The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria (Archaeology, Culture, and Society)
"A passionate and powerful polemic."—Antiquity"Bahrani opens up the field of discourse for the study of ancient Near Eastern art and brings it into dialogue with current disciplinary trends. . . . The book will stimulate further discussion about the nature(s) of Babylonian and Assyrian representation across the disciplinary divides."—Journal of the American Oriental Society"A welcome addition to the study of the ancient Near East. It breaks away from Eurocentric approaches and tries to do justice to Mesopotamian thought, thus shedding new light on the relationship between text and representation. . . . Bahrani's book will become the center of a lively debate."—Bryn Mawr Classical Review