Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
A popular work for understanding Mesopotamian social life... Written in a vigorous and interesting style with much useful information.(Mark W. ChavalasReligious Studies Review)The book covers many interesting topics not typically addressed in general texts such as cuisine, love and sex, women's rights, and the idea of sin. The book is written for the novice in the field, but it does not simply skim the surface or summarize the authors' longer works; rather, it makes accessible much interesting primary source material that is normally only found in scholarly book sand journals.(Linda Bergstein ScherrReligious Studies Review)InEveryday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia, Jean Bottéro displays his immense learning, total command of the field, as well as a profound awareness of approaches used by scholars in other historical periods... This book is a well-rounded and appealing introduction to Mesopotamian civilization.(Amélhie Kuhrt, University College, London)