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Everyday life in ancient Mesopotamia / by Jean Bottéro ; with contributions from André Finet ... [et al.] ; translated by Antonia Nevill.
Language: English Original language: French Publication details: Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, 2001.Description: xi, 276 p. : map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780801868641 (pbk.) :
- 0801868645 (pbk.) :
- 0801868629
- Initiation à l'Orient ancien. English
- DS71 .B65 2001
Contents:
pt. 1. Origins -- Did the Sumerians emerge from the sea? ; The great enigma of the cemetery at Ur / Georges Roux -- pt. 2. Everyday life -- The oldest cuisine in the world ; The oldest feast / Jean Bottéro -- An ancient vintage / André Finet -- Love and sex in Babylon ; Women's rights / Jean Bottéro --
The women of the palace at Mari / Bertrand Lafont -- Semiramis : the builder of Babylon / Georges Roux -- Magic and medicine ; The birth of astrology / Jean Bottéro -- The ordeal / Bertrand Lafont -- pt. 3. Myth and legend -- The first account of the flood ; The epic of Gilgamesh ; How sin was born / Jean Bottéro.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | DS 71 .B65 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 2025-05-02 | 5056208 |
Translated from the French.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-272) and index.
pt. 1. Origins -- Did the Sumerians emerge from the sea? ; The great enigma of the cemetery at Ur / Georges Roux -- pt. 2. Everyday life -- The oldest cuisine in the world ; The oldest feast / Jean Bottéro -- An ancient vintage / André Finet -- Love and sex in Babylon ; Women's rights / Jean Bottéro --
The women of the palace at Mari / Bertrand Lafont -- Semiramis : the builder of Babylon / Georges Roux -- Magic and medicine ; The birth of astrology / Jean Bottéro -- The ordeal / Bertrand Lafont -- pt. 3. Myth and legend -- The first account of the flood ; The epic of Gilgamesh ; How sin was born / Jean Bottéro.
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