Luxury And Legitimation: Royal Collecting In Ancient Mesopotamia (Perspectives on Collecting)
Book Details
Author(s)
Allison Karmel Thomason
Publisher
Ashgate Pub Co
ISBN / ASIN
0754602389
ISBN-13
9780754602385
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#4,359,698
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Description
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).
