The mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art /
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Call Number: NB80 .A83 2010
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| 100 | 1 | |a Ataç, Mehmet-Ali, |d 1972- |e author |9 25773 | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art / |c Mehmet-Ali Ataç. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cambridge ; |a New York : |b Cambridge University Press, |c 2010. | |
| 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. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Relief (Sculpture), Ancient |z Assyria. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Kings and rulers in art. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Animals in art. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Assyria |x Antiquities. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Assyria |x Kings and rulers. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
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