Families and gods

Religion is most often studied through the lens of official worship. We'll be looking at the intimacy of families, observing domestic spaces reserved for worship (" chapels ") and family devotions through the legends of cylinder seals.

Speaker(s)

Dominique Charpin

Events

Introduction: definitions and sources

The wedding

Births

Raising children

Families and gods

Special case of nuns and priestesses

The death

Houses and residential areas

Household demographics and composition

Families in turmoil

Some elite families

Royal families : families like any other ?

See also