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Author	Cohen, Andrew C
Title	Death rituals, ideology, and the development of early Mesopotamian kingship : toward a new understanding of Iraq's royal cemetery of Ur / Andrew C. Cohen
Publish Info	Leiden ; Boston : Brill Academic Publishers, c2005

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U of Akron Bierce DS69.6 .C64 2005 AVAILABLE

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Contents

Ch. 1 Ritual as potentially transformative social action 7

Ch. 2 Death rituals : their structure and stakes 15

Ch. 3 Recovering ritual acts from the textual and archaeological records 27

Ch. 4 Activities of mourning 45

Ch. 5 Activities surrounding the corpse 67

Ch. 6 Activities surrounding the ghost 99

Ch. 7 Death rituals and the royal ideology 117

Ch. 8 Conclusion : ED III death rituals as a locus for negotiating power relations 147

App. A de Genouillac TSA 9 157

App. B Vas 14, 137 161

App. C Dp 75 163

App. D Vessel typology 167

App. E List of Ur graves consulted 221

Description xxi, 244 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Series Studies in ancient magic and divination ; 7

Ancient magic and divination ; 7

Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and indexes

Contents Chronology -- Introduction -- Ritual as potentially transformative social action -- Death rituals, their structure and stakes -- Recovering ritual acts from the textual and archaeological records -- Activities of mourning -- Activities surrounding the corpse -- Activities surrounding the ghost -- Death rituals and the royal ideology -- Conclusion: Death rituals as a locus for negotiating power relations

Subjects Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Iraq -- Ur (Extinct city)

Kingship -- Iraq -- History -- To 1500

Ideology -- Iraq -- History -- To 1500

Ur (Extinct city)

LC NO DS69.6 .C64 2005

Dewey No 393/.0935 22

OCLC # 61260809

ISBN 9004146350 (hc : acid-free paper)

LCCN 2005025167

Ch. 1	Ritual as potentially transformative social action	7
Ch. 2	Death rituals : their structure and stakes	15
Ch. 3	Recovering ritual acts from the textual and archaeological records	27
Ch. 4	Activities of mourning	45
Ch. 5	Activities surrounding the corpse	67
Ch. 6	Activities surrounding the ghost	99
Ch. 7	Death rituals and the royal ideology	117
Ch. 8	Conclusion : ED III death rituals as a locus for negotiating power relations	147
App. A	de Genouillac TSA 9	157
App. B	Vas 14, 137	161
App. C	Dp 75	163
App. D	Vessel typology	167
App. E	List of Ur graves consulted	221