Patients and Performative Identities
At the Intersection of the Mesopotamian Technical Disciplines and Their Clients
The missing piece in so many histories of Mesopotamian technical disciplines is the client, who often goes unnoticed by present-day scholars seeking to reconstruct ancient disciplines in the Near East over millennia. The contributions to this volume investigate how Mesopotamian medical specialists interacted with their patients and, in doing so, forged their social and professional identities. The chapters in this book explore rituals for success at court, the social classes who made use of such rituals, and depictions of technical specialists on seal impressions and in later Greco-Roman iconography. Several essays focus on Egalkura: rituals…
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- ISBN: 978-1-57506-743-8
- EAN: 9781575067438
- Produktnummer: 32856600
- Verlag: Eisenbrauns
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 204 S.
- Masse: H26.0 cm x B18.3 cm x D1.5 cm 591 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 591
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