Envisioning the past through memories how memory shaped ancient Near Eastern societies edited by Davide Nadali.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nadali, Davide, editor.

Series:

Cultural memory and history in antiquity ; Volume 3.

Cultural memory and history in antiquity v. iii

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory--Middle East--History.

Collective memory.

Middle East--Civilization--To 622.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury Academic 2016.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Memory is a constructed system of references, in equilibrium, of feeling and rationality. Comparing ancient and contemporary mechanisms for the preservation of memories and the building of a common cultural, political and social memory, this volume aims to reveal the nature of memory, and explores the attitudes of ancient societies towards the creation of a memory to be handed down in words, pictures, and mental constructs. Since the multiple natures of memory involve every human activity, physical and intellectual, this volume promotes analyses and considerations about memory by focusing on various different cultural activities and productions of ancient Near Eastern societies, from artistic and visual documents to epigraphic evidence, and by considering archaeological data. The chapters of this volume analyse the value and function of memory within the ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian societies, combining archaeological, textual and iconographical evidence following a progression from the analysis of the creation and preservation of both single and multiple memories, to the material culture (things and objects) that shed light on the impact of memory on individuals and community

Contents:

Preserving the memory of the mythical origins : the king's role between tradition and innovation / by Paolo Matthiae

The emergence of writing and the construction of cultural memory in Egypt / by Federico Contardi

Community and individuals : how memory affects public and private life in the ancient Near East / by Davide Nadali

Embodying the memory of the royal ancestors in western Syria during the third and second millennia BC : the case of Ebla and Qatna / by Nicola Laneri

The historical memory of the late bronze age in the neo-Assyrian palace reliefs / by Mehmet-Ali Ata

Prioritized presence : rulers' images in the neo-Assyrian palace as devices of elite ideological memory / by Amy Gansell

The many falls of Babylon and the shape of forgetting / by Seth Richardson

War remembrance narrative : negotiation of memory and oblivion in the Mesopotamian art / by Silvana Di Paolo

From ancient Egypt to the Mississippi Delta : a comparative approach to cultural memory and forgetting / by Martin Bommas

Acknowledgements

Illustrations

Introduction, by Davide Nadali

1. Preserving the Memory of the Mythical Origins: The King's Role Between Tradition and Innovation, by Paolo Matthiae

2. The Emergence of Writing and the Construction of Cultural Memory in Egypt, by Federico Contardi

3. Community and Individuals: How Memory Affects Public and Private Life in the Ancient Near East, by Davide Nadali

4. Embodying the Memory of the Royal Ancestors in Western Syria during the Third and Second Millennia BC: The Case of Ebla and Qatna, by Nicola Laneri

5. The Historical Memory of the Late Bronze Age in the Neo-Assyrian Palace Reliefs, by Mehmet-Ali Ataç

6. Prioritized Presence: Rulers' Images in the Neo-Assyrian Palace as Devices of Elite Ideological Memory, by Amy Gansell

7. The Many Falls of Babylon and the Shape of Forgetting, by Seth Richardson

8. War Remembrance Narrative: Negotiation of Memory and Oblivion in the Mesopotamian Art, by Silvana Di Paolo

9. From Ancient Egypt to the Mississippi Delta: a comparative approach to Cultural Memory and Forgetting, by Martin Bommas

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references

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ISBN:

9781474223997

1474223990

9781474223980

1474223982

9781474223973

1474223974

OCLC:

948748725