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Textiles in the neo-Assyrian empire : a study of terminology / Salvatore Gaspa.
Penn Museum Library HD9866.M628 G37 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaspa, Salvatore, author.
- Series:
- Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 19.
- Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; volume 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Textile industry--Middle East--Terminology.
- Textile industry.
- Textile fabrics--Middle East--Terminology.
- Textile fabrics.
- Textile industry--Middle East--History.
- Textile fabrics--Middle East--History.
- History.
- Middle East.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 443 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Walter de Gruyter Inc., [2018]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Gaspa, Salvatore. Textiles in the neo-Assyrian empire.
- ISBN:
- 9781501510748
- 1501510746
- OCLC:
- 1029088463
- Publisher Number:
- 9781501510748
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