Commensality and Ceremonial Meals in the Neo-Assyrian Period
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 ritual...
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| Formato: | Online |
| Idioma: | Lingua italiana |
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Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari
2024
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| Acceso en liña: | ONIX_20240222_9788869690587_100 |
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| Summary: | 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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