Textiles in the Neo-Assyrian Empire: A Study of Terminology

Salvatore Gaspa

Published by De Gruyter 2018

Textiles in the Neo-Assyrian Empire

A Study of Terminology

Salvatore Gaspa

Volume 19 in the series Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501503054

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Salvatore Gaspa, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Reviews

"The author must be thanked for such a detailed and accurate book, which will be of great
interest for scholars dealing with many different aspects
of the Neo-Assyrian society, culture and economics." Ermidoro in: Archiv für Orientforschung 2022

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The management of textiles in the Neo-Assyrian Empire: sources and administrative practices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
3. Textile production and consumption in the Neo-Assyrian Empire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
4. Textiles in the trade of the Neo-Assyrian Empire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
5. Garments for kings, queens, soldiers and gods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
6. Neo-Assyrian textiles: the lexicon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
7. Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
Appendix A: Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Appendix B: Neo-Assyrian administrative texts dealing with textiles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
Index of selected textile terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439
Index of selected Akkadian words related to textiles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	441

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All interested in the economy of the ancient Near East, especially the production of textiles in the Neo-Assyrian period
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 443
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 22
Keywords: Textiles; Assyria; First-millennium; Terminology

eBook

Published: March 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501503054

Hardcover

Published: March 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501510748