The substitute king ritual was a relatively rare ancient Mesopotamian religious rite of human sacrifice, documented most clearly in Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria, which was performed to safeguard the king from danger perceived to come from evil omens. These omens were generally thought to arise from certain astronomical events such as eclipses.
The substitute king ritual was a relatively rare ancient Mesopotamian religious rite of human sacrifice, documented most clearly in Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria, which was performed to safeguard the king from danger perceived to come from evil omens. These omens were generally thought to arise from certain astronomical events such as eclipses.
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