CIVILIZATION
AKKADIAN
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Question
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What is the job of the cup bearer?
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To wash the dishes
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A craftsman who made cups
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The Akkadian empire royal dishes
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To serve drinks to the king and to test it if needed
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A cup-bearer is the man who would test and taste the king’s wines and other drinks to make sure they weren’t poisoned or tampered with. This was a very noble position, because this was a position where the king had to give his life into another man’s hands.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nehemiah was the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes I at a time when Judah in Palestine had been partly repopulated by Jews released from their exile in Babylonia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Buds become blossoms, blossoms become clusters, and clusters ripen into grapes. “Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand” (40:11).
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