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Author Gaspa, Salvatore, author.

Title Textiles in the neo-Assyrian empire : a study of terminology / Salvatore Gaspa.

Publication Info. Boston : Walter de Gruyter Inc., 2018.
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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; volume 19
Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 19.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary The book analyses the Assyrian textile terminology of the first millennium BC. Terms for raw materials, textile procedures, and textile end products consumed in first-millennium BC Assyria are classified according to their meaning and compared with other dialects of Akkadian as well as other Semitic languages. The study also discusses the management of textile production and consumption in Assyria by the state administration.
Contents 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.
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Subject Textile industry -- Middle East -- Terminology.
Textile industry.
Middle East.
Textile fabrics -- Middle East -- Terminology.
Textile fabrics.
Textile industry -- Middle East -- History.
History.
Textile fabrics -- Middle East -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Gaspa, Salvatore. Textiles in the neo-Assyrian empire. Boston : Walter de Gruyter Inc., 2018 9781501510748 (DLC) 2018009474
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