2001
Miniature Images of Clay in the Ancient Near East
Series: Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology;
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Product details:
- Publisher The British Academy
- Date of Publication 29 January 2004
- ISBN 9780197262801
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages112 pages
- Size 243x162x5 mm
- Weight 362 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 16pp halftone plates, 1 map 0
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Short description:
These lectures investigate the numerous miniature baked clay images from Canaan, Israel and Judah (c. 1600-600 BC). They constitute vital evidence for the imagery and domestic rituals of ordinary people, but significantly are not explicitly mentioned in the Old Testament. These terracottas are treated as a distinctive phenomenon with roots deep in prehistory and recurrent characteristics across millennia. Attention is focused on whether or not the female representations are worshippers of unknown deities or images of known goddesses, particularly in Early Israelite religion.
MoreLong description:
These lectures investigate the numerous miniature baked clay images from Canaan, Israel and Judah (c. 1600-600 BC). They constitute vital evidence for the imagery and domestic rituals of ordinary people, but significantly are not explicitly mentioned in the Old Testament. These terracottas are treated as a distinctive phenomenon with roots deep in prehistory and recurrent characteristics across millennia. Attention is focused on whether or not the female representations are worshippers of unknown deities or images of known goddesses, particularly in Early Israelite religion.
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Table of Contents:
- In the Beginning: Origins and Originating Questions
- Terracottas in Early Complex Societies: Sumer, Babylonia, Syria, Egypt, and Canaan (c. 3000-1150 BC)
