Mehmet-Ali Ataç
Biographic Data
| ID | 1104611 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mehmet-Ali Ataç |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mehmet-Ali |
| FAMILY NAME | Ataç |
| SIGNATURE | ATAÇ M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Art and Immortality in the Ancient near East
Punishment as Crime
In the art of the ancient Near East, the theme of the ruler trampling a defeated enemy is a commonplace trope. However, this formula is far from politically neutral in underscoring a successful or victorious king, and may be thought to play into a mythical pattern of a rebellious divine being with his own rights and privileges challenging an order established by an authoritarian warrior or ruler god, the chief paradigm for which in ancient Mesopo…
The “Underworld Vision” of the Ninevite intellectual milieu
The Assyrian Netherworld is often depicted in literature as a grim “hell” whose residents are clad like birds, deprived of light, and have soil and clay as their food and sustenance. It is the land of no return, erṣet la târi , “the house which none who enters ever leaves”, reached by a “path that allows no journey back”. In addition to such a dreary “hell,” however, the Assyrian Netherworld should also be understood in its capacity as a locus of…
The "Underworld Vision" of the Ninevite Intellectual Milieu
The Assyrian Netherworld is often depicted in literature as a grim “hell” whose residents are clad like birds, deprived of light, and have soil and clay as their food and sustenance. It is the land of no return, erṣet la târi, “the house which none who enters ever leaves”, reached by a “path that allows no journey back”. In addition to such a dreary “hell,” however, the Assyrian Netherworld should also be understood in its capacity as a locus of …
Punishment as Crime
In the art of the ancient Near East, the theme of the ruler trampling a defeated enemy is a commonplace trope. However, this formula is far from politically neutral in underscoring a successful or victorious king, and may be thought to play into a mythical pattern of a rebellious divine being with his own rights and privileges challenging an order established by an authoritarian warrior or ruler god, the chief paradigm for which in ancient Mesopo…
The “Underworld Vision” of the Ninevite intellectual milieu
The Assyrian Netherworld is often depicted in literature as a grim “hell” whose residents are clad like birds, deprived of light, and have soil and clay as their food and sustenance. It is the land of no return, erṣet la târi , “the house which none who enters ever leaves”, reached by a “path that allows no journey back”. In addition to such a dreary “hell,” however, the Assyrian Netherworld should also be understood in its capacity as a locus of…
The "Underworld Vision" of the Ninevite Intellectual Milieu
The Assyrian Netherworld is often depicted in literature as a grim “hell” whose residents are clad like birds, deprived of light, and have soil and clay as their food and sustenance. It is the land of no return, erṣet la târi, “the house which none who enters ever leaves”, reached by a “path that allows no journey back”. In addition to such a dreary “hell,” however, the Assyrian Netherworld should also be understood in its capacity as a locus of …
Punishment as Crime
In the art of the ancient Near East, the theme of the ruler trampling a defeated enemy is a commonplace trope. However, this formula is far from politically neutral in underscoring a successful or victorious king, and may be thought to play into a mythical pattern of a rebellious divine being with his own rights and privileges challenging an order established by an authoritarian warrior or ruler god, the chief paradigm for which in ancient Mesopo…
Art and Immortality in the Ancient near East
Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (4 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Ancient Near East History (4 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Immortality (3 works) · Law (3 works)