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A history of the animal world in the ancient Near East / edited by Billie Jean Collins.
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- ISBN: 141759084X
- ISBN: 9781417590841
- ISBN: 9047400917
- ISBN: 9789047400912
- ISBN: 9789004121263
- ISBN: 9004121269
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 620 pages) : illustrations.
- Publisher: Leiden ; Brill, 2002.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-601) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: The Native Fauna; Part II: Animals in Art; Part III: Animals in Literature; Part IV: Animals in Religion; Part V: Studies in the Cultural Use of Animals; Appendix: Bibliography of Near Eastern Zoology; References; Index. |
| Summary: | This title concerns man's contact with the animal world: sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, and domestication. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry reveal a picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. |
| System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
| Action Note: | digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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