The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria by Zainab Bahrani

The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria

Archaeology, Culture, and Society

Zainab Bahrani

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Mesopotamia, the world's earliest literate culture, developed a rich philosophical conception of representation in which the world was saturated with signs. Instead of imitating the natural world, representation--both in writing and in visual imag...

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