The sacrificial economy : assessors, contractors, and thieves in the management of sacrificial sheep at the Eanna Temple of Uruk (ca. 625-520 B.C.) /

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"In the mid-first millennium B.C., the Eanna temple at Uruk sacrificed a minimum of nine lambs every day in its basic routine of offerings to its gods; in addition to these, special occasions and festivals demanded the sacrifice of as many as 90 lambs in a single day. All told, the Eanna sacrif...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kozuh, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2014.
Series:Explorations in ancient Near Eastern civilizations ; 2.
Subjects:
Temples > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Animal sacrifice > Economic aspects > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Animal culture > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Sheep > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Goats > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Herders > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Sacrifice d'animaux > Aspect économique > Irak > Ourouk (Ville ancienne)
Moutons > Irak > Ourouk (Ville ancienne)
Chèvres > Irak > Ourouk (Ville ancienne)
HISTORY > Civilization.
Animal culture.
Buildings.
Economic history.
Goats.
Herders.
Sheep.
Temples.
Erech (Extinct city) > Economic conditions.
Erech (Extinct city) > Religious life and customs.
Erech (Extinct city) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Ourouk (Ville ancienne) > Conditions économiques.
Ourouk (Ville ancienne) > Vie religieuse.
Ourouk (Ville ancienne) > Constructions.
Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Sources, methodology, prior literature, and terminology
  • The herdsmen and their formal relationship with the Eanna
  • Balances
  • Balances, incentives, and restrictions
  • Managing the herdsmen
  • Entrepreneurial debt and systemic stress
  • The internal livestock management of the Eanna of Uruk
  • The system at work.

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