Utilizing a variety of ancient sources, including cuneiform texts, images and archaeological finds, this book explores how the collecting of luxury objects contributed to the formation of royal identity in one of the world's oldest civilizations, ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq).
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Before an inquiry into Mesopotamian collecting can begin, it is necessary to understand the theoretical foundations upon which it stands. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ideal acquirers, royal collecting, creational abilities, ivory collecting, royal identity, ivory furniture, royal inscriptions, collecting behaviors, ivory goods, ivory objects, countless offspring, cuneiform writing system, collecting practices, collecting studies, secondary mound, other precious materials, luxurious objects, luxury objects, royal activity, royal ideology, material culture studies, collected objects, wild swine, portable items, portable objects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Near East, British Museum, Early Dynastic, Old Babylonian, North Syria, Middle Assyrian, North Palace, New York, Royal Cemetery, Fort Shalmaneser, Northwest Palace, Old Testament, British School of Archaeology, Cambridge University Press, Mount Amanus, Southwest Palace, University of Chicago Press, Persian Gulf, University of Helsinki Press, Bronze Age, Oxford University Press, Assyrian Sculpture, Euphrates River, Columbia University, Epic of Gilgamesh New!
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Before an inquiry into Mesopotamian collecting can begin, it is necessary to understand the theoretical foundations upon which it stands. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ideal acquirers, royal collecting, creational abilities, ivory collecting, royal identity, ivory furniture, royal inscriptions, collecting behaviors, ivory goods, ivory objects, countless offspring, cuneiform writing system, collecting practices, collecting studies, secondary mound, other precious materials, luxurious objects, luxury objects, royal activity, royal ideology, material culture studies, collected objects, wild swine, portable items, portable objects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Near East, British Museum, Early Dynastic, Old Babylonian, North Syria, Middle Assyrian, North Palace, New York, Royal Cemetery, Fort Shalmaneser, Northwest Palace, Old Testament, British School of Archaeology, Cambridge University Press, Mount Amanus, Southwest Palace, University of Chicago Press, Persian Gulf, University of Helsinki Press, Bronze Age, Oxford University Press, Assyrian Sculpture, Euphrates River, Columbia University, Epic of Gilgamesh New!
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- Civilizations of the Ancient Near East/4 Volumes Bound in 2 Books (v. 1 & 2) by Jack M. Sasson on 11 pages
- Assyrian Sculpture: Second Edition by Julian Reade on 8 pages
- Nimrud and Its Remains by M E L Mallowan on 6 pages
- Cultures of Collecting (Reaktion Books - Critical Views) by Roger Cardinal on 5 pages
- Ancient Near Eastern Art by Dominique Collon on 4 pages
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