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Title: LUXURY AND LEGITIMATION
ROYAL COLLECTING IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
By: Allison Karmel Thomason, Professor Susan Pearce
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0754602389
ISBN 13: 9780754602385
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Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 28 October, 2005
Series: Perspectives on Collecting
Pages: 272
Description: Utilizing a variety of ancient sources, including cuneiform texts, images and archaeological finds, this book explores how the collecting of luxury objects contributed to the formation of royal identity in one of the world's oldest civilizations, ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq).
Synopsis: Utilizing a variety of ancient sources, including cuneiform texts, images and archaeological finds, Luxury and Legitimation explores how the collecting of luxury objects contributed to the formation of royal identity in one of the world's oldest civilizations, ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Allison Thomason makes a significant and timely contribution to the subjects of collecting and material culture studies by bringing a new understanding to the political, cultural and social institutions of an important pre-Classical, non-Western civilization.
Illustrations: Includes 29 b&w illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Returns: Returnable
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