Luxury and Legitimation : Royal Collecting in Ancient Mesopotamia

Name: Luxury and Legitimation
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780754602385
Price: 30950 KES
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ISBN: 9780754602385

by Allison Karmel Thomason

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Format Hardback

Book Series Perspectives on Collecting

ISBN-10 0754602389

ISBN-13 9780754602385

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 28th, 2005

Print length 272 Pages

Weight 544 grams

Product Classification: General & world history Ancient history: to c 500 CE Cultural studies Cultural studies Anthropology General and world history Ancient history

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Utilizing a variety of ancient sources, including cuneiform texts, images and archaeological finds, this book explores how the collecting of luxury objects contributed to the formation of royal identity in one of the world's oldest civilizations, ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq).

Utilizing a variety of ancient sources, including cuneiform texts, images and archaeological finds, Luxury and Legitimation explores how the collecting of luxury objects contributed to the formation of royal identity in one of the world''s oldest civilizations, ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Allison Thomason makes a significant and timely contribution to the subjects of collecting and material culture studies by bringing a new understanding to the political, cultural and social institutions of an important pre-Classical, non-Western civilization.

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