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.

Subjects:

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

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Call Number: NB80 .A83 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.