Death Rituals, Ideology, and the Development of Early Mesopotamian Kingship: Toward a New Understanding of Iraq's Royal Cemetery of Ur by Cohen, Andrew C.

Death Rituals, Ideology, and the Development of Early Mesopotamian Kingship: Toward a New Understanding of Iraq's Royal Cemetery of Ur (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004146358)

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Death Rituals, Ideology, and the Development of Early Mesopotamian Kingship: Toward a New Understanding of Iraq's Royal Cemetery of Ur by Cohen, Andrew C.

Death Rituals, Ideology, and the Development of Early Mesopotamian Kingship: Toward a New Understanding of Iraq's Royal Cemetery of Ur

$262.00
Death Rituals, Ideology, and the Development of Early Mesopotamian Kingship: Toward a New Understanding of Iraq's Royal Cemetery of Ur by Cohen, Andrew C.

Death Rituals, Ideology, and the Development of Early Mesopotamian Kingship: Toward a New Understanding of Iraq's Royal Cemetery of Ur

$262.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Andrew C. Cohen
ISBN-10: 9004146350
ISBN-13: 9789004146358
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.50w x 0.90d
By Andrew C. Cohen
By Andrew C. Cohen
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Andrew C. Cohen, Ph.D. (2001) in Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College is Senior Analyst at the Cultural Heritage Center in Washington, DC. He has participated in archaeological fieldwork most recently in Turkey and Syria. This is his first book.

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