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In Remembrance of Me : Feasting with the Dead in the Ancient Middle East / edited by Virginia Rimmer Herrmann and J. David Schloen, with new photography by Anna R. Ressman.

Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Oriental Institute Publications ; 37. | Oriental Institute Publications ; 37. Publication details: Chicago, Illinois : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago c2014.Description: 175 p. : illus. (col.), maps (col.), plans ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 1614910170
  • 9781614910176
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS155.S2 I57 2014
Contents:
1. Introduction : The Katumuwa Stele and Commemoration of the Dead in the Ancient Middle East / Virginia R. Herrmann -- I. The Katumuwa Stele from Zincirli -- 2. The City of Katumuwa : The Iron Age Kingdom of Sam'al and the Excavation of Zincirli / J. David Schloen -- 3. Katumuwa's Banquet Scene / Dominic Bonatz -- 4. The Katumuwa Inscription / Dennis Padee -- 5. The Katumuwa Stele in Archaeological Context / Virginia R. Herrmann -- 6. The Katumuwa Stele in the Context of Royal Mortuary Cult at Sam'al / Herbert Niehr -- II. Feasts for the Dead in the Ancient Middle East -- 7. Religius, Communal, and Political Feasting in the Ancient Middle East / Marian H. Feldman -- 8. Feasts for the Dead and Ancestor Veneration in Levantine Traditions / Thedore J. Lewis -- 9. Death Binds : On some Rites Surrounding Death in Ancient Anatolia / Theo van den Hout -- 10. Dead that are Slow to Depart : Evidence for Ancestor Rituals in Mesopotamia / Karel van der Toorn -- 11. Feasts for the Dead and Ancestor Veneration in Egyptian Tradition / Miriam Müller -- III. Catalog.
Summary: This Oriental Institute Museum exhibit catalog looks at how the living commemorated and cared for deceased ancestors in the ancient Middle East. The focus of the exhibit is the memorial monument (stele) of an official named Katumuwa (ca. 735 BC), discovered in 2008 by University of Chicago archaeologists at the site of Zincirli, Turkey. Part I of the catalog presents the most comprehensive collection of scholarship yet published on the interpretation of the Katumuwa Stele, an illuminating new document of ancestor cult and beliefs about the soul. In Part II, leading scholars describe the relationship between the living and the dead in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, and the Levant (Syria-Palestine), providing a valuable introduction to the family and mortuary religion of the ancient Middle East. The fifty-seven objects cataloged highlight the role of food and drink offerings and stone effigies in maintaining a place for the dead in family life.
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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library DS155.S2, I57 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 10411

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-175)

1. Introduction : The Katumuwa Stele and Commemoration of the Dead in the Ancient Middle East / Virginia R. Herrmann -- I. The Katumuwa Stele from Zincirli -- 2. The City of Katumuwa : The Iron Age Kingdom of Sam'al and the Excavation of Zincirli / J. David Schloen -- 3. Katumuwa's Banquet Scene / Dominic Bonatz -- 4. The Katumuwa Inscription / Dennis Padee -- 5. The Katumuwa Stele in Archaeological Context / Virginia R. Herrmann -- 6. The Katumuwa Stele in the Context of Royal Mortuary Cult at Sam'al / Herbert Niehr -- II. Feasts for the Dead in the Ancient Middle East -- 7. Religius, Communal, and Political Feasting in the Ancient Middle East / Marian H. Feldman -- 8. Feasts for the Dead and Ancestor Veneration in Levantine Traditions / Thedore J. Lewis -- 9. Death Binds : On some Rites Surrounding Death in Ancient Anatolia / Theo van den Hout -- 10. Dead that are Slow to Depart : Evidence for Ancestor Rituals in Mesopotamia / Karel van der Toorn -- 11. Feasts for the Dead and Ancestor Veneration in Egyptian Tradition / Miriam Müller -- III. Catalog.

This Oriental Institute Museum exhibit catalog looks at how the living commemorated and cared for deceased ancestors in the ancient Middle East. The focus of the exhibit is the memorial monument (stele) of an official named Katumuwa (ca. 735 BC), discovered in 2008 by University of Chicago archaeologists at the site of Zincirli, Turkey. Part I of the catalog presents the most comprehensive collection of scholarship yet published on the interpretation of the Katumuwa Stele, an illuminating new document of ancestor cult and beliefs about the soul. In Part II, leading scholars describe the relationship between the living and the dead in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, and the Levant (Syria-Palestine), providing a valuable introduction to the family and mortuary religion of the ancient Middle East. The fifty-seven objects cataloged highlight the role of food and drink offerings and stone effigies in maintaining a place for the dead in family life.

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