The Bread of Aššur

Datos Bibliográficos

ID24075337
AutoresNicholas Postgate (autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen77
Páginas159-172
Fecha de publicación2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIraq (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-0889 • E-ISSN: 2053-4744
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/irq.2015.14
OpenAlexW2587738662
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas12

As today, bread in antiquity came in a multitude of varieties, some of which were specific to particular regions or populations. Examining the terminology and iconography of breads in Assyrian texts, it is clear that there was a continuity of certain types of bread peculiar to Assyria from the Middle Assyrian period to the final century of the Assyrian empire. This exemplifies the strength of Assyria's identity over half a millennium, and the persistence of its cultural independence in some respects from its Babylonian neighbour. The majority of the written sources refer to cultic activities, and the conservatism expected in cultic contexts no doubt contributes to the long-term persistence of certain types of bread. There may even be reason to see one variety ( ḫuḫḫurtu ) as the forerunner of a bread used in Jewish cultic contexts to this day ( challah ).

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