bookbestseller Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Rita Dolce, "Losing One's Head in the Ancient Near East: Interpretation and Meaning of Decapitation "English | ISBN: 0367593556 | 2020 | 92 pages | EPUB | 5 MBIn the Ancient Near East, cutting off someone's head was a unique act, not comparable to other types of mutilation, and therefore charged with a special symbolic and communicative significance. This book examines representations of decapitation in both images and texts, particularly in the context of war, from a trans-chronological perspective that aims to shed light on some of the conditions, relationships and meanings of this specific act. The severed head is a "coveted object" for the many individuals who interact with it and determine its fate, and the act itself appears to take on the hallmarks of a ritual. Drawing mainly on the evidence from Anatolia, Syria and Mesopotamia between the third and first millennia BC, and with reference to examples from prehistory to the Neo-Assyrian Period, this fascinating study will be of interest not only to art historians, but to anyone interested in the dynamics of war in the ancient world.Read moreRapidGatorhttps://rg.to/file/71e004da434601708319da4719ab7756/tp2x6.7z.htmlTakeFilehttps://takefile.link/nmngn991fnj1/tp2x6.7z.htmlFileaxahttps://fileaxa.com/7hjxmwd1pcw7/tp2x6.7zFikperhttps://fikper.com/WlwbAut81U/tp2x6.7z.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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