Irene J. Winter, Ph.D. (1973), Columbia University, New York, is William Dorr Boardman Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University. Her first degree was in Anthropology (Barnard College); her MA in Near Eastern Studies (University of Chicago), her PhD in Art History and Archaeology. Not surprisingly, her extensive publications have tended to be inter-disciplinary in nature.

• Chapter Sixteen- After the Battle is Over: The Stele ofthe Vultures and the Beginning of Historical Narrative inthe Art of the Ancient Near East Chapter Seventeen- Eannatum and the “King of Kiš”?:Another Look at the Stele of the Vultures and“Cartouches” in Early Sumerian Chapter Eighteen- Women in Public: The Disk ofEnheduanna, the Beginning of the Office of En-Priestess,and the Weight of Visual Evidence Chapter Nineteen- Sex, Rhetoric, and the PublicMonument: The Alluring Body of Naram-Sîn of Agade Chapter Twenty- Tree(s) on the Mountain: Landscapeand Territory on the Victory Stele of Naram-Sînof Agade Chapter Twenty-One- How Tall was Naram-Sîn’s VictoryStele? Speculation on the Broken Bottom Chapter Twenty-Two- The Body of the Able Ruler: Towardan Understanding of the Statues of Gudea Chapter Twenty-Three- ‘Idols of the King’: Royal Imagesas Recipients of Ritual Action in Ancient Mesopotamia EXPERIENCING ‘ART’ AND ARTIFACTChapter Twenty-Four- Representing Abundance: A VisualDimension of the Agrarian State Chapter Twenty-Five- Reading Ritual in the ArchaeologicalRecord: Deposition Pattern and Function of Two ArtifactTypes from the Royal Cemetery of Ur Chapter Twenty-Six-“Surpassing Work”: Mastery ofMaterials and the Value of Skilled Production in AncientSumer Chapter Twenty-Seven- The Aesthetic Value of Lapis Lazuliin Mesopotamia Chapter Twenty-Eight- Agency Marked, Agency Ascribed:The Affective Object in Ancient Chapter Twenty-Nine- “Seat of Kingship”/“A Wonder toBehold”: The Palace as Construct in the Ancient Near East Chapter Thirty- Opening the Eyes and Opening theMouth: The Utility of Comparing Images in Worship inIndia and the Ancient Near East Chapter Thirty-One- The Affective Properties of Styles:An Inquiry into Analytical Process and the Inscriptionof Meaning in Art History VIEWING (IN) THE PAST AND THE PRESENTChapter Thirty-Two- The Eyes Have It: Votive Statuary,Gilgamesh’s Axe, and Cathected Viewing in the AncientNear East Chapter Thirty-Three- Babylonian Archaeologists of The(ir)Mesopotamian Past Chapter Thirty-Four- Exhibit/Inhibit: Archaeology, Value,History in the Work of Fred Wilson Chapter Thirty-Five- Change in the American Art Museum:The (An) Art Historian’s Voice Chapter Thirty-Six- Packaging the Past: The Benefitsand Costs of Archaeological Tourism