TY - BOOK AU - Gaspa,Salvatore TI - Textiles in the Neo-Assyrian empire: a study of terminology T2 - Studies in ancient Near Eastern records SN - 9781501510748 AV - HD9866.M628 G37 2018 U1 - 338.4/767700935 23 KW - Textile industry KW - Middle East KW - Terminology KW - Textile fabrics KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The book analyses the Assyrian textile terminology of the first millennium BC. Terms for raw materials, textile procedures, and textile end products consumed in first-millennium BC Assyria are classified according to their meaning and compared with other dialects of Akkadian as well as other Semitic languages. The study also discusses the management of textile production and consumption in Assyria by the state administration ER -