Materiality of Writing in Early Mesopotamia 9783110459630, 9783110459623

Materiality of Writing in Early Mesopotamia 9783110459630, 9783110459623

This volume presents recent research on the relationship between the material format of text-bearing artefacts, the text

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The Inscription of Things: Writing and Materiality in Early Modern China 9780231209625, 9780231209632, 9780231558037

Thomas Kelly develops a new account of the relationship between Chinese literature and material culture by examining ins

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Royal Statuary of Early Dynastic Mesopotamia 9781575066516

The corpus of Early Dynastic figurative monuments from ancient Mesopotamia is substantial. For many years, establishing

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Establishing Value: Weight Measures in Early Mesopotamia 9781501510267, 9781501517143

This book explores the reasons for which weights and scales were used to measure goods in Early Mesopotamia (ca. 3,200-2

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Religious Materiality in the Early Modern World 9789048535422

Religious Materiality in the Early Modern World investigates for the first time how seismic religious changes, a dramati

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Establishing Value: Weight Measures in Early Mesopotamia 9781501510267, 9781501517143

This book explores the reasons for which weights and scales were used to measure goods in Early Mesopotamia (ca. 3,200-2

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Writing and Materiality in China: Essays in Honor of Patrick Hanan 0674010981, 9780674010987

Speaking about Chinese writing entails thinking about how writing speaks through various media. In the guises of the wri

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Plague Writing in Early Modern England 9780226294117

During the seventeenth century, England was beset by three epidemics of the bubonic plague, each outbreak claiming betwe

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Death in Mesopotamia

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The Materiality of Terracotta Sculpture in Early Modern Europe [1 ed.] 9781003327462, 9781032355702, 9781032355757

Through meticulously researched case studies, this book explores the materiality of terracotta sculpture in early modern

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