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Commensality and Ceremonial Meals in the Neo-Assyrian Period

Av: Medverkande: Materialtyp: ArtikelSerie: Utgivningsinformation: Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari 2015Innehållstyp:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • 9788869690587
  • 9788875434014
Onlineresurser: Sammanfattning: Like a language, food is a witness to the tradition and to the identity of a human group, reflecting self-representation and social interaction. Assyrians developed a particular consciousness of commensality as a vehicle for cultural messages. This book investigates institutional banquets and ritualized meals in the Neo-Assyrian period. Through a philological analysis on commensality, integrated with historical and iconographic data, it offers a new perspective on the Mesopotamian society of the first millennium BCE.
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Like a language, food is a witness to the tradition and to the identity of a human group, reflecting self-representation and social interaction. Assyrians developed a particular consciousness of commensality as a vehicle for cultural messages. This book investigates institutional banquets and ritualized meals in the Neo-Assyrian period. Through a philological analysis on commensality, integrated with historical and iconographic data, it offers a new perspective on the Mesopotamian society of the first millennium BCE.

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