Everyday life in ancient Mesopotamia

Everyday life in ancient Mesopotamia / by Jean Bottéro ; with contributions from André Finet, Bertrand Lafont, and Georges Roux ; translated by Antonia Nevill.

Author/creator	Bottéro, Jean
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Description	xi, 276 pages : map ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Iraq--Antiquities. Iraq--Civilization --To 634. Iraq--History --To 634.

Other author/creator	Finet, André.
Other author/creator	Lafont, Bertrand.
Other author/creator	Roux, Georges.
Other author/creator	Nevill, Antonia.
Uniform title	Initiation à l'Orient ancien. English
Contents	pt. 1. Origins -- Did the Sumerians emerge from the sea? ; The great enigma of the cemetery at Ur / Georges Roux -- pt. 2. Everyday life -- The oldest cuisine in the world ; The oldest feast / Jean Bottéro -- An ancient vintage / André Finet -- Love and sex in Babylon ; Women's rights / Jean Bottéro --
Contents	The women of the palace at Mari / Bertrand Lafont -- Semiramis : the builder of Babylon / Georges Roux -- Magic and medicine ; The birth of astrology / Jean Bottéro -- The ordeal / Bertrand Lafont -- pt. 3. Myth and legend -- The first account of the flood ; The epic of Gilgamesh ; How sin was born / Jean Bottéro.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-272) and index.
ISBN	0801868629

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS69.5 .B6813 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold