Losing One's Head in the Ancient Near East (Record no. 5716)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9781351657105 |
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| Source of stock number/acquisition | Taylor & Francis |
| Terms of availability | GBP 42.99 |
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| Personal name | Rita Dolce |
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| Title | Losing One's Head in the Ancient Near East |
| Remainder of title | Interpretation and Meaning of Decapitation |
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| Edition statement | 1 |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Oxford |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 20171215 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 110 p |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Expansion of summary note | In the Ancient Near East, cutting off someone’s head was a unique act, not comparable to other types of mutilation, and therefore charged with a special symbolic and communicative significance. This book examines representations of decapitation in both images and texts, particularly in the context of war, from a trans-chronological perspective that aims to shed light on some of the conditions, relationships and meanings of this specific act. The severed head is a “coveted object” for the many individuals who interact with it and determine its fate, and the act itself appears to take on the hallmarks of a ritual. Drawing mainly on the evidence from Anatolia, Syria and Mesopotamia between the third and first millennia BC, and with reference to examples from prehistory to the Neo-Assyrian Period, this fascinating study will be of interest not only to art historians, but to anyone interested in the dynamics of war in the ancient world. |
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