GALATEO. A New Project Paving the Way for the Study of Manners and Etiquette in the Ancient Near East

This article discusses the background, methodology and digital implementation of the project GALATEO “Good Attitudes for Life in Assyrian Times: Etiquette and Observance of Norms in Male and Female Groups”, which aims to understand anew the importance of etiquette in late Assyrian society (10th-7th centuries BCE). The first results from a brief analysis of banquet scenes are offered at the end.