NMC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Cup-Bearer, John Klenner, Haruspex
31 May 2015
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Mesopotamian science and scholarship, diviniation, magic, and ritual. The relationship between scholar and king is one of client-patron. Scholars competed with one another for kingly favour, and to be incorporated in the royal circle. The king"s highest officials have much more business-related relationship, whereas the scholars would bless the king and compliment him for his attention and approval. Scholarly professions passed down from father to son. Access to learning was restricted among specialty scholarly circles. Wisdom was considered ancient, with literature dating back to the 5 sages. Sages are typically people-like creatures clothed in fish skin. Sin-lequi-unninin is associated with creating the epic of gilgamesh (this is from last lecture) Believed scholars are direct descendants of the sages. Some of the fields scholars studied are not what we would consider "scholarly" today i. e. : divination, astrology, etc. Gives a long list of titles and offices and professions that were current in the neo-
