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Textiles were one of the most celebrated products of Near-Eastern craft in Antiquity. In Histoire des Textiles en Babylonie, 626-484 av. J.-C., Louise Quillien offers an analysis of textile manufacturing, exchanges and uses in Babylonian society. In a context where archaeological textile remains are rare, cuneiform texts provide rich information on this craft. The book demonstrates that through the study of objects, it is possible to highlight a whole section of the economy, culture, religion and social customs of an ancient society, and proposes to immerse the reader in the daily life of the inhabitants of Mesopotamia.

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This comprehensive survey provides considerable information not only about cloths and clothes but also about the husbandry and artisans involved in making them, how they indicate social class and reflect religious traditions, as well as about the trading arrangements and openness to foreign influence of that time. - Wilfred G.E. Watson, in The Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2022

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Louise Quillien, Ph.D. (2016), Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University, is researcher at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), France and agregee d'histoire. She has published several collective books and has organized workshops on material culture and techniques in the ancient Near East.

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