RELS 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lapis Lazuli, Blunt Trauma, Enkidu
23 Feb 2016
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Gilgamesh, tablets vii-viii, xii; the death of enkidu, gilgamesh 3. Large burial grounds, 16 royal tombs were found: two categories: Death pit: area surrounding a tomb containing sacrificial victims (humans) most he found in one death pit was 76, and fewer. What did he speculate or archaeologists speculate is point of having these burials of human beings outside royal tomb: one theories is that they could provide comforts elite members of society had into the afterlife. Or worked for the royal period during the time of their life. Early monarchical societies practiced this china, and. Presumption: when royal figure goes into afterlife, he or she will take some servants with them in order to care for them into the after life. Also hints that had some kind of sleds or cards were also buried with them, goes to something else have slaughtered humans, but cattle as well. Theories about how people were killed to accompany:
