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Untersuchungen zur Totenpflege (kispum) im alten Mesopotamien (AOAT 216)

A foundational study of the care of the dead and the ancestor-feeding rite in ancient Mesopotamia, surveying the textual and ritual evidence for the kispum.

Author: Akio Tsukimoto
Type: Book
Written: 1985
Edition: 1985
Publisher: Butzon & Bercker (Kevelaer) / Neukirchener Verlag (Neukirchen-Vluyn)
Language: German
Tradition: Mesopotamian
Identifiers: ISBN9783766693945

Where to find it

Cuneiform Commentaries Project (Yale) bibliography entry
BSOAS review by A. R. George (1987)