as temiinal points for imperial control;as an obstacle or opponent to tackle;and moreover,as markers of distant,even constructed space.Overall,the sea functioned as both a real and imagined border within the Mesopotamian worldview.

关 键 词：Lower Upper SEAS 

分 类 号：P73[天文地球—海洋科学]