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Textiles in the neo-Assyrian empire : a study of terminology /

The book analyses the Assyrian textile terminology of the first millennium BC. Terms for raw materials, textile procedures, and textile end products consumed in first-millennium BC Assyria are classified according to their meaning and compared with other dialects of Akkadian as well as other Semitic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gaspa, Salvatore (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Walter de Gruyter Inc., 2018.
Colección:Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 19.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The management of textiles in the Neo-Assyrian Empire: sources and administrative practices
  • 3. Textile production and consumption in the Neo-Assyrian Empire
  • 4. Textiles in the trade of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
  • 5. Garments for kings, queens, soldiers and gods
  • 6. Neo-Assyrian textiles: the lexicon
  • 7. Conclusions
  • Appendix A: Tables
  • Appendix B: Neo-Assyrian administrative texts dealing with textiles
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index of selected textile terms
  • Index of selected Akkadian words related to textiles.