A history of the animal world in the ancient Near East / edited by Billie Jean Collins.

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, Near and Middle East ; v. 64 = Handbuch der Orientalistik
• TeilnehmendeR: Collins, Billie Jean.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 64. Bd.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (648 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary material /; THE NATIVE FAUNA OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST /; ANIMALS IN ANATOLIAN ART /; ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN ART AND HIEROGLYPHS /; ANIMALS IN MESOPOTAMIAN ART /; ANIMALS IN THE ART OF ANCIENT IRAN /; ANIMALS IN SYRO-PALESTINIAN ART /; ANIMALS IN HITTITE LITERATURE /; ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN LITERATURE /; ANIMALS IN MESOPOTAMIAN LITERATURE /; ANIMALS IN THE LITERATURES OF SYRIA-PALESTINE /; ANIMALS IN THE RELIGIONS OF ANCIENT ANATOLIA /; ANIMALS IN EGYPTIAN RELIGION /; ANIMALS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION /; ANIMAL SACRIFICE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION /; ANIMALS IN THE RELIGIONS OF SYRIA-PALESTINE /; HUNTING, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DIET IN ANCIENT EGYPT /; AN ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CULTURAL USE OF MAMMALS IN THE LEVANT /; APPENDIX: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEAR EASTERN ZOOLOGY /; REFERENCES /; INDEX /; HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-601) and index.
• ISBN: 1280464747; 9786610464746; 141759084X; 9047400917
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Billie Jean Collins.

This book is about all aspects of man’s contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.