"Naptan ḫudûtu aškun". Practice and ideology of neo-Assyrian banquets

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dc.contributor.advisor Milano, Lucio
dc.contributor.author Ermidoro, Stefania <1985> it_IT
dc.date.accessioned 2013-06-15T09:48:47Z
dc.date.issued 2013-05-22
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10579/3027
dc.description.abstract Scopo del lavoro è un’analisi del banchetto Neo-Assiro. Nel fornire uno studio completo su tale argomento, investigato grazie a tutte le fonti testuali e archeologiche disponibili, la ricerca si prefigge di presentare i risultati con un nuovo approccio caratterizzato dallo stretto legame fra antropologia e storia. Si inizia con una panoramica dell’antropologia alimentare, in seguito vengono presentati testi letterari sumerici ed accadici che trattano di banchetti. Nel terzo capitolo si arriva al cuore della questione, indagando i banchetti offerti dal re neo-assiro. Dopo la tavola del re, si analizza la mensa degli dèi. Nel capitolo cinque viene presentato il “Protocollo per il banchetto reale”, che fissava le regole per un pasto ritualizzato del sovrano con i suoi figli e collaboratori. Nel capitolo sei, infine, sono discussi altri aspetti concreti dell’alimentazione in Assiria. Il lavoro è completato da tabelle e da una selezione di fonti presentate in traduzione. it_IT
dc.description.abstract The purpose of this study is to examine Neo-Assyrian banquets and shared meals. While providing a complete study on Neo-Assyrian feasting, investigated through an analysis of every kind of textual and archaeological evidence available today, my research also aims to present this topic with a new approach, characterized by a tight connection between anthropology and history. I start with an overview of nutritional anthropology, then Sumerian and Akkadian literary texts which describe feasts are discussed. In the third chapter, the discussion gets into the heart of the matter and investigates meals offered by the Neo-Assyrian king. After the king’s table, the gods’ table is treated. Chapter five deals with the “Protocol for the royal banquet”, that fixed the rules for a ritualized meal of the ruler with his sons and officers. In the sixth chapter, more concrete aspects of feeding in Assyria will be discussed. The work is integrated with charts and a translation of selected sources. it_IT
dc.language.iso en it_IT
dc.publisher Università Ca' Foscari Venezia it
dc.rights © Stefania Ermidoro, 2013 it_IT
dc.subject Neoassiro it_IT
dc.subject Banchetti - Assiria it_IT
dc.subject Alimentazione - Assiria it_IT
dc.subject Antropologia - Assiria it_IT
dc.title "Naptan ḫudûtu aškun". Practice and ideology of neo-Assyrian banquets it_IT
dc.type Doctoral Thesis en
dc.degree.name Storia antica e archeologia it_IT
dc.degree.level Dottorato di ricerca it
dc.degree.grantor Scuola di dottorato in Scienze umanistiche it_IT
dc.description.academicyear 2013 it_IT
dc.description.cycle 25 it_IT
dc.degree.coordinator Carinci, Filippo Maria
dc.location.shelfmark D001240 it
dc.location Venezia, Archivio Università Ca' Foscari, Tesi Dottorato it
dc.rights.accessrights openAccess it_IT
dc.thesis.matricno 955727 it_IT
dc.format.pagenumber XIV, 252 p., 4 c. di tav. : ill. it_IT
dc.subject.miur L-OR/01 STORIA DEL VICINO ORIENTE ANTICO it_IT
dc.description.tableofcontent • Acknowledgements iii • Introduction Commensality in Ancient Mesopotamia: Status Quaestionis, Major Issues and Goals for Research iv Contents and Structure of the Work ix 1. “Good to eat”: Introduction to the Issue of Feeding 1.1 “Good to eat”: Food as a Code 1 1.2 Nutritional Anthropology: an Historical Overview 6 1.3 Dietary Laws and Food Taboos 12 1.4 The Importance of Commensality 16 1.5 Rituals 21 2. The Mesopotamian Banquet: the Literary Motifs 2.1 Literature and Food: History of a Successful Pair 26 2.2 The Constitutive Elements of a ‘Literary Banquet’ 35 2.3 The Feeding of the Gods and the Divine Offerings 41 2.4 Travelling Gods 45 2.5 The Gods’ Assembly and the Decision-Making Council 49 2.6 Celebration of a success or of an enterprise 54 3. Eating With the King: the Earthly Banquet 3.1 Sitting at the Table With the King 60 3.2 The King, His Family and His Officials 66 3.3 The King and His Soldiers 73 3.4 The King and the Stranger 80 4. Eating With the Gods: the Heavenly Banquet 4.1 Banqueting of the Gods, Banqueting with the Gods 86 4.2 Guest of the Gods: the King’s Role in Ritualized Meals 95 4.3 When the Banquet is the Festival: tākultu, panduganu, and qerētu 104 4.4 Guests of the King: Inviting the Gods to a Meal 112 5. Etiquette at the Dining Table: Rules for a Banquet at Court 5.1 Instructions for a Royal Meal 119 5.2 Chronology 124 5.3 Equipment and Props 127 5.4 Stage and Setting 131 5.5 The Performers 133 5.6 Actions and Performances 138 5.7 Food and Drink 141 6. Sitting at the King’s Table: Royal Food and Drink 6.1 Food and Delicacies at the Royal Table 143 6.2 Aššurnasirpal II’s Banquet at Kalhu: the Banquet Stela 151 6.3 “You Shall Eat Safe Food and Drink Safe Water, and You Shall Be Safe in Your Palace”: the King’s Diet 157 6.4 Skilled Workers at a Banquet 163 6.5 Portraying a Royal Meal 169 • Conclusions 179 • Lexicon for Neo-Assyrian Banquets 186 Meals and Banquets 187 Psychological Conditions and Social Status 191 Equipment 192 Actions 195 • Charts 199 • The Neo-Assyrian Religious Calendar 207 • Appendix 1 The “Protocol for the Royal Banquet”: The Text 213 • Appendix 2 Selected Sources 219 • Bibliography 229 • Plates it_IT
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation Ermidoro S. 2013, "Naptan ḫudûtu aškun". Practice and ideology of neo-Assyrian banquets, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Tesi di dottorato, 25° ciclo. it_IT


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