Babylonian Akitu - Wikipedia
Akitu or Akitum (Sumerian: 𒀉 𒆠 𒋾, romanized: a-ki-ti [2]) (Akkadian: 𒀉 𒆠 𒌈, romanized: akītu(m) [3]) is a spring festival and New Year's celebration, held on the first day of the Assyrian and Babylonian Nisan in ancient Mesopotamia and in Assyrian communities around the world, to celebrate the sowing of barley. [4]
Akitu – The Babylonian New Year Festival - World History
2018年7月26日 · The archaeological evidence of the Babylonian festival goes back to the early second millennium BCE; around the time that Hammurabi and the Old Babylonian Empire set the city on its nearly 2000 year long path to greatness. The 12 days of the Akitu Festival were each marked by special ceremonies and observances.
Akitu Festival - Livius
Akitu: the Babylonian New year's festival, celebrated to honor the supreme god Marduk, his crown prince Nabû and other gods. The name Akitu is very ancient. In the third millennium BCE, the Sumerian population of southern Mesopotamia celebrated the á-ki-ti-še-gur 10 -ku 5, the festival of the sowing of barley.
Akitu | Mesopotamian festival | Britannica
The Akitu festival of the Babylonians occurred in the spring, marking the rebirth of nature, the reestablishment of the kingship by divine authority, and the securing of the life and destiny of the people for the coming year.
Babylonian New Year: Celebrating Akitu and Its Rituals
5 天之前 · Akitu, the Babylonian New Year festival, marked a critical time in the ancient Mesopotamian calendar. It symbolized renewal, the return of life to the land, and the reaffirmation of kingship. This celebration was not just a festive occasion; it was deeply rooted in the spiritual and agricultural life of the Babylonians.
Festivals in Ancient Mesopotamia - World History Encyclopedia
2023年3月8日 · The Akitu festival is the most famous public celebration from ancient Mesopotamia. It is the oldest New Year's festival in the world dating from at least 2900 BCE. Why were festivals in ancient Mesopotamia important?
5 Ancient New Year’s Celebrations - HISTORY
2012年12月31日 · Following the first new moon after the vernal equinox in late March, the Babylonians of ancient Mesopotamia would honor the rebirth of the natural world with a multi-day festival called Akitu....
AKITU: The Mesopotamian New Year - SyriacPress
2022年3月25日 · Akitu, also known as Akitum, is the Mesopotamian New Year festival. Such festivals are among the oldest and the most universally observed today. The earliest known record of a New Year festival dates to about 2000 BCE in Mesopotamia, where in Babylonia the new year began with the new moon after the spring equinox and in Assyria with the new ...
The History of New Year’s Resolutions
2015年12月30日 · The ancient Babylonians are said to have been the first people to make New Year’s resolutions, some 4,000 years ago. They were also the first to hold recorded celebrations in honor of the...
Ancient Mesopotamia, Seasonal Renewal, Rituals - Britannica
2024年11月19日 · In ancient Mesopotamia, in Babylon, where the king was viewed not as the son of a god but as a god’s agent, or representative, on earth, the New Year’s festival (Akitu), in the spring month of Nisan, contained not only seasonal renewal motifs but also themes centring on the renewal of man and his community.