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Death rituals, ideology, and the development of early Mesopotamian kingship : toward a new understanding of Iraq's royal cemetery of Ur
- Title
- Death rituals, ideology, and the development of early Mesopotamian kingship : toward a new understanding of Iraq's royal cemetery of Ur / Andrew C. Cohen.
- Author
- Cohen, Andrew C.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill Academic Publishers, [2005], ©2005.
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- Description
- xxi, 244 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in ancient magic and divination ; 7
- Uniform Title
- Ancient magic and divination ; 7.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-238) and indexes.
- Contents
- Chronology -- Introduction -- Ritual as potentially transformative social action -- Death rituals, their structure and stakes -- Recovering ritual acts from the textual and archaeological records -- Activities of mourning -- Activities surrounding the corpse -- Activities surrounding the ghost -- Death rituals and the royal ideology -- Conclusion: Death rituals as a locus for negotiating power relations.
- ISBN
- 9004146350
- 9789004146358
- LCCN
- 2005025167
- 99967542042
- OCLC
- ocm61260809
- 61260809
- SCSB-5360517
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries