The Routledge handbook of the senses in the ancient Near East /

The Routledge handbook of the senses in the ancient Near East / / edited by Kiersten Neumann and Allison Thomason.

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Superior document:Routledge handbooks
TeilnehmendeR:
Neumann, Kiersten,
Thomason, Allison,
Place / Publishing House:London ;, New York, New York : : Routledge,, [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Routledge handbooks.
Physical Description:1 online resource (771 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Editors' Note
  • Introduction
  • What Is Sensory Studies? The New "Sensory Turn"
  • How Does the Field of Sensory Studies Intersect With the Study of the Ancient Near East?
  • How Is this a New Compilation?
  • The Sections and Chapters in this Volume
  • Note
  • Bibliography
  • Part I Practice, Production, and Taskscapes
  • 1 The Sense of Practice: A Case Study of Tablet Sealing at Nippur in the Ur III Period (C. 2112-2004 BCE)
  • Introduction
  • Learning and Practice
  • Sealing Practices and the Ur III Period
  • The Case of Nippur
  • The Sense of Sealing
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 2 Senses and Textiles in the Eastern Mediterranean: Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages (1550-1100 BCE)
  • Introduction
  • The Sensory Experience of Textile Production
  • Spinning and Weaving
  • Dyes and Dyeing
  • Sensory Experience of Clothing and Textiles
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 3 New Sensory Experiences Through Technological Innovation: The Use and Production of Transparent Drinking Bowls in the ...
  • Introduction
  • Methodological Background
  • Glass and Its Transparency
  • Archaeological Contexts of Transparent Hemispherical Glass Bowls
  • Use
  • Production
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 4 To Touch Upon: A Tactile Exploration of the Apadana Reliefs at Persepolis
  • Introduction
  • The Apadana of Persepolis
  • Touch of the Craftsmen
  • Touch Carved in Stone
  • Curating and Producing Interactions With Art
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 5 Soundscapes and Taskscapes in the Ancient Near East: Interactions and Perceptions
  • Introduction
  • Work and Taskscapes
  • Music and Soundscapes
  • Approaching and Delimiting Work Songs
  • Sensing the Past: an Overview.
  • Ancient Near Eastern Work Songs as Indicators of Multisensoriality
  • The Song of the Millstone
  • The Song of the Plowing Oxen
  • Two Songs to Soothe a Child's Crying
  • Conclusion: Singing at Work in the Ancient Near East
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Part II Dress and the Body
  • 6 Adornment Practices in the Ancient Near East and the Question of Embodied Boundary Maintenance
  • Introduction
  • The Data
  • The Grave Goods
  • The Iconography
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 7 Dress, Sensory Assemblages, and Identity in the Early First Millennium BCE at Hasanlu, Iran
  • Introduction
  • Hasanlu in Period IVb (1050-800 BCE)
  • Assemblages and Phenomena
  • Sensorial Assemblages and Intersubjectivity
  • Senses and Power Dynamics
  • Accumulated Magnificence
  • Pins
  • Finger- and Toe-Rings
  • Head, Neck, and Body Beads
  • Armour Scale Pectorals
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 8 Beyond the Flesh: Sensing Identity Through the Body and Skin in Mesopotamian Glyptic Contexts
  • Introduction
  • Things, Cognition, and the Haptic Sense
  • The Mesopotamian Body: a Sense of the Body, the Divine, and Stone
  • The Mantic Body and Clay
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 9 A Sense of Scale: Proprioception, Embodied Subjectivities, and the Space of Kingship at Persepolis
  • Introduction: Touch, Sight, and Productive Entanglements
  • Performative Inclusion: Mirroring, Reduplication, and Mimetic Slippage
  • Persuasive Stairways: Proprioception and Bodily Interrogation
  • Immanent Encounters: Scale, Mediation, and the Body of the King
  • Conclusions: the Space of Kingship
  • Bibliography
  • Part III Ritualised Practice and Ceremonial Spaces
  • 10 Temple Ritual as Gesamtkunstwerk: Stimulation of the Senses and Aesthetic Experience in a Religious Context
  • Introduction
  • Sight
  • Sound
  • Taste
  • Smell and Touch
  • Kinetics.
  • Gesamtkunstwerk
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 11 Pure Stale Water: Experiencing Jewish Purification Rituals in Early Roman Palestine
  • Introduction
  • Modern Mikva'ot and Western Modernity
  • The Archaeology of Ancient Jewish Ritual Baths
  • Sensing Stepped Pools
  • Getting Wet! Towards a Sensorial Experience of Stepped Pools
  • Changing Settings, Changing Sensorial Experiences
  • Ritual Bath AA209 in the Hasmonean Buried Palace, Jericho
  • The Southern Mikveh, Masada
  • Stepped Pool "Mkv1," Magdala
  • Ritual Bath L1060, Gamla
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 12 Megaliths and Miniatures: Scale and the Senses in the Early Neolithic
  • Introduction
  • Context: the Early Neolithic Period
  • Megaliths
  • Miniatures
  • A Sensory Perspective
  • Bibliography
