Death and Taxes in the Ancient Near East, Lewiston/Queenston

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1994-05-07
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ThiscollectionofthoughtfulandinterestingstudiesbeganasasymposiumheldattheUniversityofTorontoinMarch1991,where,accordingtotheeditor’spreface,severalofthepaperswerepresented.Theprefatorymaterialisfollowedbyninepaperswhich,usingthesomewhatwryheadingof"deathandtaxes"asatakeoffpoint,illuminateawidevarietyoftopicsoverawidegeographicalandchronologicalrange.Thestudiesdealwithaspectrumofculturalremains,encompassingtexts,art,archaeologicalandarchitecturalmaterials;theyrangeinapproachfromvery"down-to-