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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777037903321

Titolo

Cuneiform inscriptions in the collection of the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem : the old Babylonian inscriptions / / edited by Joan Westenholz and Aage Westenholz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2006

ISBN

1-281-39679-6

9786611396794

90-474-0838-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Cuneiform monographs ; ; v. 33

Altri autori (Persone)

WestenholzJoan Goodnick <1943-2013.>

WestenholzAage

Disciplina

492.1

Soggetti

Akkadian language

Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian

Babylonia History Sources

Babylonia Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-147) and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers new cuneiform sources on the political, religious, juridical, and economic history of southern Babylonia in the nineteenth and early eighteenth centuries B.C.E. Among these texts is a 600-lines long document (no. 1) recording in unusual detail the daily routine followed in the temples of the city of Larsa and thus sheds light on the religious practices of the ancient Babylonians. Using this document as its point of departure, the first part of the book examines those practices - the service of the gods and the performance of the clergy. This document is especially important for the history of ancient religion.