The Akitu Festival: Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia

By Julye Bidmead

Book Overview

Religious ritual is embedded with socio-political ideologies. Nowhere is this more apparent then in the ancient Babylonian akitu, or New Year festival. The akitu festival is one of the oldest recorded... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931956340
• ISBN13: 9781931956345
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"