Textiles in the Neo-Assyrian Empire : : A Study of Terminology / / Salvatore Gaspa.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Gaspa, Salvatore,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) , 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 443 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; Abbreviations --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The management of textiles in the Neo-Assyrian Empire: sources and administrative practices --; 3. Textile production and consumption in the Neo-Assyrian Empire --; 4. Textiles in the trade of the Neo-Assyrian Empire --; 5. Garments for kings, queens, soldiers and gods --; 6. Neo-Assyrian textiles: the lexicon --; 7. Conclusions --; Appendix A: Tables --; Appendix B: Neo-Assyrian administrative texts dealing with textiles --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index of selected textile terms --; Index of selected Akkadian words related to textiles
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501503054; 9783110762488; 9783110719550; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604245; 9783110603248
• ISSN: 2161-4415
• DOI: 10.1515/9781501503054
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Salvatore Gaspa.

This book brings together our present-day knowledge about textile terminology in the Akkadian language of the first-millennium BC. In fact, the progress in the study of the Assyrian dialect and its grammar and lexicon has shown the increasing importance of studying the language as well as cataloging and analysing the terminology of material culture in the documentation of the first world empire. The book analyses the terms for raw materials, textile procedures, and textile end products consumed in first-millennium BC Assyria. In addition, a new edition of a number of written records from Neo-Assyrian administrative archives completes the work. The book also contains a number of tables, a glossary with all the discussed terms, and a catalogue of illustrations. In light of the recent development of textile research in ancient languages, the book is aimed at providing scholars of Ancient Near Eastern studies and ancient textile studies with a comprehensive work on the Assyrian textiles.