Titles and Royal Terminology in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Ancient Near East

Introduction
With this proposal, the PhD candidates of the XL cycle, Dorothea Latini, Valentina Gennaro, and Viola Giacomini, intend to propose the organization of a Study Day dedicated to the analysis of the mechanisms of representation of royal power between the Eastern Mediterranean and the Ancient Near East. In particular, the chosen theme, which revolves around the polyvalence of royal onomastics, concerns nomenclature in its various aspects, starting from the king’s personal name and extending to titulary and royal lexicon, as essential and codified manifestations of royal ideology. The initiative therefore takes the title:

“The Name of the King. Royal Titulary and Lexicon between the Eastern Mediterranean and the Ancient Near East (3rd–1st millennium BCE)”.

The scientific objective of this Study Day is to encourage, from a comparative interdisciplinary perspective, a discussion on the formulas and terminologies used to define the king and his power in different but historically connected geographical areas, such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Aegean between the 3rd and the 1st millennium BCE.

The conference will take place on 22 May 2026 in the Archaeology Lecture Theatre of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy.

Google Meet link for remote attendance: oym-uhzm-qun