古代两河流域新年仪式研究

尹 凌

提 要：新年节是古代两河流域有史记载的最古老的节日之一。本文归纳总结了学者对新年节的研究成果

，并在此基础上，对新年节的历史发展脉络进行了梳理，再现节日仪式的基本过程，并力求全面分析介绍其特点和各个层面的意义。

关键词：古代 两河流域 新年 仪式

Title:A Study of the New Year Festival in Ancient

Mesopotamia

Author:Yin

Ling, Ph.D. Candidate, Institute of Ancient Near Eastern

Languages and Civilizations, School for Foreign Languages,

Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.

Abstract:The

New Year Festival is one of the oldest recorded festivals of

the ancient Mesopotamia. On the basis of an overview of the

previous studies, this paper investigates the historical

development of the New Year Festival, reconstructs the

ritual activities during the festival and introduces its

functions and significances from different aspects.

Key words:Ancient

Mesopotamia New Year Festival rituals