Luxury and Legitimation: Royal Collecting in Ancient Mesopotamia

Utilizing a variety of ancient sources, including cuneiform texts, images and archaeological finds, Luxury and Legitimation explores how the collecting of luxury objects contributed to the formation of royal identity in one of the world's oldest civilizations, ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Allison Thomason makes a significant and timely contribution to the subjects of collecting and material culture studies by bringing a new understanding to the political, cultural and social institutions of an important pre-Classical, non-Western civilization.

Author: Allison Karmel Thomason
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/28/2005
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780754602385

About the Author
Allison Karmel Thomason is Associate Professor of History at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA.