AU - Schmandt-Besserat,Denise TI - When writing met art: from symbol to story SN - 9780292713345 AV - N72.W75 S361 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Austin PB - University of Texas Press KW - Art, Ancient KW - Middle East KW - Writing and art N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-127) and index; Introduction : Writing and art -- How writing shaped art. -- Pottery painting -- Glyptic --The Uruk vase : sequential narrative -- Wall and floor painting -- How art shaped writing -- Funerary inscriptions -- Votive and dedicatory inscriptions -- The stele of Hammurabi -- Conclusion : the interface between writing and art ER -