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Papers by Marinella Ceravolo
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni, 2024
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Publication director : Jérôme Pace (UMR 8210-ANHIMA). Editorial board : Ilaria Calini (École P... more Publication director : Jérôme Pace (UMR 8210-ANHIMA).
Editorial board : Ilaria Calini (École Pratique des Hautes Études, UMR 8210-ANHIMA ), Marinella Ceravolo (Università di Roma "La Sapienza"), Jérôme Pace (UMR 8210-ANHIMA).
Scientific committee : Bernardo Ballesteros (University of Oxford), Renée Koch-Piettre (École Pratique des Hautes Études), Valerio Pisaniello (Università di Verona), Vladimir Shelestin (Институт востоковедения Роcсийской академии наук), Lorenzo Verderame (Università di Roma "La Sapienza"), Selena Wisnom (University of Leicester), Gioele Zisa (Universität Wien).
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The mouth-washing ritual (mīs pî) consisted of two days of intense ceremonial practices aimed at ... more The mouth-washing ritual (mīs pî) consisted of two days of intense ceremonial practices aimed at activating the cult statue. Once the mīs pî was completed, the statue was seen as a flesh-and-blood god possessing all five senses. To bring the wooden shell to life, it was crucial to establish that the effigy was of divine origin and not just a man-made object. Therefore, this paper discusses the misrecognition processes of human activity that allowed the statue to be considered a divine being. The study specifically examines the ritual use of the phrase «I did not make» (anāku ul ēpus) by artisans to deny their role in creating the effigy. The "negative confession" of the craftsmen is compared to other Mesopotamian rituals-for instance, the activation of the kettledrum (lilissu)-and discussed on the basis of speech act theory.
HENOCH Vol. 45/2 (2023)
Abstracts: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L7bqOVmuqZSci4rNOJAeZA5hNXfS421Z/view
La sacra scena. Spettacolo e rito dal monto antico alla contemporaneità folklorica, 2024
![Research paper thumbnail of M. Ceravolo, L. Verderame 2023, Les listes des dieux dans le Proche-Orient ancien. Les noms divins entre hiérarchie et puissance [if interested, please email me]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/103129977/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](Archiv für Religionsgeschichte, 2023
Quaderni di Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni, 2022
This study focuses on the warrior aspect of Inanna / Ištar, one of the oldest and most complex Me... more This study focuses on the warrior aspect of Inanna / Ištar, one of the oldest and most complex Mesopotamian deities. The aim is to investigate how the experience of warfare was organized through the symbolic connections that linked this goddess to the sphere of confusion, dance and play. The analysis is conducted taking into account myths, hymns and prayers from the third to the first millennium BC; particular attention is paid to the study of performances or objects linked through metonymy or metaphor to the warlike exercise of Inanna / Ištar, such as the gūštu dance, the pukku and mekkû instruments, and the games of rope, pawns and astragals.
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (SMSR), 2021
Since it is not possible to resort to participant observation, it is extremely difficult to recon... more Since it is not possible to resort to participant observation, it is extremely difficult to reconstruct the forms and meanings of dance in a past society. This paper, adopting ancient Mesopotamia as its field of investigation, tries to overcome these limitations by resorting to an analysis of the lexicon and narrative of dance. The aim is to reconstruct part of the semantics of the ancient near-eastern dance, investigating its different symbologies and values. In doing so, clear links will emerge with the spheres of war, play and confusion of the senses.
![Research paper thumbnail of M. Ceravolo 2022, Il "concetto" di pace nell'antica Mesopotamia [if interested, please email me]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/85417267/thumbnails/1.jpg)
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"The ‘concept’ of peace in Mesopotamia": The study of the ancient world has contributed to the ... more "The ‘concept’ of peace in Mesopotamia":
The study of the ancient world has contributed to the development of peace studies, attempting to reconstruct a history of ideas of peace. Within these investigations into the past, however, the peoples of the ancient Near East have often been thought of as purely warlike and lacking a ‘concept’ of peace. For these reasons, this paper investigates why it is so difficult for modern scholars to recognize the presence of an idea of peace in Mesopotamia. In doing so, this research focuses on reconstructing the mode of narration and conceptualization of peace within Sumerian and Akkadian literary texts.
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni, 2022
This paper focuses on the study of one of the most important female cult operators of ancient Mes... more This paper focuses on the study of one of the most important female cult operators of ancient Mesopotamia: the en-priestess, known under the modern label of “high priestess”. In particular, it examines the office of the en of the lunar god Nanna, attested from the third to the first millennium BC in the city of Ur. The aim is to reconstruct the scope of the agency exercised by this female cult operator not only within the religious field, but also on an economic, political, and cultural field as well. For this purpose, the research examines sources that refer directly to the en-priestess of Nanna, including seals and inscriptions written in her name, and administrative and literary sources in which she appears as an agent.
Noms des dieux: portraits de divinités antiques, 2021
Retracing the birth of writing and the relationship between image and meaning, this chapter refle... more Retracing the birth of writing and the relationship between image and meaning, this chapter reflects on the symbolic value and agentivity of divine names in Mesopotamia.
M. Ceravolo 2021: "Ceci n'est pas un nom : la polyvalence des noms divins en Mésopotamie", in C. Bonnet (ed.), "Noms de dieux : portraits de divinités antiques", ANACHARSIS, Toulouse, pp. 153-175.
Quaderni di Vicino Oriente XVII, 2021
In 689 BC, the Assyrian king Sennacherib destroyed Babylon and deported the statues of the Babylo... more In 689 BC, the Assyrian king Sennacherib destroyed Babylon and deported the statues of the Babylonian gods to Assyria. In order to restore the political and religious relations between Assyria and Babylonia, Esarhaddon undertakes to renovate the Babylonian statues and relocate them in their temples in southern Mesopotamia. This paper aims to provide an analysis of some royal inscriptions dealing with the (re)creation of the divine effigies and offer an interpretation of their salient passages.
Civiltà e Religioni, 7, 2021
Through the analysis of literary, mythical, and ritual sources, this paper outlines the ideologic... more Through the analysis of literary, mythical, and ritual sources, this paper outlines the ideological and religious heritage that bound the fate of cities to the “physical” presence of their deities in the ancient Mesopotamia. The aim is to investigate how and why the divinities were asked to regulate the earth’s space, by constantly renewing the order that they had established in the illud tempus of the origins. At the same time, the reflection focuses on the strategies adopted by men to modify and manage city space without losing the divine benevolence, and thus preventing the gods from abandoning their earthly abodes.
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni ( SMSR ), 2021
In the ancient Mesopotamia, the creation of the divine statue was a complex process that required... more In the ancient Mesopotamia, the creation of the divine statue was a complex process that required deep cultic knowledge and technical skills. Since the statue was not only the image of a god or a goddess, but the very essence of him/her, and the effigy itself was endowed with agency, its creation in- volved a unitary presence of deities, cultic officers, and craftsmen. Hence, this paper aims to provide an overview of the divine and human entities that were involved in the creation of the god statue in the light of the Neo-Assyrian cuneiform sources, including rituals, prayers, royal inscriptions, and correspondence.
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (SMSR), 2019
The mīs pî, lit. “washing of the mouth”, was one of the solemn rituals of Ancient Mesopotamia. It... more The mīs pî, lit. “washing of the mouth”, was one of the solemn rituals of Ancient Mesopotamia. Its goal was the induction of the cult statue in order to allow its official installation in the temple. For this purpose, a total iden- tity between the statue and its corresponding divinity was strictly required. The ontological union of two natures was obtained through four processions in four different ritual spaces: the workshop, the riverbank, the garden and the temple. This paper investigates the peculiarities of the mīs pî by paying particular attention to the ritual spaces. The aim is to analyze the “washing of the mouth” in terms of rite of passage, underlining the need to rethink van Gennep’s tripartite scheme.
![Research paper thumbnail of M. Ceravolo 2019, L' ambiguità coerente di Enki e Ninḫursaĝa, in Historia Religionum 11, pp. 119-137 [if interested, please email me]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/61885048/thumbnails/1.jpg)
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[If interested, please email me] Abstract · "The Coherent Ambiguity of Enki and Ninḫursaĝa" : ... more [If interested, please email me]
Abstract · "The Coherent Ambiguity of Enki and Ninḫursaĝa" : Scholars have often considered the Sumerian myth of "Enki and Ninḫursaĝa" as a confused and incoherent narrative. In contrast to this exegesis, this article suggests a comprehensive reading of "Enki and Ninḫursaĝa" which aims to demonstrate its narrative coherence. The purpose is to analyze the ambiguities of the myth, its puns and its extra-textual references, so as to demonstrate that they were consciously used to build several levels of interpretation. In light of this, "Enki and Ninḫursaĝa" will be interpreted as a succession of mythical events that were brought together following a sophisticated and coherent narrative structure.
Keywords: Sumerian mythology, Puns, Figurative language, Mesopotamian literature.
Conferences by Marinella Ceravolo
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni, 2024
Mythopoeïa. Revue d'Histoire des Religions du Proche-Orient Ancien, 2024
Publication director : Jérôme Pace (UMR 8210-ANHIMA). Editorial board : Ilaria Calini (École P... more Publication director : Jérôme Pace (UMR 8210-ANHIMA).
Editorial board : Ilaria Calini (École Pratique des Hautes Études, UMR 8210-ANHIMA ), Marinella Ceravolo (Università di Roma "La Sapienza"), Jérôme Pace (UMR 8210-ANHIMA).
Scientific committee : Bernardo Ballesteros (University of Oxford), Renée Koch-Piettre (École Pratique des Hautes Études), Valerio Pisaniello (Università di Verona), Vladimir Shelestin (Институт востоковедения Роcсийской академии наук), Lorenzo Verderame (Università di Roma "La Sapienza"), Selena Wisnom (University of Leicester), Gioele Zisa (Universität Wien).
HENOCH 45/2, 2023
The mouth-washing ritual (mīs pî) consisted of two days of intense ceremonial practices aimed at ... more The mouth-washing ritual (mīs pî) consisted of two days of intense ceremonial practices aimed at activating the cult statue. Once the mīs pî was completed, the statue was seen as a flesh-and-blood god possessing all five senses. To bring the wooden shell to life, it was crucial to establish that the effigy was of divine origin and not just a man-made object. Therefore, this paper discusses the misrecognition processes of human activity that allowed the statue to be considered a divine being. The study specifically examines the ritual use of the phrase «I did not make» (anāku ul ēpus) by artisans to deny their role in creating the effigy. The "negative confession" of the craftsmen is compared to other Mesopotamian rituals-for instance, the activation of the kettledrum (lilissu)-and discussed on the basis of speech act theory.
HENOCH Vol. 45/2 (2023)
Abstracts: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L7bqOVmuqZSci4rNOJAeZA5hNXfS421Z/view
La sacra scena. Spettacolo e rito dal monto antico alla contemporaneità folklorica, 2024
Archiv für Religionsgeschichte, 2023
Quaderni di Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni, 2022
This study focuses on the warrior aspect of Inanna / Ištar, one of the oldest and most complex Me... more This study focuses on the warrior aspect of Inanna / Ištar, one of the oldest and most complex Mesopotamian deities. The aim is to investigate how the experience of warfare was organized through the symbolic connections that linked this goddess to the sphere of confusion, dance and play. The analysis is conducted taking into account myths, hymns and prayers from the third to the first millennium BC; particular attention is paid to the study of performances or objects linked through metonymy or metaphor to the warlike exercise of Inanna / Ištar, such as the gūštu dance, the pukku and mekkû instruments, and the games of rope, pawns and astragals.
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (SMSR), 2021
Since it is not possible to resort to participant observation, it is extremely difficult to recon... more Since it is not possible to resort to participant observation, it is extremely difficult to reconstruct the forms and meanings of dance in a past society. This paper, adopting ancient Mesopotamia as its field of investigation, tries to overcome these limitations by resorting to an analysis of the lexicon and narrative of dance. The aim is to reconstruct part of the semantics of the ancient near-eastern dance, investigating its different symbologies and values. In doing so, clear links will emerge with the spheres of war, play and confusion of the senses.
Historia Religionum, 2022
"The ‘concept’ of peace in Mesopotamia": The study of the ancient world has contributed to the ... more "The ‘concept’ of peace in Mesopotamia":
The study of the ancient world has contributed to the development of peace studies, attempting to reconstruct a history of ideas of peace. Within these investigations into the past, however, the peoples of the ancient Near East have often been thought of as purely warlike and lacking a ‘concept’ of peace. For these reasons, this paper investigates why it is so difficult for modern scholars to recognize the presence of an idea of peace in Mesopotamia. In doing so, this research focuses on reconstructing the mode of narration and conceptualization of peace within Sumerian and Akkadian literary texts.
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni, 2022
This paper focuses on the study of one of the most important female cult operators of ancient Mes... more This paper focuses on the study of one of the most important female cult operators of ancient Mesopotamia: the en-priestess, known under the modern label of “high priestess”. In particular, it examines the office of the en of the lunar god Nanna, attested from the third to the first millennium BC in the city of Ur. The aim is to reconstruct the scope of the agency exercised by this female cult operator not only within the religious field, but also on an economic, political, and cultural field as well. For this purpose, the research examines sources that refer directly to the en-priestess of Nanna, including seals and inscriptions written in her name, and administrative and literary sources in which she appears as an agent.
Noms des dieux: portraits de divinités antiques, 2021
Retracing the birth of writing and the relationship between image and meaning, this chapter refle... more Retracing the birth of writing and the relationship between image and meaning, this chapter reflects on the symbolic value and agentivity of divine names in Mesopotamia.
M. Ceravolo 2021: "Ceci n'est pas un nom : la polyvalence des noms divins en Mésopotamie", in C. Bonnet (ed.), "Noms de dieux : portraits de divinités antiques", ANACHARSIS, Toulouse, pp. 153-175.
Quaderni di Vicino Oriente XVII, 2021
In 689 BC, the Assyrian king Sennacherib destroyed Babylon and deported the statues of the Babylo... more In 689 BC, the Assyrian king Sennacherib destroyed Babylon and deported the statues of the Babylonian gods to Assyria. In order to restore the political and religious relations between Assyria and Babylonia, Esarhaddon undertakes to renovate the Babylonian statues and relocate them in their temples in southern Mesopotamia. This paper aims to provide an analysis of some royal inscriptions dealing with the (re)creation of the divine effigies and offer an interpretation of their salient passages.
Civiltà e Religioni, 7, 2021
Through the analysis of literary, mythical, and ritual sources, this paper outlines the ideologic... more Through the analysis of literary, mythical, and ritual sources, this paper outlines the ideological and religious heritage that bound the fate of cities to the “physical” presence of their deities in the ancient Mesopotamia. The aim is to investigate how and why the divinities were asked to regulate the earth’s space, by constantly renewing the order that they had established in the illud tempus of the origins. At the same time, the reflection focuses on the strategies adopted by men to modify and manage city space without losing the divine benevolence, and thus preventing the gods from abandoning their earthly abodes.
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni ( SMSR ), 2021
In the ancient Mesopotamia, the creation of the divine statue was a complex process that required... more In the ancient Mesopotamia, the creation of the divine statue was a complex process that required deep cultic knowledge and technical skills. Since the statue was not only the image of a god or a goddess, but the very essence of him/her, and the effigy itself was endowed with agency, its creation in- volved a unitary presence of deities, cultic officers, and craftsmen. Hence, this paper aims to provide an overview of the divine and human entities that were involved in the creation of the god statue in the light of the Neo-Assyrian cuneiform sources, including rituals, prayers, royal inscriptions, and correspondence.
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (SMSR), 2019
The mīs pî, lit. “washing of the mouth”, was one of the solemn rituals of Ancient Mesopotamia. It... more The mīs pî, lit. “washing of the mouth”, was one of the solemn rituals of Ancient Mesopotamia. Its goal was the induction of the cult statue in order to allow its official installation in the temple. For this purpose, a total iden- tity between the statue and its corresponding divinity was strictly required. The ontological union of two natures was obtained through four processions in four different ritual spaces: the workshop, the riverbank, the garden and the temple. This paper investigates the peculiarities of the mīs pî by paying particular attention to the ritual spaces. The aim is to analyze the “washing of the mouth” in terms of rite of passage, underlining the need to rethink van Gennep’s tripartite scheme.
Historia Religionum, 2019
[If interested, please email me] Abstract · "The Coherent Ambiguity of Enki and Ninḫursaĝa" : ... more [If interested, please email me]
Abstract · "The Coherent Ambiguity of Enki and Ninḫursaĝa" : Scholars have often considered the Sumerian myth of "Enki and Ninḫursaĝa" as a confused and incoherent narrative. In contrast to this exegesis, this article suggests a comprehensive reading of "Enki and Ninḫursaĝa" which aims to demonstrate its narrative coherence. The purpose is to analyze the ambiguities of the myth, its puns and its extra-textual references, so as to demonstrate that they were consciously used to build several levels of interpretation. In light of this, "Enki and Ninḫursaĝa" will be interpreted as a succession of mythical events that were brought together following a sophisticated and coherent narrative structure.
Keywords: Sumerian mythology, Puns, Figurative language, Mesopotamian literature.
Public talk to introduce the series Nanaya. Studi e materiali di antropologia religiosa (Edizioni... more Public talk to introduce the series Nanaya. Studi e materiali di antropologia religiosa (Edizioni Museo Pasqualino, Palermo), Festival di Antropologia e Storia delle Religioni “Nella Terra di Diana”, Ariccia-Genzano di Roma-Nemi, 09/09/2021.
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by Alessandro Saggioro, Marinella Ceravolo, Maria Fallica, Ludovico Battista, Joerg Ruepke, Giorgio Ferri, Carmine Pisano, Chiara Di Serio, Giuliana Ricozzi, Marta Addessi, Silvia Fogliazza, Fabrizio Petorella, and Ginevra Benedetti
Giovedì 7 marzo 2019, ore 10-13, nell’Aula multimediale del Palazzo del Rettorato della Sapienza,... more Giovedì 7 marzo 2019, ore 10-13, nell’Aula multimediale del Palazzo del Rettorato della Sapienza, discuteremo con Jörg Rüpke il suo ultimo libro pubblicato in Italia: Pantheon. Una nuova storia della religione romana (Einaudi).
by Marinella Ceravolo, Flavia Pacelli, Ludovica Bertolini, Gioele Zisa, Valerio Pisaniello, Andrea Rebecca Marrocchi Savoi, Francesca Minen, Silvia Salin, Beatrice Baragli, Geraldina Rozzi, Edoardo Zanetti, Sergio Alivernini, Ludovico Portuese, and Lorenzo Verderame
"From the Workshop to the Temple: Ritual Spaces in the Consecration of the Cult Statue in Mesopot... more "From the Workshop to the Temple: Ritual Spaces in the Consecration of the Cult Statue in Mesopotamia" 16th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) - Panel "Where, Who, What: The Interrelation of Religious Identities with Religious Spaces and Practices"
15 Février 2018 Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès Journée d’étude des doctorant.e.s PLH CRATA & ... more 15 Février 2018
Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès
Journée d’étude des doctorant.e.s PLH CRATA & PLH ERASME : "Pouvoir et Religion dans l’Antiquité: échos, mémoire, oubli"
This conference aims to investigate the material and semantic expressions of peace over time, in ... more This conference aims to investigate the material and semantic expressions of peace over time, in different eras and cultures, from ancient to post-colonial history.
