Series | Antiquity Studies
Volume 8 | Monograph | Commensality and Ceremonial Meals in the Neo-Assyrian Period
Commensality and Ceremonial Meals in the Neo-Assyrian Period
open access | peer reviewed- Stefania Ermidoro - CNR, ISPC - email
Abstract
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.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/978-88-6969-058-7 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-058-7 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-7543-401-4 | Published Dec. 30, 2015 | Language it
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