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Economics of Religion in the Mycenaean World: Resources Dedicated to Religion in the Mycenaean Palace Economy

Economics of Religion in the Mycenaean World: Resources Dedicated to Religion in the Mycenaean Palace Economy

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Series: Oxford University School of Archaeology Monographs, Book 67

Religion General Ancient Greece

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ISBN10: 1905905025
ISBN13: 9781905905027
Publisher: Oxford Univ School Of Archaeol
Published: Dec 20 2007
Pages: 350
Weight: 3.80
Height: 1.05 Width: 8.57 Depth: 11.76
Language: English
The Mycenaean Linear B tablets include numerous references to religion, such as details of offerings, banqueting foodstuffs or land-tenure relating to cult personnel. While contributing significantly to our understanding of early Greek religion, the documents are exclusively economic and administrative records and the limitations of such sources have long been recognised. Few attempts have been made, however, to analyse the purely economic information about religion we do have in Linear B. Such analysis is essential to understanding the place of religion in Mycenaean palace society. This book asks a simple but important question: What proportion of the resources available to the palaces was directed towards support for religion? Price approx.

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