Selves Engraved on Stone: Seals and Identity in the Ancient Near East, ca. 1415-1050 BCE

Selves Engraved on Stone: Seals and Identity in the Ancient Near East, ca. 1415-1050 BCE

Yalcin, Serdar

Brill

10/2022

310

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Inglês

9789004524576

15 a 20 dias

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Author's Note

Acknowledgements

List of Figures



1 Introduction

?1?Historical Background: The Ancient Near East in the Late Bronze Age



2 Identity as a Theoretical Framework in the Study of Ancient Art

?1?Is Identity a Valid Tool for Studying Ancient Art?

?2?Gender, Community, and Others: Prominent Identities in the Ancient Near East

?3?Constructing Ancient Identities through Material and Visual Culture



3 People Praying on Stone: Identity in Kassite Babylonian Seals, ca. 1415-1155 BCE

?1?Historical Introduction

?2?Babylonian Glyptic during the Kassite Period

?3?Seals and Religious Identity in Kassite Babylonia

?4?Family and Community Relations in Kassite Babylonian Seals

?5?Gender and Seals in Kassite Babylonia

?6?Profession and Institutional Affiliations in Kassite Babylonian Seals

?7?Synopsis



4 Men of the State: Seals as Markers of Distinction in Assyria, ca. 1353-1050 BCE

?1?Historical Introduction

?2?Middle Assyrian Glyptic Tradition from the 14th to the 11th Centuries BCE

?3?Religious Identity in Middle Assyrian Seals

?4?Family and Community Relations in Middle Assyrian Seals

?5?Gender and Representation in Middle Assyrian Seals

?6?Professional and Institutional Affiliations in Middle Assyrian Seals

?7?Synopsis



5 Under the Shadow of the Great Kings: Seals and Identity in Hittite Syria, ca. 1340-1180 BCE

?1?Historical Introduction

?2?Scholarship on the Glyptics of Late Bronze Age Syria

?3?Religious Identity in the Seals from Hittite Syria

?4?Family and Community Relations in the Seals from Hittite Syria

?5?Gender and Representation in the Seals from Hittite Syria

?6?Professional and Institutional Affiliations in the Seals from Hittite Syria

?7?Synopsis



6 Conclusion



Appendix 1: List of Seals and Seal Impressions Discussed in the Text

Bibliography

Index
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Cylinder seals; Hittite Syria; Kassite Babylonia; Middle Assyrian kingdom; community; gender; glyptics; identity; profession; religion