November 11, 2008 – 11:20 pm
If you’re new here, you may want to sign up for email alerts or subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for reading!Last Friday I was able to attend the symposium entitled “Temples and Ritual in Antiquity,” sponsored by The Students of the Ancient Near East (SANE) and the Religious Studies Center at Brigham Young [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Practices, Scholarship
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There is an established practice throughout history and in many areas of the world when someone is elevated to royal, or otherwise elevated status and position — they are given a new name. This name is often referred to as a regnal name, or a reign name, and is different than the given name [...]