title: First account of a birthday in human history
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metadata.value: Emelianov, Vladimir V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-10-12T10:24:27Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-10-12T10:24:27Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2017-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Emelianov V. V. First account of a birthday in human history. Vestnik SPbSU. Asian and African Studies, 2017, vol. 9, issue 3, pp. 281–294.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu13.2017.305
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/8522
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article deals with the five Old Sumerian cuneiform texts from the city of Lagash made during the
  time of Lugalanda (24th century BC). Every text contains the list of offerings made in the temple of
  the goddess Bau on the occasion of the birth of children in the king’s family. It is established that there
  is the first mentioning of holiday on the occasion of people’s birthday in the history of writing. The
  hypothesis of dating of the text of DP 218 by time of an autumn equinox is offered. The author assumes
  that need to celebrate birthdays is connected with submission of economy of the temple of Bau to the
  king’s family and with emergence of a sacral genealogy of the king Lugalanda.
  The article also contains information about birthdays from the sources of the Middle East and
  antiquity known to scholars since the 5th century BC. It is noted that birthdays are celebrated only in
  those societies where the growth of private property and the increase of egocentrism contribute to an
  interest in the individual destiny of a person. And vice versa, the predominance of the community
  neutralizes the facts of the individual’s life. Refs 39.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 9; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sumer
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Lagash
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Lugalanda
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Baranamtara
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: birthday
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: First account of a birthday in human history
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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