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Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Pages
300

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Subjects
Kings and rulers, Kings and rulers in art, Art, Assyro-Babylonian, Art and mythology, Antiquities, Animals in art, Palaces, Relief (Sculpture), Ancient, Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian, Relief (sculpture), Sculpture, ancient, Art, assyro-babylonian, Mythology, assyro-babylonian, Assyria, antiquities
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Assyria

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Table of Contents

pt. 1. Human and animal ontology in Assyrian art
Ashurnasirpal II
The anatomy of death
Libation and prostration
River-crossing : human bodies, inflated animal skins
The animal as tribute
The liminality of the tributary
Congenial contact with animals
Tiglath-Pileser III
The anatomy of battle
Liminality and animal skins
On camelback
Of cattle and men
Proximity, overlap, and analogy in the art of Tiglath-Pileser III
Sargon II
Hunt or sacrifice?
Horse leg or human leg?
Animals and gender
Sennacherib
Body and booty
The massacres of Lachish
The carnivore and the herbivore
Ashurbanipal
The hounds of Ashurbanipal
Animal, vegetable, mineral
pt. 2. Kingship and priesthood in the art of Ashurnasirpal II
The king, non-king
"La salle dite G"
The mixta persona
The king and the "sacred tree"
The encounter
The semantics of sages and Mischwesen in Assyrian art and thought
Before the flood
Fertilization and purification
King the man, the King-Man
"Tiamat's brood"
The ancient Mesopotamian flood traditions
Lord of the netherworld.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cambridge, New York

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732/.5
Library of Congress
NB80 .A83 2010

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p. cm.
Number of pages
300

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OL24461074M
ISBN 13
9780521517904
LCCN
2009026766
OCLC/WorldCat
424332283

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