Marian H. Feldman, Ph.D. (1998) in History of Art, Harvard University, is Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Diplomacy by Design: Luxury Arts and an ‘International Style’ in the Ancient Near East, 1400-1200 BCE.Jack Cheng, Ph.D. (2001) in History of Art, Harvard University, writes for academic and popular audiences. One of his areas of research is music in Mesopotamia.

Those interested in art history, art theory, and art pedagogy, and those interested in the visual arts, cultural studies, architecture, archaeology, language, and ethnology of Mesopotamia and its surrounding areas.

• TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionJack Cheng and Marian H. Feldman A Personal Perspective on Irene Winter’s Scholarly CareerJohn M. Russell Picturing the Past, Teaching the FutureMichelle I. MarcusBibliography for Irene J. Winter, 1967–2005I. “Seat of Kingship/A Wonder to Behold”: Architectural ContextsA Note on the Nahal Mishmar “Crowns”Irit ZifferUpright Stones and Building Narratives: Formation of a Shared Architectural Practice in the Ancient Near EastÖmür HarmanšahBlurring the Edges: A Reconsideration of the Treatment of Enemies in Ashurbanipal’s ReliefsStephanie Reed II. “Idols of the King”: Ritual ContextsAssyrian Royal Monuments on the Periphery: Ritual and the Making of Imperial SpaceAnn ShaferThe Godlike Semblance of a King: The Case of Sennacherib’s Rock ReliefsTallay Ornan Ceremony and Kingship at CarchemishElif DenelThe Temple and the King: Urartian Ritual Spaces and their Role in Royal IdeologyTuğba Tanyeri-ErdemirIII. “Legitimization of Authority”: Ideological ContextsWorkmanship as Ideological Tool in the Monumental Hunt Reliefs of AssurbanipalJülide AkerDarius I and the Heroes of Akkad: Affect and Agency in the Bisitun ReliefMarian H. FeldmanThe Melammu as Divine Epiphany and Usurped EntityMehmet-Ali AtaçIV. “Sex, Rhetoric and the Public Monument”: Gendered ContextsBetween Human and Divine: High Priestesses in Images from the Akkad to the Isin-Larsa PeriodClaudia E. SuterShulgi-simti and the Representation of Women in Historical SourcesT. M. SharlachThe Lead Inlays of Tukulti-Ninurta I: Pornography as Imperial StrategyJulia Assante V. “Opening the Eyes and Opening the Mouth”: Interdisciplinary ContextsBarley as a Key Symbol in Early MesopotamiaAndrew C. CohenBiblical mělîlot, Akkadian millatum, and Eating One’s FillAbraham Winitzer Self-Portraits of ObjectsJack ChengFrom Mesopotamia to Modern Syria: Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives on Female Adornment during Rites of PassageAmy Rebecca GansellThe Ninety-Degree Rotation of the Cuneiform ScriptBenjamin Studevent-Hickman