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Zawadzki, Stefan
Garments of the Gods. [Volume 1]

Studies on the Textile Industry and the Pantheon of Sippar according to the Texts from the Ebabbar Archive.

This book is based on a large collection of published and unpublished tablets concerning the textile economy in the cultic sphere of the Ebabbar temple at Sippar during the Neo-Babylonian period. First, the question of the organization of the textile industry is dealt with. Further chapters discuss the shape, weight, colour and functions of particular items of garments belonging to gods and goddesses. The conclusions reached are compared with the regulaions from the time of Nabu-apal-iddina. Finally, the «garment texts» and animal offering lists provide the basis for a discussion of the pantheon of Neo-Babylonian Sippar and the king's involvement in cultic matters, especially at the time of Nebuchadnezzar II. - German: Sippar, der babylonische Hauptkultort des Sonnengottes Schamasch, gehört zu den ältesten und wichtigsten mesopotamischen Kultzentren. Diesem widmet sich Stefan Zawadzki und untersucht anhand seiner Analysen zur Textilindustrie im kultischen Umfeld des Ebabbar Tempels das Pantheon des neo-babylonischen Sippars und die Involvierung des Königs am Kult, besonders zu Zeiten Nebukadnezars II. XXI,254 Seiten mit 30 Tabellen und 8 Tafeln, gebunden (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis; Vol. 218/Academic Press Fribourg/V&R unipress 2006) Mängelexemplarstempel auf Schnitt, Kanten leicht bestoßen/defect copy stamp on cut, edges slightly bumped