Everyday life in ancient Mesopotamia / by Jean Bottéro ; with contributions from André Finet, Bertrand Lafont, and Georges Roux ; translated by Antonia Nevill.
| Author/creator | Bottéro, Jean |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. |
| Description | xi, 276 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Finet, André. |
| Other author/creator | Lafont, Bertrand. |
| Other author/creator | Roux, Georges. |
| Other author/creator | Nevill, Antonia. |
| Uniform title | Initiation à l'Orient ancien. English |
| 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 -- |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-272) and index. |
| ISBN | 0801868629 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | DS69.5 .B6813 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |