Luxury and Legitimation: Royal Collecting in Ancient Mesopotamia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754602385)

Utilizing a variety of ancient sources, including cuneiform texts, images and archaeological finds, Luxury and Legitimation explores how the collecting of luxury objects contributed to the formation of royal identity in one of the world's oldest civilizations, ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Allison Thomason makes a significant and timely contribution to the subjects of collecting and material culture studies by bringing a new understanding to the political, cultural and social institutions of an important pre-Classical, non-Western civilization.

Author: Allison Karmel Thomason
ISBN-10: 0754602389
ISBN-13: 9780754602385
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2005
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d