Bronze 'bathtub' coffins in the context of 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite funerary practices /

This volume is dedicated to a small number of unique bronze 'bathtub' coffins found in 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite burial contexts. Usually treated as an incidental aspect of the burial process, these fascinating burial receptacles have until now garnered little in...

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Main Author: Wicks, Yasmina (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2015]

Series: Archaeopress archaeology.

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Call Number: GT3170 .W48 2015

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