Verfasst von:	Yalçın, Serdar [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Selves engraved on stone
Titelzusatz:	seals and identity in the ancient Near East, ca. 1415-1050 BCE
Verf.angabe:	by Serdar Yalçin
Verlagsort:	Leiden ; Boston
Verlag:	Brill
E-Jahr:	2022
Jahr:	[2022]
Umfang:	XVII, 309 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; volume 129
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index ; "This book is the culmination of a long journey that began as a dissertation project at Columbia University in Fall 2009[...] Selves Engraved on Stone is a heavily revised and expanded version of my dissertation" (Acknowledgements)
Hochschulschrift:	Dissertation, Columbia University, 2014
ISBN:	978-90-04-52457-6
Abstract:	"Typically carved in stone, the cylinder seal is perhaps the most distinctive art form to emerge in ancient Mesopotamia. It spread across the Near East from ca. 3300 BCE onwards, and remained in use for millennia. What was the role of this intricate object in the making of a person's social identity? As the first comprehensive study dedicated to this question, Selves Engraved on Stone explores the ways in which different but often intersecting aspects of identity, such as religion, gender, community and profession, were constructed through the material, visual, and textual characteristics of seals from Mesopotamia and Syria"--
DOI:	doi:10.1163/9789004524569
URL:	DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004524569
Schlagwörter:	(g)Alter Orient    / (s)Siegel    / (s)Identität    / (z)Geschichte 1415 v. Chr.-1050 v. Chr.
Dokumenttyp:	Hochschulschrift
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Yalçın, Serdar: Selves engraved on stone. - Leiden : Brill, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 309 Seiten)
RVK-Notation:	NG 2200
K10plus-PPN:	1808439120
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