Living and Dying in Mesopotamia

Alhena Gadotti is Professor of History and Assistant Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Towson University, USA.Alexandra Kleinerman was a Faculty Research Associate at Cornell University, USA, for over a decade. She is now an independent scholar.

• 1. Introduction: History and Evidence 2. The Mesopotamian Belief System 3. From Birth to Adolescence 4. Life Rituals 5. The Stuff of Life 6. The Organization of Society 7. From Dying to Death 8. Death Rituals 9. The Stuff of Death 10. The Organization of the NetherworldBibliographyIndex

Living and Dying in Mesopotamia is an engaging account of what we know about the lives (and deaths) of ordinary people in ancient Mesopotamia. It digests an impressive amount of research in ancient languages and material culture with consistent differentiation according to gender and class. This book is a reliable introduction to the subject and provides a wealth of further literature.