Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature
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Akkadian cultural history
ancient sexuality studies
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Free Woman
gender roles Mesopotamia
Girl Friend
High Class Courtesans
Holy Inanna
hymns
Isin Larsa Period
La La
Late Fourth Millennium
love
Love Incantation
love magic traditions
Magnetic Iron Ore
Mesopotamian Literature
Mooring Ropes
Nineteenth Century Ad
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Precious Stones
ritual prostitution research
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sexual norms in ancient civilisations
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Sumerian Love Poetry
Sumerian Love Songs
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- ISBN 9780415311618
- Weight: 620g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 17 Apr 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature is a new contribution to current debates about sex and eroticism. It gives an insight into Mesopotamian attitudes to sexuality by examining the oldest preserved written evidence on the subject - the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform sources - which were written between the 21st and the 5th centuries B.C. Using these long-neglected and often astonishing data, Gwendolyn Leick is able to anlayse Mesopotamian views of prostitution, love magic and deviant sexual behaviour as well as more general issues of sexuality and gender.
This fascinating book sheds light on the sexual culture of one of the earliest literate civilisations.
