A history of the animal world in the ancient Near East /

This book is about all aspects of man's contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships be...

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Other Authors: Collins, Billie Jean.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 64.
Handbook of Oriental Studies: Ancient Near East Online, ISBN: 9789004307988.

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Call Number: QL85 .H57 2001eb

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material /
  • Billie Jean Collins
  • THE NATIVE FAUNA OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST /
  • ALLAN S. GILBERT
  • ANIMALS IN ANATOLIAN ART /
  • ANN C. GUNTER
  • ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN ART AND HIEROGLYPHS /
  • PATRICK F. HOULIHAN
  • ANIMALS IN MESOPOTAMIAN ART /
  • Billie Jean Collins
  • ANIMALS IN THE ART OF ANCIENT IRAN /
  • MARGARET COOL ROOT
  • ANIMALS IN SYRO-PALESTINIAN ART /
  • ANNIE CAUBET
  • ANIMALS IN HITTITE LITERATURE /
  • BILLIE JEAN COLLINS
  • ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN LITERATURE /
  • EMILY TEETER
  • ANIMALS IN MESOPOTAMIAN LITERATURE /
  • BENJAMIN R. FOSTER
  • ANIMALS IN THE LITERATURES OF SYRIA-PALESTINE /
  • ODED BOROWSKI
  • ANIMALS IN THE RELIGIONS OF ANCIENT ANATOLIA /
  • BILLIE JEAN COLLINS
  • ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN RELIGION /
  • EMILY TEETER
  • ANIMALS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION /
  • JOANN SCURLOCK
  • ANIMAL SACRIFICE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION /
  • JOANN SCURLOCK
  • ANIMALS IN THE RELIGIONS OF SYRIA-PALESTINE /
  • ODED BOROWSKI
  • HUNTING, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DIET IN ANCIENT EGYPT /
  • DOUGLAS BREWER
  • AN ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CULTURAL USE OF MAMMALS IN THE LEVANT /
  • BRIAN HESSE and PAULA WAPNISH
  • APPENDIX: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEAR EASTERN ZOOLOGY /
  • ALLAN S. GILBERT
  • REFERENCES /
  • Billie Jean Collins
  • INDEX /
  • Billie Jean Collins
  • HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK /
  • Billie Jean Collins.