Of Priests and Kings: The Babylonian New Year Festival in the Last Age of Cuneiform Culture

Of Priests and Kings: The Babylonian New Year Festival in the Last Age of Cuneiform Culture
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Total Pages : 524
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ISBN-10 : 9789004513037
ISBN-13 : 9004513035
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Download or read book Of Priests and Kings: The Babylonian New Year Festival in the Last Age of Cuneiform Culture written by Céline Debourse and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editing and examining source-critically for the first time the Late Babylonian ritual texts dealing with the New Year Festival, this book proposes an incisive re-interpretation of the most frequently discussed of all Mesopotamian rituals.


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