Luxury and legitimation : royal collecting in ancient Mesopotamia / Allison Karmel Thomason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomason, Allison Karmel., author.

Series:

Perspectives on collecting.

Perspectives on Collecting

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collectors and collecting--Iraq--History.

Collectors and collecting.

Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.

Material culture--Iraq.

Material culture.

Social archaeology--Iraq.

Social archaeology.

Iraq--Antiquities.

Iraq.

Iraq--Kings and rulers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

ch. 1. Theoretical underpinnings : towards a definition of collecting

ch. 2. Introduction to Mesopotamian society

ch. 3. Mesopotamian collecting in the third millennium B.C.E.

ch. 4. Mesopotamian collecting in the second millennium B.C.E.

ch. 5. Mesopotamian collecting in the first millennium B.C.E.

ch. 6. Conclusion.

Notes:

First published 2005 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-92113-4

1-315-25013-6

9781315250137

OCLC:

975224116