Selves Engraved on Stone: Seals and Identity in the Ancient Near East, ca. 1415–1050 BCE

Serdar Yalçın, Ph.D. (2014), Columbia University, is Assistant Professor of Ancient and Medieval Art History at Macalester College. He published various articles on seals and identity, and artistic interconnections in the ancient Mediterranean in peer-review journals and edited volumes.

• Author’s NoteAcknowledgementsList of Figures1 Introduction1 Historical Background: The Ancient Near East in the Late Bronze Age2 Identity as a Theoretical Framework in the Study of Ancient Art1 Is Identity a Valid Tool for Studying Ancient Art?2 Gender, Community, and Others: Prominent Identities in the Ancient Near East3 Constructing Ancient Identities through Material and Visual Culture3 People Praying on Stone: Identity in Kassite Babylonian Seals, ca. 1415–1155 BCE1 Historical Introduction2 Babylonian Glyptic during the Kassite Period3 Seals and Religious Identity in Kassite Babylonia4 Family and Community Relations in Kassite Babylonian Seals5 Gender and Seals in Kassite Babylonia6 Profession and Institutional Affiliations in Kassite Babylonian Seals7 Synopsis4 Men of the State: Seals as Markers of Distinction in Assyria, ca. 1353–1050 BCE1 Historical Introduction2 Middle Assyrian Glyptic Tradition from the 14th to the 11th Centuries BCE3 Religious Identity in Middle Assyrian Seals4 Family and Community Relations in Middle Assyrian Seals5 Gender and Representation in Middle Assyrian Seals6 Professional and Institutional Affiliations in Middle Assyrian Seals7 Synopsis5 Under the Shadow of the Great Kings: Seals and Identity in Hittite Syria, ca. 1340–1180 BCE1 Historical Introduction2 Scholarship on the Glyptics of Late Bronze Age Syria3 Religious Identity in the Seals from Hittite Syria4 Family and Community Relations in the Seals from Hittite Syria5 Gender and Representation in the Seals from Hittite Syria6 Professional and Institutional Affiliations in the Seals from Hittite Syria7 Synopsis6 ConclusionAppendix 1: List of Seals and Seal Impressions Discussed in the TextBibliographyIndex