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American Schools of Oriental Research - ASOR Books

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The Babylonian Entitlement Narûs: A Study in Form and Function
by Kathryn Slanski
In this investigation into the form, function and historical significance of the Babylonian entitlement narûs (steles), the author sheds new light on one of antiquity's most mysterious and elusive classes of artifact. More commonly referred to as kudurrus, these objects first came to the attention of western scholars in 1801 when the explorer Anton Michaux sold a polished black stone that he had discovered near Baghdad to the ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$29.95, Our Price US$9.98

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Desire, Discord and Death: Approaches to Near Eastern Myth
by Neal Walls
The three essays presented in this volume reveal the symbolic complexity and poetic visions of ancient Near Eastern mythology. The author explores the interrelated themes of erotic desire, divine conflict, and death's realm in selected ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian mythological narratives using contemporary methods of literary analysis. Topics include the construction of desire in the Gilgamesh epic, a psychoanalytic approach to 'The ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$59.95, Our Price US$14.98

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One Hundred Years of American Archaeology in the Middle East
edited by Douglas Clark and Victor Matthews
This volume presents an important collection of essays on history and archaeology of the Ancient Middle East, written by the leading scholars in the field. Based on papers presented at the ASOR Centennial Celebration in Washington DC in 2000, these essays provide a useful synthesis of the results of North American excavations in the Middle East region over the past century, and their implications for historical and anthropological research. But ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$35.00, Our Price US$9.98





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