In Remembrance of Me Feasting with the Dead in the Ancient Middle East |
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| Editor:
| Herrmann, Virginia Rimmer
Schloen, J. David |
| Series title: | Oriental Institute Museum Publications |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61491-017-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2014 |
| Publisher: | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.95 |
Book Description:
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This Oriental Institute Museum exhibit catalogue looks at how the living commemorated and cared for deceased ancestors in the ancient Middle East. The focus of the exhibit is the memorial monument (stele) of an official named Katumuwa (ca. 735 BC), discovered in 2008 by University of Chicago archaeologists at the site of Zincirli, Turkey.
This Oriental Institute Museum exhibit catalogue looks at how the living commemorated and cared for deceased ancestors in the ancient Middle East. The focus of the exhibit is the memorial monument (stele) of an official named Katumuwa (ca. 735 BC), discovered in 2008 by University of Chicago archaeologists at the site of Zincirli, Turkey.