Death Rituals, Ideology, And the Development of Early Mesopotamian Kingship - 9789004146358
Un libro in lingua di Cohen Andrew C. edito da Brill Academic Pub, 2005
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Based on his dissertation from 2001, this book by Cohen (anthropology, Brandeis U.) describes death rituals in Southern Mesopotamia from about 2900 to 2350 B.C.E. He argues that these rituals and their related ideology influenced the rise of kings at a time when temple administrators ruled. He discusses the impact of ritual on power relations, and the textual and archaeological evidence he gathered about rituals relating to mourners, corpses, and ghosts from descriptions of burials in the Royal Cemetery of Ur. One of the appendices contains extensive illustrations of vessel typology. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Death Rituals, Ideology, And the Development of Early Mesopotamian Kingship
- Sottotitolo: Toward a New Understanding of Iraq's Royal Cemetery of Ur
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Cohen Andrew C.
- Editore: Brill Academic Pub
- Collana: Brill Academic Pub (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 11 Gennaio '05
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Iraq Ur (Extinct city Kingship Iraq History To 1500 Ideology Iraq History To 1500
- Pagine: 244
- Dimensioni mm: 247 x 171 x 19
- ISBN-10: 9004146350
- EAN-13: 9789004146358