A history of the animal world in the ancient Near East [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Billie Jean Collins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450232303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2002
• ISBN: 1-280-46474-7; 9786610464746; 1-4175-9084-X; 90-474-0091-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (648 p.)
• Collana: Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, Near and Middle East ; ; v. 64 = Handbuch der Orientalistik
• Altri autori (Persone): CollinsBillie Jean
• Disciplina: 304.2/7
• Soggetti: Human-animal relationships - Middle East; Animals in art; Animals in literature; Animals - Religious aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-601) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary material / Billie Jean Collins -- THE NATIVE FAUNA OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST / ALLAN S. GILBERT -- ANIMALS IN ANATOLIAN ART / ANN C. GUNTER -- ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN ART AND HIEROGLYPHS / PATRICK F. HOULIHAN -- ANIMALS IN MESOPOTAMIAN ART / Billie Jean Collins -- ANIMALS IN THE ART OF ANCIENT IRAN / MARGARET COOL ROOT -- ANIMALS IN SYRO-PALESTINIAN ART / ANNIE CAUBET -- ANIMALS IN HITTITE LITERATURE / BILLIE JEAN COLLINS -- ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN LITERATURE / EMILY TEETER -- ANIMALS IN MESOPOTAMIAN LITERATURE / BENJAMIN R. FOSTER -- ANIMALS IN THE LITERATURES OF SYRIA-PALESTINE / ODED BOROWSKI -- ANIMALS IN THE RELIGIONS OF ANCIENT ANATOLIA / BILLIE JEAN COLLINS -- ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN RELIGION / EMILY TEETER -- ANIMALS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION / JOANN SCURLOCK -- ANIMAL SACRIFICE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION / JOANN SCURLOCK -- ANIMALS IN THE RELIGIONS OF SYRIA-PALESTINE / ODED ; BOROWSKI -- HUNTING, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DIET IN ANCIENT EGYPT / DOUGLAS BREWER -- AN ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CULTURAL USE OF MAMMALS IN THE LEVANT / BRIAN HESSE and PAULA WAPNISH -- APPENDIX: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEAR EASTERN ZOOLOGY / ALLAN S. GILBERT -- REFERENCES / Billie Jean Collins -- INDEX / Billie Jean Collins -- HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK / Billie Jean Collins.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is about all aspects of man’s contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.