The standards of Mesopotamia in the third and fourth millennia BCE : an iconographic study / Renate Marian van Dijk-Coombes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

van Dijk-Coombes, Renate M., author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Orientalische Religionen in der Antike ; 52.

Orientalische Religionen in der Antike, 1869-0513 ; 52

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq--Civilization--To 634.

Iraq.

Iraq--Antiquities.

Idols and images--Iraq--History--To 1500.

Idols and images.

Standards, Religious--Iraq--History--To 1500.

Standards, Religious.

Standards, Military--Iraq--History--To 1500.

Standards, Military.

Antiquities.

Civilization.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xv, 429 pages : black-and-white illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2023]

Summary:

"Depictions of standards form a fundamental part of the visual repertoire of ancient Mesopotamia. These depictions can offer great insight into the thought world of the peoples with which they are associated, because different standards were associated with different deities, and could be found in multiple contexts. In this book, Renate Marian van Dijk-Coombes examines the standards which are represented in the visual culture of the third and fourth millennia BCE, covering the Uruk, Early Dynastic, Akkadian and Neo-Sumerian periods. She analyses each of the different standards, how they looked, what they symbolised and the context(s) in which they were found. In addition, developments and changes in the representation of these standards are traced across the periods under discussion.Depictions of standards form a fundamental part of the visual repertoire of ancient Mesopotamia. These depictions can offer great insight into the thought world of the peoples with which they are associated, because different standards were associated with different deities, and could be found in multiple contexts. In this book, Renate Marian van Dijk-Coombes examines the standards which are represented in the visual culture of the third and fourth millennia BCE, covering the Uruk, Early Dynastic, Akkadian and Neo-Sumerian periods. She analyses each of the different standards, how they looked, what they symbolised and the context(s) in which they were found. In addition, developments and changes in the representation of these standards are traced across the periods under discussion."--Publisher.

Contents:

General Introduction

The Uruk Period (4000-2900 BCE)

The Early Dynastic Period (2900-2334 BCE)

The Akkadian Period (2334-2150 BCE)

The Neo-Sumerian Period (2157-2004 BCE)

Summaries, analyses and conclusions.

Notes:

Revised thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Stellenbosch, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-416) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9783161614651

3161614658

OCLC:

1378006056

Publisher Number:

9783161614651