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Patients and performative identities : at the intersection of the Mesopotamian technical disciplines and their clients / edited by J. Cale Johnson with the assistance of Marie Lorenz.
LIBRA DS69.6 .P37 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Rencontre assyriologique internationale (60th : 2014 : Warsaw, Poland)
- Rencontre assyriologique internationale (61st : 2015 : Geneva, Switzerland; Bern, Switzerland)
- Series:
- Rencontre assyriologique internationale.
- Rencontre assyriologique internationale
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Professions--Iraq--History--To 1500.
- Professions.
- Intellectual life.
- History.
- Iraq--Intellectual life.
- Iraq.
- Iraq--Civilization--To 634.
- Civilization.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 192 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : Eisenbrauns, [2020]
- Summary:
- "A collection of essays investigating how Mesopotamian technical specialists interacted with their clients and in doing so forged their social and professional identities"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Between Social History and the Life of the Mind: Professionals and Their Clients in Ancient Mesopotamia / J. Cale Johnson
- ch. 2 Just in Case: Rituals for Entering the Palace or Perversion of Justice / JoAnn Scurlock
- ch. 3 Egalkura and Late Astrology / Marvin Schreiber
- ch. 4 Looking for Clients in the Mesopotamian Ritual Texts / Ulrike Steinert
- ch. 5 The Seer and His Client in the Ritual of Extispicy / Netanel Anor
- ch. 6 Healing in Images and Texts: The Sickbed Scene / Strahil V. Panayotov
- ch. 7 Performative Elements in the Aramaic Magic Bowls / Siam Bhayro.
- Notes:
- This volume consists of papers that were originally delivered at BabMed panels at the 60th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Warsaw (theme: "Fortune and Misfortune") and the 61st Recontre Assyriologique Internationale in Geneva and Bern (theme: "Text and Image").
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781575067438
- 1575067439
- OCLC:
- 1151506802
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