Book contents
- Art and Immortality in the Ancient Near East
- Art and Immortality in the Ancient Near East
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- One The “Investiture” Painting from Mari
- Two The Iconographic Analysis of the Mari Painting
- Three The Flood Myth as Paradigm
- Four The Semantics of the Frame of Running Spirals
- Five Implications of Sacral Time and Eschatology
- Six The “Royal Destiny”: The “Garden Scene” of Ashurbanipal Revisited
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Notes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2018
- Art and Immortality in the Ancient Near East
- Art and Immortality in the Ancient Near East
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- One The “Investiture” Painting from Mari
- Two The Iconographic Analysis of the Mari Painting
- Three The Flood Myth as Paradigm
- Four The Semantics of the Frame of Running Spirals
- Five Implications of Sacral Time and Eschatology
- Six The “Royal Destiny”: The “Garden Scene” of Ashurbanipal Revisited
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Art and Immortality in the Ancient Near East , pp. 183 - 246Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018