Death rituals, ideology, and the development of early Mesopotamian kingship: toward a new understanding of Iraq's royal cemetery of Ur
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Leiden ; Boston
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Brill Academic Publishers
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Studies in ancient magic and divination
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7
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 223-238( and indexes
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Andrew C. Cohen
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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
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، Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient - Iraq Ur )Extinct city(