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James Lloyd
by The Oriental Institute
published on 10 April 2015

Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Sex in Babylonia . . .
Lecture by Jerry Cooper, W. W. Spence Professor of Semitic Languages Emeritus, The Johns Hopkins University

This breezy look at 3000 years of sex in ancient Mesopotamia will cover such fascinating topics as virginity, adultery, rape, prostitution, literary sex, gay sex, ritual sex, marital sex and sexual dysfunction. Profusely illustrated.

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