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The mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art
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Title
The mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art / Mehmet-Ali Ataç.
ISBN
9780521517904 (hbk.)
0521517907 (hbk.)
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2010.
Physical Description
xx, 278 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 17, 2011
Bibliography
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.
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