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Ancient Magic and Divination Ser.: Bodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia : The Diviners of Late Bronze Age Emar and Their Tablet Collection by Matthew Rutz (2013, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBrill
ISBN-109004245677
ISBN-139789004245679
eBay Product ID (ePID)166625862
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXxii, 682 Pages
Publication NameBodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia : The Diviners of Late Bronze Age Emar and Their Tablet Collection
LanguageEnglish
SubjectArchaeology, Ancient, Ancient / Greece, Folklore & Mythology, Ancient & Classical, History, Divination / General
Publication Year2013
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaBody, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Social Science, Literary Collections, History
AuthorMatthew Rutz
SeriesAncient Magic and Divination Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight41 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2012-046969
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number9
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal133.30939433
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
SynopsisIn Bodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia Matthew Rutz investigates how libraries and archives can be used to study ancient diviners, an approach illustrated using one family's cuneiform tablet collection from Emar on the Syrian Euphrates (ca. 1375-1175 BCE)., In Bodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia Matthew Rutz explores the relationship between ancient collections of texts, commonly deemed libraries and archives, and the modern interpretation of titles like 'diviner'. By looking at cuneiform tablets as artifacts with archaeological contexts, this work probes the modern analytical categories used to study ancient diviners and investigates the transmission of Babylonian/Assyrian scholarship in Syria. During the Late Bronze Age diviners acted as high-ranking scribes and cultic functionaries in Emar, a town on the Syrian Euphrates (ca. 1375-1175 BCE). This book's centerpiece is an extensive analytical catalogue of the excavated tablet collection of one family of diviners. Over seventy-five fragments are identified for the first time, along with many proposed joins between fragments.
LC Classification NumberBF1762.R88 2013
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