The mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art /

The mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art /

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Main Author: Ataç, Mehmet-Ali, 1972- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Relief (Sculpture), Ancient > Assyria.
Kings and rulers in art.
Assyria > Antiquities.
Assyria > Kings and rulers.

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Call Number: NB80 .A83 2010

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300 |a xx, 278 pages :   |b illustrations ;   |c 26 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a •Part I. Human and Animal Ontology in the Neo-Assyrian Palace Reliefs •Introduction •1. 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 •2. 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 •3. Sargon II •Hunt or Sacrifice? •Horse Leg or Human Leg? •Animals and Gender •4. Sennacherib •Body and Booty •The Massacres of Lachish •The Carnivore and the Herbivore •5. Ashurbanipal •The Hounds of Ashurbanipal •Animal, Vegetable, Mineral •Conclusion to Part I •Part II. Kingship and Priesthood in the Art of Ashurnasirpal II •Introduction •1. The King, Nonking •2. "La salle dite 'G'" •3. The Mixta Persona •4. The King and the "Sacred Tree" •5. The Encounter •Conclusion to Part II •Part III. The Semantics of Sages and Mischwesen in Neo-Assyrian Art and Thought •Introduction •1. Before the Flood •2. Fertilization and Purification •3. King the Man, The King-Man •4. "Tiamat's Brood" •5. The Ancient Mesopotamian Flood Traditions •6. Lord of the Netherworld  
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