Commensality and Ceremonial Meals in the Neo-Assyrian Period

Like a language, food is a witness to the tradition and to the identity of a human group, reflecting self-representation and social interaction. Assyrians developed a particular consciousness of commensality as a vehicle for cultural messages. This book investigates institutional banquets and ritual...

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Format: eBook
Language:Italian
Published: Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari 2015
Series:Antichistica 10
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