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The mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art
- Title
- The mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art / Mehmet-Ali Ataç.
- Author
- Ataç, Mehmet-Ali, 1972-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xx, 278 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-265) and index.
- Contents
- pt. I. Human and animal ontology in the neo-Assyrian palace reliefs -- Ashurnasirpal II -- The anatomy of death -- Libation and prostration -- River crossing : human bodies, inflated animal skins -- The animal as tribute -- The liminality of the tributary -- Congenial contact with animals -- Tiglath-Pileser III -- The anatomy of battle -- Liminality and animal skins -- On camelback -- Of cattle and men -- Proximity, overlap, and analogy in the art of Tiglath-Pileser III -- Sargon II -- Hunt or sacrifice? -- Horse leg or human leg? -- Animals and gender -- Sennacherib -- Body and booty -- The massacres of Lachish -- The carnivore and the herbivore -- Ashurbanipal -- The hounds of Ashurbanipal -- Animal, vegetable, mineral -- pt. II. Kingship and priesthood in the art of Ashurnasirpal II -- The king, nonking -- "La salle dite 'G'" -- The mixta persona -- The king and the "sacred tree" -- The encounter -- pt. III. The semantics of sages and Mischwesen in neo-Assyrian art and thought -- Before the flood -- Fertilization and purification -- King the man, the King-Man -- "Tiamat's brood" -- The ancient Mesopotamian flood traditions -- Lord of the netherworld.
- Call Number
- JQZ 12-2708
- ISBN
- 9780521517904 (hc)
- 0521517907 (hc)
- LCCN
- 2009026766
- OCLC
- 424332283
- Author
- Ataç, Mehmet-Ali, 1972-
- Title
- The mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art / Mehmet-Ali Ataç.
- Imprint
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-265) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JQZ 12-2708