The Cults of Uruk and Babylon : The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practice /
Linssen, Marc J.H.,
The Cults of Uruk and Babylon : The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practice / The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practice Marc J.H. Linssen. - 1 online resource. - Cuneiform Monographs ; 25 Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 . - Cuneiform Monographs ; 25. Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. .
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume deals with temple ritual texts from ancient Mesopotamia, in particular from the cities Uruk and Babylon. Key question is whether they are a reliable source of information on the cult practices in Uruk and Babylon during the Hellenistic period. In the book an extensive description is presented of the festivals, rituals, ceremonies and offerings in Hellenistic Mesopotamia. The appendix consists of a selection of the most important temple ritual texts, which are presented in transliteration, translation and with philological comments. Four plates with so far unpublished text fragments are also included. The evidence clearly shows how important the public cults were in Hellenistic times, at least until the first century B.C., and how active the Mesopotamians were in matters of religion and cult during this period.
9789047412335 9789004124028
10.1163/9789047412335 DOI
Religion.
Akkadian language--Texts.
Assyro-Babylonian religion.
Cults--Iraq--Babylon (Extinct city)
Cults--Iraq--Erech (Extinct city)
Babylon (Extinct city)--Religion.
Erech (Extinct city)--Religion.
BL1620 / .L56 2004
299/.21
The Cults of Uruk and Babylon : The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practice / The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practice Marc J.H. Linssen. - 1 online resource. - Cuneiform Monographs ; 25 Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 . - Cuneiform Monographs ; 25. Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. .
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume deals with temple ritual texts from ancient Mesopotamia, in particular from the cities Uruk and Babylon. Key question is whether they are a reliable source of information on the cult practices in Uruk and Babylon during the Hellenistic period. In the book an extensive description is presented of the festivals, rituals, ceremonies and offerings in Hellenistic Mesopotamia. The appendix consists of a selection of the most important temple ritual texts, which are presented in transliteration, translation and with philological comments. Four plates with so far unpublished text fragments are also included. The evidence clearly shows how important the public cults were in Hellenistic times, at least until the first century B.C., and how active the Mesopotamians were in matters of religion and cult during this period.
9789047412335 9789004124028
10.1163/9789047412335 DOI
Religion.
Akkadian language--Texts.
Assyro-Babylonian religion.
Cults--Iraq--Babylon (Extinct city)
Cults--Iraq--Erech (Extinct city)
Babylon (Extinct city)--Religion.
Erech (Extinct city)--Religion.
BL1620 / .L56 2004
299/.21