Rocio Da Riva on Project RelNet: religious networks in Late Babylonia
Wednesday at 14:00 GMT marks the December Annotation Stammtisch, which is running to coincide with the Linked Pasts programme. This time, we'll hear from Rocio Da Riva on the project RelNet: 3 December 14:00 GMT — Rocio Da Riva on Project RelNet: religious networks in Late Babylonia Using I millennium BCE Babylonian cuneiform ritual texts as sources and Nodegoat as a research platform, RelNet scrutinises sacred landscapes and the connections between Babylonian cult centres, analysing temple festivals, religious journeys and their participants and venues. While cuneiform texts offer infinite possibilities for this, they also present a series of issues and challenges related to both the nature of the sources and the methodology.