Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia
Confinement and Control until the First Fall of Babylon
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 2 June 2022
- ISBN 9780192849618
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages216 pages
- Size 221x142x17 mm
- Weight 382 g
- Language English 459
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Short description:
Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia explores the earliest historical evidence related to imprisonment in the history of the world, considering the multifunctional practices of detaining the body in ancient Iraq.
MoreLong description:
Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia explores the earliest historical evidence related to imprisonment in the history of the world. While many historical investigations into prisons have revolved around the important question of punishment, this work moves beyond that more narrow approach to consider the multifunctional practices of detaining the body in ancient Iraq. It is the contention of this book that imprisonment arose out of the desire to control and detain the body in relation to labor. The practice of detainment for coercion became adaptable to a variety of circumstances and goals, which shaped the contexts and practices of imprisonment. With time, religious ideology was attached to imprisonment. In one literary text, a prisoner was refined like silver and given new birth in the prison. The misery of imprisonment gave rise to lament through which a criminal could be ritually purified and restored to a right relationship with their personal god. Beyond this literary perspective, this work reconstructs how imprisonment and religious ideology intersected with the judicial process and explores the evidence related to the reasons behind imprisonment, the treatment of prisoners, and the evidence related to the lengths of their stays.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction
Imprisonment from the Dawn of History to the First Fall of Babylon
Confine and Control: Lexical and Social-Historical Summary
How to End up Imprisoned
Judicial Process and Proof
The Imprisoned Life
The King in the Cage: Ritual Purification and Imprisonment
Conclusion
Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia: Confinement and Control until the First Fall of Babylon
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