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LEADER: 01606cam a22003134a 4500
001 2005025167
003 DLC
005 20060601074202.0
008 050830s2005 ne a b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005025167
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050 00 $aDS69.6$b.C64 2005
082 00 $a393/.0935$222
100 1 $aCohen, Andrew C.
245 10 $aDeath rituals, ideology, and the development of early Mesopotamian kingship :$btoward a new understanding of Iraq's royal cemetery of Ur /$cAndrew C. Cohen.
260 $aLeiden ;$aBoston :$bBrill Academic Publishers,$cc2005.
300 $axxi, 244 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aStudies in ancient magic and divination ;$v7
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and indexes.
505 0 $aChronology -- Introduction -- Ritual as potentially transformative social action -- Death rituals, their structure and stakes -- Recovering ritual acts from the textual and archaeological records -- Activities of mourning -- Activities surrounding the corpse -- Activities surrounding the ghost -- Death rituals and the royal ideology -- Conclusion: Death rituals as a locus for negotiating power relations.
650 0 $aFuneral rites and ceremonies, Ancient$zIraq$zUr (Extinct city)
650 0 $aKingship$zIraq$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aIdeology$zIraq$xHistory$yTo 1500.
651 0 $aUr (Extinct city)
830 0 $aAncient magic and divination ;$v7.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005025167.html