  • 13 Sensing Salience in the Landscapes of Egyptian Royal Living-Rock Stelae
  • Introduction
  • Sensing the Stelae
  • Egyptian Geologics-and Geoaesthetics
  • Stelae at Konosso Island, Gateway to Egypt
  • Shouting From the Hilltops: the Nauri Decree Stela
  • The Medium Is the Message
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 14 In the Light and in the Dark: Exhibiting Power, Exploiting Spaces in Early and Old Syrian Ebla-an Analysis of the Five ...
  • Introduction
  • In the Light: Exhibiting Power in Early Syrian Ebla
  • In the Dark: Exploiting Spaces in Old Syrian Ebla
  • Who Was There?
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • Bibliography
  • 15 The Ishtar Gate: A Sensescape of Divine Agency
  • Introduction
  • The Affect of Architecture and the Protective Powers of City Gates
  • City Walls and City Gates in Mesopotamia
  • Craftsmanship and the Affect of Monuments
  • Decorating the Walls and Infusing Them With Agency
  • Colour and Affect at Babylon
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 16 The Jerusalem Temple: A Sensory Encounter With the Sacred
  • Introduction
  • Journey to the Temple
  • Musical Performance.
  • Ritual of Sacrifice
  • Aromas of Worship
  • Feasting in Yahweh's Presence
  • Sacred Space and the Dimming of the Senses
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 17 The Ancient Synagogue at Nabratein: The Acoustic Dynamics of Architectural Change
  • Introduction
  • The Ritual of Scripture Reading and Translation
  • The Two Architectural Arrangements of Nabratein Synagogue 1
  • The Acoustics of a Scripture Reader's Or a Scripture Translator's Voice
  • The Acoustics of Synagogue 1a
  • Direct Sound
  • Location 1: the Impact of First Reflections On the Listener in Front of the Scripture Reader
  • Side Reflections, Step 1
  • Side Reflections, Step 2
  • Side Reflections, Step 3
  • Ceiling Reflection: Steps 1 Through 3
  • Location 2: the Impact of First Reflections On the Listener Behind the Scripture Reader
  • Location 3: the Impact of First Reflections On the Listeners to Each Side of the Scripture Reader
  • The Acoustic Zones of the Open-Centre Synagogue, Nabratein Synagogue 1a
  • The Acoustics of Nabratein Synagogue 1b
  • Listener at Four Metres
  • Listener at Seven Metres
  • The Acoustic Character of Nabratein's Pre-Basilical Synagogue, Synagogue 1b
  • Conclusion: From the Open-Centre Synagogue to the Basilica Synagogue
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Part IV Death and Burial
  • 18 Sensing the Ancestors: The Importance of Senses in Constructing Ancestorship in the Ancient Near East
  • Introduction
  • Senses and the Cult of the Ancestors in the Ancient Near East
  • The Power of Touch: Fragmentation, Manipulation, and Decoration of the Human Body as a Proxy for Ancestral Veneration
  • Don't Open That Door! Residential Graves as Locales for Creating a Visual Reference for the Cult of the Ancestors
  • Do You Remember That Smell? Human Decay and the Use of Perfumes for a Sensorial Experience of the Dead Ancestors.
  • Feasting With the Spirits of the Ancestors: Offerings and Lamentations During Postmortem Rituals
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 19 Sensing the Dead in Household Burials of the Second Millennium BCE
  • Introduction
  • Research Questions, Data, and Methodology
  • From Flesh to Bone: the Funerary Sequence Approach
  • Case Study: the Funerary Sequence of Qatna's Royal Hypogeum
  • Pre-interment Phase: Navigating the Burial Chamber
  • Interment Phase: Inhumation and Disturbance
  • Scents and Sensibility
  • Post-interment Phase: Body Curation and Representations
  • Discussion: Corporealities and Sensing the Dead at Qatna
  • Sensing the Dead in Tomb 100 at Megiddo
  • Materializing Mourning: Burial Assemblages
  • Sight and Light
  • Altered Minds
  • Discussion and Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 20 The Smells of Eternity: Aromatic Oils and Resins in the Phoenician Mortuary Record
  • Introduction
  • Death and the Sense of Smell
  • The Phoenician Evidence
  • Smelling in Phoenician?
  • Buried in Myrrh and Bdellium
  • Aromatics in Phoenician Mortuary Contexts
  • Myrrh (Commiphora Myrrha): Phoenician Mr
  • Akkadian Murru
  • Hebrew Môr
  • Greek Σμύρνα
  • Bdellium Or Bdelium (Commiphora Mukul): Phoenician Bdlh
  • Akkadian guḫlu/ budulḫu
  • Hebrew Bedolaḥ
  • Greek Βδέλλιον
  • Cedar (Cedrus Libani): Phoenician ʿṣ (?), Akkadian Erēnu, Hebrew ʿeren/ ʿerez, Greek Κέδρος
  • Other Aromatic Woods
  • Other Oleo-Resins and Scented Oils
  • Smells of Life, Smells of Death
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 21 The Sixth Sense: Multisensory Encounters With the Dead in Roman Egypt
  • Introduction
  • Seeing the Dead: Shrouds and Portraits
  • Sensing the Dead: the Mummified Body
  • Engaging With the Dead: Ritual Interactions
  • Experiencing the Dead: Tombs and Catacombs
  • Death in a New Light: Portraits and Torches
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography.
  • Part V Science, Medicine, and Aesthetics.

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