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Selves Engraved on Stone: Seals and Identity in the Ancient Near East, ca. 1415–1050 BCE

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Typically carved in stone, the cylinder seal is perhaps the most distinctive art form to emerge in ancient Mesopotamia. It spread across the Near East from ca. 3300 BCE onwards, and remained in use for millennia. What was the role of this intricate object in the making of a person's social identity? As the first comprehensive study dedicated to this question, Selves Engraved on Stone explores the ways in which different but often intersecting aspects of identity, such as religion, gender, community and profession, were constructed through the material, visual, and textual characteristics of seals from Mesopotamia and Syria.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-10-05
Mått155 x 235 x 26 mm
Vikt673 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCulture and History of the Ancient Near East
Antal sidor310
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004524576

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Author’s NoteAcknowledgementsList of Figures1 Introduction1 Historical Background: The Ancient Near East in the Late Bronze Age2 Identity as a Theoretical Framework in the Study of Ancient Art1 Is Identity a Valid Tool for Studying Ancient Art?2 Gender, Community, and Others: Prominent Identities in the Ancient Near East3 Constructing Ancient Identities through Material and Visual Culture3 People Praying on Stone: Identity in Kassite Babylonian Seals, ca. 1415–1155 BCE1 Historical Introduction2 Babylonian Glyptic during the Kassite Period3 Seals and Religious Identity in Kassite Babylonia4 Family and Community Relations in Kassite Babylonian Seals5 Gender and Seals in Kassite Babylonia6 Profession and Institutional Affiliations in Kassite Babylonian Seals7 Synopsis4 Men of the State: Seals as Markers of Distinction in Assyria, ca. 1353–1050 BCE1 Historical Introduction2 Middle Assyrian Glyptic Tradition from the 14th to the 11th Centuries BCE3 Religious Identity in Middle Assyrian Seals4 Family and Community Relations in Middle Assyrian Seals5 Gender and Representation in Middle Assyrian Seals6 Professional and Institutional Affiliations in Middle Assyrian Seals7 Synopsis5 Under the Shadow of the Great Kings: Seals and Identity in Hittite Syria, ca. 1340–1180 BCE1 Historical Introduction2 Scholarship on the Glyptics of Late Bronze Age Syria3 Religious Identity in the Seals from Hittite Syria4 Family and Community Relations in the Seals from Hittite Syria5 Gender and Representation in the Seals from Hittite Syria6 Professional and Institutional Affiliations in the Seals from Hittite Syria7 Synopsis6 ConclusionAppendix 1: List of Seals and Seal Impressions Discussed in the TextBibliographyIndex