| The Pantheon of Uruk During the Neo-Babylonian Period Contributor(s): Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004130241 ISBN-13: 9789004130241 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $201.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: This book is about the pantheon of the Babylonian city of Uruk, between the 9th and 5th centuries BC. It is a careful analysis of the archive of the Eanna temple in Uruk, the sanctuary of the goddess Ishtar, containing well over 8,000 cuneiform tablets in the Akkadian language. The tablets date in their majority to the Neo-Babylonian and early Achaemenid period. Paul-Alain Beaulieu sheds light on the hierarchy of the local pantheon, providing a wealth of data concerning the cult of each deity, such as identity and theology, ornaments and clothing of the divine image, offerings ceremonies, temples, and cultic personnel. An important contribution to our knowledge of the functioning of religion in Neo-Babylonian society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Architecture | Interior Design - General - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 299.21 |
| LCCN: 2003049564 |
| Series: Cuneiform Monographs |
| Physical Information: 1.39" H x 6.68" W x 9.74" (2.12 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is about the pantheon of the Babylonian city of Uruk, between the 9th and 5th centuries BC. It is a careful analysis of the archive of the Eanna temple in Uruk, the sanctuary of the goddess Ishtar, containing well over 8,000 cuneiform tablets in the Akkadian language. The tablets date in their majority to the Neo-Babylonian and early Achaemenid period. Paul-Alain Beaulieu sheds light on the hierarchy of the local pantheon, providing a wealth of data concerning the cult of each deity, such as identity and theology, ornaments and clothing of the divine image, offerings ceremonies, temples, and cultic personnel. An important contribution to our knowledge of the functioning of religion in Neo-Babylonian society. |