In Remembrance of Me

Name: In Remembrance of Me
Author: Herrmann, Virginia Rimmer
ISBN: 9781614910176

Herrmann, Virginia Rimmer

Language: English

Published by Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, 2014

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Title: In Remembrance of Me
Author: Herrmann, Virginia Rimmer
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Publication year: 2014
Condition: New
Binding: paperback
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1614910170
ISBN 13: 9781614910176
Edition: 1st.
Item weight: 10 ounces
Dimensions: 144x14x187

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.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
List of Contributors
Map of Select Sites
1. Introduction: The Katumuwa Stele and the 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 Excavations of Zincirli. J. David Schloen
3. Katumuwa’s Banquet Scene. Dominik Bonatz
4. The Katumuwa Inscription. Dennis Pardee
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. Religious, Communal, and Political Feasting in the Ancient Middle East. Marian H. Feldman
8. Feasts for the Dead and Ancestor Veneration in Levantine Traditions. Theodore 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
The Katumuwa Stele (Nos. 1-12)
The Soul in the Stone: Effigies of the Dead (Nos. 13-21)
The Banquet in Life and Death (Nos. 22-27)
Dishes for the Dead (Nos. 28-49)
Fast Food: Magical Methods of Provisioning the Dead (Nos. 50-52)
Epilogue: Contemporary Commemorations (Nos. 53-59)
Concordance of Museum Registration Numbers
Checklist of the Exhibit

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