Selves engraved on stone : seals and identity in the ancient Near East, ca. 1415-1050 BCE /
Yalçin, Serdar,
Selves engraved on stone : seals and identity in the ancient Near East, ca. 1415-1050 BCE / Seals and identity in the ancient Near East, ca. 1415-1050 BCE by Serdar Yalçin. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] - pages cm. - Culture and history of the ancient Near East, vol.129 1566-2055 ; .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Typically carved in stone, the cylinder seal is perhaps the most distinctive art form to emerge in ancient Mesopotamia. It spread across the Near East from ca. 3300 BCE onwards, and remained in use for millennia. What was the role of this intricate object in the making of a person's social identity? As the first comprehensive study dedicated to this question, Selves Engraved on Stone explores the ways in which different but often intersecting aspects of identity, such as religion, gender, community and profession, were constructed through the material, visual, and textual characteristics of seals from Mesopotamia and Syria.
9789004524576
2022028538
Seals (Numismatics)--Middle East.
Coins, Ancient--Middle East.
Identity (Psychology)--Middle East.
Signs and symbols--Social aspects--Middle East.
Middle East--Social conditions.
CD5344 / .Y337 2022
737/.6
Selves engraved on stone : seals and identity in the ancient Near East, ca. 1415-1050 BCE / Seals and identity in the ancient Near East, ca. 1415-1050 BCE by Serdar Yalçin. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] - pages cm. - Culture and history of the ancient Near East, vol.129 1566-2055 ; .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Typically carved in stone, the cylinder seal is perhaps the most distinctive art form to emerge in ancient Mesopotamia. It spread across the Near East from ca. 3300 BCE onwards, and remained in use for millennia. What was the role of this intricate object in the making of a person's social identity? As the first comprehensive study dedicated to this question, Selves Engraved on Stone explores the ways in which different but often intersecting aspects of identity, such as religion, gender, community and profession, were constructed through the material, visual, and textual characteristics of seals from Mesopotamia and Syria.
9789004524576
2022028538
Seals (Numismatics)--Middle East.
Coins, Ancient--Middle East.
Identity (Psychology)--Middle East.
Signs and symbols--Social aspects--Middle East.
Middle East--Social conditions.
CD5344 / .Y337 2022
737/.6