Hasmik Abrahamyan - “Atsik” food in the Armenian festive and ritual system (According to the materials recorded in Syunik)
15 Pages | 241-256 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2022.2-241 | Revceived on: 2022-03-02 | Reviewed on: 2022-03-09 | Accepted for printing on: 2022-06-14
Published in: 2022 N 2 (220) / Ethnography
Food is an essential part of the culture of the national feasts. In this context, it is a sacrifice (cereals, meat, dairy products), the purpose of which is to express gratitude for a high harvest and protection from natural disasters (drought, rain, etc.). Atsik (malt) in the scientific literature is mentioned as food symbolizing the arrival of spring and is prepared during Lent or on the eve of Easter.
Keywords аtsik Lent Easter festive ritual culture Syunik food grain wheat rain St. Sargis matagh (sacrifice).
Yervand Grekyan - Storage and redistribution of grain reserves in the kingdom of Urartu
24 Pages | 203-227 | DOI: Doi.10.52853/01350536-2021.3-203 | Revceived on: 2021-09-06 | Reviewed on: 2021-09-30 | Accepted for printing on: 2021-11-16
Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Discussions
The kingdom of Urartu (Biainili, 9th–7th centuries BC) was an ancient Near Eastern state with redistributive economy. According to the preserved written and archaeological data, the large granaries and cellars built by the royal power in the main cities/administrative centres of Urartu, could store tens of thousands of tons of grain and provide with food ca. 100–150 thousand people throughout a year.
KeywordsUrartian kingdom palace-temple economy cuneiform inscriptions archaeological sources grain reserves daily ration redistribution.