The Melammu Project

The Melammu Project

The Intellectual Heritage of Assyria and Babylonia in East and West

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Books and articles related to the Melammu Project, sorted by theme.

Administrative systems
Includes: Royal court, Court ceremony, Provincial administration, Taxation, Administrative standards, Diplomacy and foreign relations

Army and warfare
Includes: Conscription system, Standing army, Camps, garrisons and fortifications, Siege methods and equipment

Arts and architecture
Includes: Plastic arts, Painting and drawing, Performing arts, i.e. drama, Artifacts, Aesthetic principles, Architectural- decorative motifs

Crafts and economy
Includes: Engineering and technology, Glassmaking and glazing, Metallurgy, Textile industry, Food production, Trade and economy, Labor and trade organizations

Judiciary and legislature
Includes: Judges, Law codes and edicts, Legal documents

Language and communication
Includes: Imperial languages, Writing systems and writing media, Libraries and archives, Letters and imperial mail, Education and transmission of knowledge

Literature and poetry
Includes: Myths, Royal epics and legends, Wisdom literature, Court poetry, Religious poetry and hymnology, Poetic and literary devices

Mesopotamian objects abroad

Religious and political doctrines
Includes: Cosmogonic and cosmological ideas, Human history, Kingship as divine institution, Concept of god, Celestial imagery, Netherworld imagery, Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs

Religious practice
Includes: Religious festivals, Cults, Religious rituals and practices, Secular rituals and practices

Science and scholarship
Includes: Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories, Omen interpretation, Mantic, Magic and exorcism, Medicine and pharmacology, Lexicography and grammar, Chronology and hemerology, Mathematics, Music and musical theory, Esoteric lore and hermeneutics, Historiography, Cosmo-, urano- and geography