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Losing One's Head in the Ancient Near East - Interpretation and Meaning of Decapitation (Paperback)
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Losing One's Head in the Ancient Near East - Interpretation and Meaning of Decapitation (Paperback)
Series: Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East
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In the Ancient Near East, cutting off someone's head was a unique
act, not comparable to other types of mutilation, and therefore
charged with a special symbolic and communicative significance.
This book examines representations of decapitation in both images
and texts, particularly in the context of war, from a
trans-chronological perspective that aims to shed light on some of
the conditions, relationships and meanings of this specific act.
The severed head is a "coveted object" for the many individuals who
interact with it and determine its fate, and the act itself appears
to take on the hallmarks of a ritual. Drawing mainly on the
evidence from Anatolia, Syria and Mesopotamia between the third and
first millennia BC, and with reference to examples from prehistory
to the Neo-Assyrian Period, this fascinating study will be of
interest not only to art historians, but to anyone interested in
the dynamics of war in the ancient world.
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