Afterlives of ancient rock-cut monuments in the Near East : carvings in and out of time

This volume gathers articles by archeologists, art historians, and philologists concerned with the afterlives of ancient rock-cut monuments throughout the Near East. Contributions analyze how such monuments were actively reinterpreted and manipulated long after they were first carved. Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Entangled Images: Royal Memory, Posthumous Presence, and the Afterlives of Assyrian Rock Reliefs Chapter 3 Narrating Temporality: Three Short Stories about Egyptian Royal Living-rock Stelae Chapter 4 Forgetting an Empire, Creating a New Order: Trajectories of Rock-cut Monuments from Hittite into Post-Hittite Anatolia, and the Afterlife of the “Throne” of Kızıldağ Chapter 5 A Carving in Antioch: History, Magic, Antiquarianism, Archaeology Chapter 6 Herodotus and Empire: Ancient Near Eastern Monuments and Their Cultural Recycling in Herodotus’ Histories Chapter 7 Sculpting in Time: Rock Reliefs, Inscriptions and the Transformation of Iranian Memory and Identity Chapter 8 Éminences grises: Emergent Antiquities in Seventeenth-Century Iran Chapter 9 Neo-Babylonian Rock Reliefs and the Jewish Literary Imagination Chapter 10 Translatio studii: Stelae Traditions in Second Temple Judaism and Their Legacy in Byzantium Chapter 11 The Long History of an Imaginary Inscription: Josephus’ Two Pillars in Early Modern European Histories of Astronomy "This book concerns the ancient rock-cut monuments carved throughout the Near East, paying particular attention to the fate of these monuments in the centuries after their initial production. As parts of the landscapes in which they were carved, they acquired new meanings in the cultural memory of the people living around them. The volume joins numerous recent studies on the reception of historical texts and artefacts, exploring the peculiar affordances of these long-lasting and often salient monuments. The volume gathers articles by archeologists, art historians, and philologists, covering the entire Near East, from Iran to Lebanon and from Turkey to Egypt. It also analyzes long-lasting textual traditions that aim to explain the origins and meaning of rock-cut monuments and other related carvings"-- Provided by publisher