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Bronze 'bathtub' coffins in the context of 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite funerary practices / Yasmina Wicks   Author:  Wicks, Yasmina author Title:  Bronze 'bathtub' coffins in the context of 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite funerary practices / Yasmina Wicks Publisher:  Oxford Archaeopress Publishing Ltd [2015] Copyright:  ©2015 Description:  vi, 169 pages illustrations, map 30 cm Series:  Archaeopress archaeology Summary:  "This volume is dedicated to a small number of unique bronze 'bathtub' coffins found in 8th-6th century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite burial contexts. Usually treated as an incidental aspect of the burial process, these fascinating burial receptacles have until now garnered little in the way of academic interest. Here the author takes the opportunity to further explore the coffins, drawing together the widely dispersed information on their archaeological contexts, investigating the method and place of their manufacture, and establishing a possible date range for their production and use. To progress towards an understanding of the bronze 'bathtub' coffin burials within the broader context of regional funerary practices, they are then incorporated into an analysis of Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Elamite funerary ritual and belief. Finally the coffins are placed within the historical framework of these regions' socio-political interaction in an attempt to establish whether they represent a shared funerary tradition. Underpinning this study is the principle that mortuary evidence is the product of intentional behaviour; that the bronze 'bathtub' coffins represent a deliberate choice by the burying group and each would have featured in an emotionally and symbolically charged burial act."--Publisher Bibliography Note:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-143) Contents:  Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Bronze 'Bathtub' Coffins of Mesopotamia and Elam -- Chapter 2: Mortuary Remains of Mesopotamia and Elam -- Chapter 3: Death, the Afterlife and Funerary Ritual in Mesopotamia and Elam -- Chapter 4: Ideological Aspects of the Bronze 'Bathtub' Burials -- Chapter 5: Bronze 'Bathtub' Coffins in Historical Context -- Chapter 6: Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 1: Catalogue of Bronze 'Bathtubs' -- Appendix 2: Nimrud Bronze 'Bathtub' Coffin Grave Good Inventory -- Appendix 3: Texts Subject:  Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Funérailles -- Rites et cérémonies -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 500. Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Bestattung Sarg Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Comparative studies Burial -- Iraq -- History Alter Orient Assyrie Babylonie Elam (Iran) Added Series:  Archaeopress archaeology Catalog Source No.:  (OCoLC)ocn920657061 ISBN:  1784911747 9781784911744 Copy/Holding information Call No. Collection Barcode Status   GT3170.W48 2015 Freer Sackler Main 39088020469946 Checked In Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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