In remembrance of me : feasting with the dead in the ancient Middle East /

In remembrance of me : feasting with the dead in the ancient Middle East /

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Corporate Author: University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Museum.

Other Authors: Herrmann, Virginia Rimmer, Schloen, J. David, 1962-

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Chicago : Oriental Institute, 2014.

Series: Oriental Institute Museum publications ; 37.

Subjects:

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient > Middle East.
Middle East > Antiquities.

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Call Number: GT3170 .I6 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • •1. Introduction : The Katumuwa Stele and Commemoration of the Dead in the Ancient Middle East / Virginia R. Herrmann •I. The Katumuwa Stele from Zincirli •2. The City of Katumuwa : The Iron Age Kingdom of Sam'al and the Excavation of Zincirli / J. David Schloen •3. Katumuwa's Banquet Scene / Dominic Bonatz •4. The Katumuwa Inscription / Dennis Padee •5. The Katumuwa Stele in Archaeological Context / Virginia R. Herrmann •6. The Katumuwa Stele in the Context of Royal Mortuary Cult at Sam'al / Herbert Niehr •II. Feasts for the Dead in the Ancient Middle East •7. Religious, Communal, and Political Feasting in the Ancient Middle East / Marian H. Feldman •8. Feasts for the Dead and Ancestor Veneration in Levantine Traditions / Thedore J. Lewis •9. Death Binds : On some Rites Surrounding Death in Ancient Anatolia / Theo van den Hout •10. Dead that are Slow to Depart : Evidence for Ancestor Rituals in Mesopotamia / Karel van der Toorn •11. Feasts for the Dead and Ancestor Veneration in Egyptian Tradition / Miriam Müller •III. Catalog.