Description
Summary: | 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.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages) : illustrations |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-147) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9789047408383 9047408381 1281396796 9781281396792 9786611396794 6611396799 |
Access: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login on and off-campus. |
Language: | English. |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
Action Note: | digitized |