A history of the animal world in the ancient Near East
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
A history of the animal world in the ancient Near East
（Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, section 1 . The Near and Middle East ; v. 64）
Brill, 2002
Available at / 13 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
“Appendix: Bibliography of Near Eastern zoology": p. [493]-536
Bibliography: p. [537]-601
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is about all aspects of man's contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane.
Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals.
A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.
by "Nielsen BookData"
