Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia

Jean Bottéro and his colleagues take the reader on a voyage of discovery into the public and private realms of the lives of our first civilized ancestors, looking at everyday life in Ancient Mesopotamia.

About the author

Jean Bottéro is Director of Studies and Professor of Assyriology at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris. His books include La Religion babylonnienne (1952), and Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning and the Gods (University of Chicago Press, 1992). Apart from being France's leading Assyriologist, he is also a distinguished chef.

Summary

Jean Bottero and his colleagues take the reader on a voyage of discovery into the public and private realms of the lives of our first civilized ancestors, looking at everyday life in Ancient Mesopotamia.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Bottero, Jean Bottéro, Jean Bottro, Andre Finet, Bertrand Lafont, Georges Roux
• Assisted by: Antonia Nevill (Translation)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2001
• EAN: 9780748613885
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-1388-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 444 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity