SAA X 352 is a letter adressed to the king of Assyria, Esarhaddon (dated from 671 B. C. E). This document gives us the opportunity to figure out the string of activities and rites which were accomplished upon and around the corpse. The sequence of practices quoted by this texte includes : the preparation of the tomb, the care of the dead body, the carrying out of public homage, the display of objects deposited in the grave, the burial and the mourning. This article intends to search for related evidence pertaining to these stages of the funeral process thanks to the textual sources from Mesopotamia.Résumé –. La lettre SAA X 352 adressée au roi d’Assyrie, Esarhaddon (datée de 671 av. J.-C.), contient un passage qui décrit l’enchaînement des ...
International audienceThis paper deals with how the dead assumed a key function with regard to the s...
Les tombes royales et les tombes de prestige sont spécifiques d’une partie de la communauté détenant...
La documentation cunéiforme a inspiré de nombreuses études sur la mort, les rituels qui l'entourent,...
Cette étude rassemble une sélection d’ostraca et papyri hiératiques documentaires provenant de Deir ...
International audienceTextual sources about ritual are generally treated as secondary commentaries (...
International audienceRecent work conducted on ancient funerary ensembles of the Mediterranean basin...
International audienceRecent work conducted on ancient funerary ensembles of the Mediterranean basin...
International audienceThrough the study of the cuneiform tablets of the ritual of the Great Anomaly ...
International audienceThrough the study of the cuneiform tablets of the ritual of the Great Anomaly ...
International audienceThrough the study of the cuneiform tablets of the ritual of the Great Anomaly ...
International audienceThrough the study of the cuneiform tablets of the ritual of the Great Anomaly ...
International audienceThrough the study of the cuneiform tablets of the ritual of the Great Anomaly ...
The aim of this paper is to propose a framework for characterizing the funeral behavior, during the ...
In Mesopotamia, cremation is not very frequently attested. Nowadays, new excavations have provided s...
International audienceThis paper introduces and analyzes in detail the various rites of mourning des...
International audienceThis paper deals with how the dead assumed a key function with regard to the s...
Les tombes royales et les tombes de prestige sont spécifiques d’une partie de la communauté détenant...
La documentation cunéiforme a inspiré de nombreuses études sur la mort, les rituels qui l'entourent,...
Cette étude rassemble une sélection d’ostraca et papyri hiératiques documentaires provenant de Deir ...
International audienceTextual sources about ritual are generally treated as secondary commentaries (...
International audienceRecent work conducted on ancient funerary ensembles of the Mediterranean basin...
International audienceRecent work conducted on ancient funerary ensembles of the Mediterranean basin...
International audienceThrough the study of the cuneiform tablets of the ritual of the Great Anomaly ...
International audienceThrough the study of the cuneiform tablets of the ritual of the Great Anomaly ...
International audienceThrough the study of the cuneiform tablets of the ritual of the Great Anomaly ...
International audienceThrough the study of the cuneiform tablets of the ritual of the Great Anomaly ...
International audienceThrough the study of the cuneiform tablets of the ritual of the Great Anomaly ...
The aim of this paper is to propose a framework for characterizing the funeral behavior, during the ...
In Mesopotamia, cremation is not very frequently attested. Nowadays, new excavations have provided s...
International audienceThis paper introduces and analyzes in detail the various rites of mourning des...
International audienceThis paper deals with how the dead assumed a key function with regard to the s...
Les tombes royales et les tombes de prestige sont spécifiques d’une partie de la communauté détenant...
La documentation cunéiforme a inspiré de nombreuses études sur la mort, les rituels qui l'entourent,...