The sacrificial economy : assessors, contractors, and thieves in the management of sacrificial sheep at the Eanna Temple of Uruk (ca. 625-520 B.C.)

The sacrificial economy : assessors, contractors, and thieves in the management of sacrificial sheep at the Eanna Temple of Uruk (ca. 625-520 B.C.) /

"In the mid-first millennium B.C., the Eanna temple at Uruk sacrificed a minimum of nine lambs every day in its basic routine of offerings to its gods; in addition to these, special occasions and festivals demanded the sacrifice of as many as 90 lambs in a single day. All told, the Eanna sacrif...

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Main Author: Kozuh, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2014
Series:Explorations in ancient Near Eastern civilizations ; 2.
Subjects:
Temples > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Animal sacrifice > Economic aspects > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Animal culture > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Sheep > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Goats > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Herders > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Erech (Extinct city) > Economic conditions.
Erech (Extinct city) > Religious life and customs.
Erech (Extinct city) > Buildings, structures, etc.
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