Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 620 pages)
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9789047400912
Series Statement:
Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, Near and Middle East v. 64 =
Content:
Preliminary material /Billie Jean Collins -- THE NATIVE FAUNA OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST /ALLAN S. GILBERT -- ANIMALS IN ANATOLIAN ART /ANN C. GUNTER -- ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN ART AND HIEROGLYPHS /PATRICK F. HOULIHAN -- ANIMALS IN MESOPOTAMIAN ART /Billie Jean Collins -- ANIMALS IN THE ART OF ANCIENT IRAN /MARGARET COOL ROOT -- ANIMALS IN SYRO-PALESTINIAN ART /ANNIE CAUBET -- ANIMALS IN HITTITE LITERATURE /BILLIE JEAN COLLINS -- ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN LITERATURE /EMILY TEETER -- ANIMALS IN MESOPOTAMIAN LITERATURE /BENJAMIN R. FOSTER -- ANIMALS IN THE LITERATURES OF SYRIA-PALESTINE /ODED BOROWSKI -- ANIMALS IN THE RELIGIONS OF ANCIENT ANATOLIA /BILLIE JEAN COLLINS -- ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN RELIGION /EMILY TEETER -- ANIMALS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION /JOANN SCURLOCK -- ANIMAL SACRIFICE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION /JOANN SCURLOCK -- ANIMALS IN THE RELIGIONS OF SYRIA-PALESTINE /ODED BOROWSKI -- HUNTING, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DIET IN ANCIENT EGYPT /DOUGLAS BREWER -- AN ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CULTURAL USE OF MAMMALS IN THE LEVANT /BRIAN HESSE and PAULA WAPNISH -- APPENDIX: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEAR EASTERN ZOOLOGY /ALLAN S. GILBERT -- REFERENCES /Billie Jean Collins -- INDEX /Billie Jean Collins -- HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK /Billie Jean Collins.
Content:
This book is about all aspects of man’s contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-601) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004121269
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe History of the animal world in the ancient Near East Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789047400912
