Textiles in the neo-Assyrian empire : a study of terminology / / Salvatore Gaspa

• Autore: Gaspa Salvatore
• Pubblicazione: Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter Incorporated, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (460 pages)
• Disciplina: 338.4/767700935
• Soggetto topico: Textile industry - Middle East; Textile fabrics - Middle East; Textile industry - Middle East - History; Textile fabrics - Middle East - History
• Soggetto non controllato: Assyria; First-millennium; Terminology; Textiles
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The management of textiles in the Neo-Assyrian Empire: sources and administrative practices -- 3. Textile production and consumption in the Neo-Assyrian Empire -- 4. Textiles in the trade of the Neo-Assyrian Empire -- 5. Garments for kings, queens, soldiers and gods -- 6. Neo-Assyrian textiles: the lexicon -- 7. Conclusions -- Appendix A: Tables -- Appendix B: Neo-Assyrian administrative texts dealing with textiles -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of selected textile terms -- Index of selected Akkadian words related to textiles
• Sommario/riassunto: The book analyses the Assyrian textile terminology of the first millennium BC. Terms for raw materials, textile procedures, and textile end products consumed in first-millennium BC Assyria are classified according to their meaning and compared with other dialects of Akkadian as well as other Semitic languages. The study also discusses the management of textile production and consumption in Assyria by the state administration.
• Titolo autorizzato: Textiles in the neo-Assyrian empire
• ISBN: 1-5015-0269-7; 1-5015-0305-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815280303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; ; v. 19.