Description: "To achieve a better understanding of the everyday lives of the Mesopotamians, Alhena Gadotti and Alexandra Kleinerman interrogate the relationships between life, death and the afterlife in this ancient society. By focusing on the beliefs and rituals surrounding life and death, illuminated through case studies and primary evidence, including letters written by both women and men, the book shows daily life in Mesopotamia as a multifaceted subject affected by time, space, location, socioeconomics and gender, and demonstrates how life and death experiences continually changed and developed over nearly three millennia of Mesopotamian history"--
Brief description: Alexandra Kleinerman was a Faculty Research Associate at Cornell University, USA, for over a decade. She is now an independent scholar.
Review Quotes: 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.
Niek Veldhuis, Professor of Assyriology, UC Berkeley, USA,