The Akītu Festival : : Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia / / Julye Bidmead.
The akītu festival is one of the oldest recorded religious festivals in the world, celebrated for several millennia throughout ancient Mesopotamia. Yet, the akītu was more than just a religious ceremony; it acted as a political device to ensure the supremacy of the king, the national god, and his ca...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gorgias Near Eastern Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
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