Seminario del Progetto di Ateneo Sapienza "The Exhibition of Peace Over Time" (EPOT)
Call for Papers: Peace over Time. Narratives, Objects, and Museums. Conference on the Semantics a... more Call for Papers: Peace over Time. Narratives, Objects, and Museums. Conference on the Semantics and Materiality of Peace from the Ancient to the Contemporary World
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NABU (Nouvelles Assyriologique Brèves et Utilitaires 2019/3: 150, 2019
Report Second meeting of Giovani Ricercatori Italiani di Storia e Filologia del Vicino Oriente an... more Report Second meeting of Giovani Ricercatori Italiani di Storia e Filologia del Vicino Oriente antico (GRISeF)
Appel à contributions - Richiesta di contributi - Call for contributions (Mythopoeïa, 2022) Di... more Appel à contributions - Richiesta di contributi - Call for contributions (Mythopoeïa, 2022)
Directeur de publication : Jérôme Pace (École Pratique des Hautes Études).
Comité de rédaction : Ilaria Calini (École Pratique des Hautes Études), Marinella Ceravolo (Università di Roma "La Sapienza"), Jérôme Pace (École Pratique des Hautes Études).
Comité scientifique : Bernardo Ballesteros Petrella (University of Oxford), Renée Koch-Piettre (École Pratique des Hautes Études), Valerio Pisaniello (Università di Verona), Vladimir Shelestin (Институт востоковедения Роcсийской академии наук), Lorenzo Verderame (Università di Roma "La Sapienza"), Selena Wisnom (University of Leicester), Gioele Zisa (Università degli Studi di Palermo).
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University of Pisa (Italy), 30 th August - 3 rd September 2021
Seminario dottorale del curriculum storico-religioso del Dottorato in Storia, Antropologia, Relig... more Seminario dottorale del curriculum storico-religioso del Dottorato in Storia, Antropologia, Religioni
by Alessandro Saggioro, Marianna Ferrara, Giulia Gasparro, Mara (Maria) Amodio, Luca Arcari, Luca Bozzarello, Federico Brusadelli, Marinella Ceravolo, Sara Colantonio, Valentina D'Alessio, serena di nepi, Daniela DUMBRAVA, Cristiana Facchini, Simone Fracas, Carmine Pisano, Ennio Sanzi, Francesca Sbardella, Carla Sfameni, Chiara O. Tommasi, Andrea Annese, and Donato Di Sanzo
Pur in diverse prospettive, la Storia delle religioni si è da sempre occupata dello studio delle ... more Pur in diverse prospettive, la Storia delle religioni si è da sempre occupata dello studio delle religioni al plurale. Tale studio, in Italia, si è rivolto in maniera preponderante alle culture del passato, come conseguenza sia del fiorire di scuole di ricerca, sia di scelte individuali degli studiosi. Nell'età contemporanea, però, la pluralità delle religioni - nei diversi contesti e nelle diverse forme nelle quali viene individuata - appare come una chiave di volta per la comprensione di ampi processi culturali e sociali. Di conseguenza, la costruzione di modelli di analisi relativi al pluralismo religioso costituisce, in generale, una nuova frontiera per le scienze sociali ma, in particolare, anche per una disciplina accademica che intenda contribuire a riscrivere una storia delle idee e delle produzioni culturali. La Società Italiana di Storia delle Religioni (SISR) ha scelto di dedicare a questi temi il convegno tenutosi alla Sapienza Università di Roma nel 2016, di cui questo volume costituisce gli atti. In modi diversi, i saggi qui raccolti forniscono il proprio apporto disciplinare all'analisi di modelli pluralistici attuali, facendosi forti dello sguardo da lontano maturato negli studi sul passato
Il controllo delle acque come risorsa politica in Mesoamerica V. Bellomia ("Sapienza") Chicahuazt... more Il controllo delle acque come risorsa politica in Mesoamerica V. Bellomia ("Sapienza") Chicahuaztli di nebbia: usi simbolici del suono nei rituali mexica connessi all'acqua A. Lupo ("Sapienza") Il controllo sulla pioggia nella narrativa, nel rito e nell'ideologia del potere tra i Huave di Oaxaca, Messico Dottorato in Filologia e Storia del Mondo Antico Dottorato in Storia, Antropologia, Religioni
