Everyday life in ancient Mesopotamia / by Jean Bottéro ; with contributions from André Finet ... [et al.] ; translated by Antonia Nevill.
Bottéro, Jean.; Finet, André.
2001
DS71 .B65 2001 (Mapit)
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Title Everyday life in ancient Mesopotamia / by Jean Bottéro ; with contributions from André Finet ... [et al.] ; translated by Antonia Nevill.
Author Bottéro, Jean.
Uniform Title Initiation à l'Orient ancien. English
ISBN 0801868645 (pbk.)
0801868629
Publication Details Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Language English
Language Note Translated from the French.
Description xi, 276 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Call Number DS71 .B65 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification 935
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-272) and index.
Added Author Finet, André.
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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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