An edition of Death rituals, ideology, and the development of early Mesopotamian kingship
(2005)
Death rituals, ideology, and the development of early Mesopotamian kingship
toward a new understanding of Iraq's royal cemetery of Ur
by Andrew C. Cohen
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Death rituals, ideology, and the development of early Mesopotamian kingship: toward a new understanding of Iraq's royal cemetery of Ur
2005, Brill Academic Publishers
in English
9004146350 9789004146358
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Table of Contents
Chronology
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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