TY  - BOOK
AU  - Linssen,Marc J.H.
TI  - The Cults of Uruk and Babylon: The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practice 
T2  - Cuneiform Monographs
SN  - 9789047412335
AV  - BL1620 .L56 2004
U1  - 299/.21 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Religion
KW  - Akkadian language
KW  - Texts
KW  - Assyro-Babylonian religion
KW  - Cults
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Babylon (Extinct city)
KW  - Erech (Extinct city)
N1  - Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), 2002; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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 Four plates with so far unpublished text fragments are also included.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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047412335
ER  -