The Organization of Power : aspects of bureaucracy in the ancient Near East /
: Papers of a symposium sponsodred by the Oriental Institute and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicagom, April 16-17, 1983. : xii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. : Bibliograpy : pages 158-159. : 0918986516 (pbk.)
Death Rituals, Ideology, and the Development of Early Mesopotamian Kingship : Toward a New Understanding of Iraq's Royal Cemetery of Ur /
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At the beginning of Mesopotamia's Early Dynastic period, the political landscape was dominated by temple administrators, but by the end of the period, rulers whose titles we translate as "king" assumed control. This book argues that the ritual process of mourning, burying, and venerating dead elites contributed to this change. Part one introduces the rationale for seeing rituals as a means of giving material form to ideology and, hence, structuring overall power relations. Part two presents archaeological and textual evidence for the death rituals. Part three interprets symbolic objects found in the Royal Cemetery of Ur, showing they reflect ideological doctrines promoting the office of kingship. This book will be particularly useful for scholars of Mesopotamian archaeology and history.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047416791
9789004146358
The buildings of the Third Dynasty /
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At head of title : Publications of the Joint Expedition of the British Museum and of the University Museum, University of Pennyslvania, Philadelphia, to Mesopotamia.
Includes index. :
x, 110 pages, [31] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 33 cm.
Treasures from the royal tombs of Ur /
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Chiefly a catalogue of a traveling exhibition scheduled for eight venues between Oct. 9, 1998 and May 2001. Cf. title page verso. :
xv, 195 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188). :
0924171545
9780924171543
Gesellschaften im Wandel : funerarer aufwand und soziale Wirklichkeit im fruhstaatlichen Mespotamien und Agypten anhand von Grabbefunden aus Ur und Kafr Tarkhan /
: 308 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9783447103763
Ur 'of the Chaldees' : a revised and updated edition of Sir Leonard Woolley's Excavations at Ur /
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Revised edition of: Excavations at Ur, 1964. :
272 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index. :
0801415187
9780801415180