The Akitu Festival: Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia by Julye Bidmead

The Akitu Festival: Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia

Gorgias Dissertations Near Eastern Studies

Julye Bidmead

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Religious ritual is embedded with socio-political ideologies. Nowhere is this more apparent then in the ancient Babylonian akitu, or New Year festival. The akitu festival is one of the oldest recorded religious festivals in the world, celebrated f...

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