Screen LibraryThe mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xx, 278 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780521517904 (hbk.) 0521517907 (hbk.) |
| Index Number: | J305 |
| CLC: | J305.37 |
| Call Number: | J305.37/A862 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-265) and index. 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 ... |