The mythology of kingship in Neo-Assyrian art
By: Mehmet-Ali Ataç.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521517904
Subjects: Relief (Sculpture), Ancient -- Assyria; Kings and rulers in art; Art and mythology; Animals in art; Art, Assyro-Babylonian; Palaces -- Assyria; Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian; Assyria -- Antiquities; Assyria -- Kings and rulers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Human and animal ontology in Assyrian art; title: Ashurnasirpal II; title: The anatomy of death; title: Libation and prostration; title: River-crossing : human bodies, inflated animal skins; title: The animal as tribute; title: The liminality of the tributary; title: Congenial contact with animals; title: Tiglath-Pileser III; title: The anatomy of battle; title: Liminality and animal skins; title: On camelback; title: Of cattle and men; title: Proximity, overlap, and analogy in the art of Tiglath-Pileser III; title: Sargon II; title: Hunt or sacrifice?; title: Horse leg or human leg?; title: Animals and gender; title: Sennacherib; title: Body and booty; title: The massacres of Lachish; title: The carnivore and the herbivore; title: Ashurbanipal; title: The hounds of Ashurbanipal; title: Animal, vegetable, mineral; title: pt. 2. Kingship and priesthood in the art of Ashurnasirpal II; title: The king, non-king; title: "La salle dite G"; title: The mixta persona; title: The king and the "sacred tree"; title: The encounter; title: The semantics of sages and Mischwesen in Assyrian art and thought; title: Before the flood; title: Fertilization and purification; title: King the man, the King-Man; title: "Tiamat's brood"; title: The ancient Mesopotamian flood traditions; title: Lord of the netherworld.