''I Undertook Great Works'': The Ideology of Domestic Achievements in West Semitic Royal Inscriptions Douglas J. Green The book builds on the insights of scholars such as Mario Liverani, Frederick Mario Fales, Carlo Zaccagnini and Lawson Younger concerning the ideological shaping of Ancient Near Eastern historical narratives.It engages in a literary-ideological analysis of the description of royal domestic achievements from a selection of Neo-Assyrian texts before focusing on nine royal inscriptions from Syria-Palestine dating from the ninth to seventh centuries B.C.E: YeHimilk Mesha, Kilamuwa, Zakkur, Hadad, Panamuwa, Bar-Rakkab, Karatepe (Azati-wada), and the Tell Siran Bottle inscription. These inscriptions were chosen because each includes an account of the king's domestic accomplishment. While there has been considerable scholarly interest in the way ideology shapes the narration of royal military campaigns, less attention has been paid to the ideological underpinning of the kings' account of their domestic activities. This study seeks to rectify that imbalance. […] The narration of royal domestic achievements in the West Semitic inscriptional tradition is an exercise in the subtle manipulation of time and space, character and events that creates a delicate balance between reporting "facts" and putting the king in the very best possible light. This study demonstrates that royal ideology controls and shapes the narration of mundane activities like palace building and planting gardens, just as much it does the royal conquest accounts. […]