«Io sostituisco i cereali!»: origine e primato della palma nelle culture dell'antica Mesopotamia

In this paper I discuss various aspects related to the imaginary and to the symbolism of the date palm in the written sources from ancient Mesopotamia through the analysis of two compositions. The first is a Sumerian text known as Inanna and ukaletuda, which contains in the first part a myth describ...

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Main Author: Lorenzo Verderame
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Ocula 2020-07-01
Series:Ocula
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Online Access:https://www.ocula.it/files/OCULA-23-VERDERAME-Io-sostituisco-i-cereali-origine-e-primato-della-palma-nelle