The journey of a visual idea: bronze 'bathtub' coffins in Elite Neo-Assyrian, Neo Babylonian and Neo-Elamite funerary contexts

Yasmina Wicks

doi:10.2307/j.ctvc770z3.25

The journey of a visual idea: bronze 'bathtub' coffins in Elite Neo-Assyrian, Neo Babylonian and Neo-Elamite funerary contexts

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Abstract

This paper outlines a small corpus of bronze "bathtub" coffins from Assyria, Babylonia and Elam and contends that their signature combination of U-shaped form and bronze material comprised a "visual idea" recognisable to their respective societies. Furthermore, the interaction of these societies potentially facilitated the transfer of this idea intact.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 9–13 June 2014, Basel
Subtitle of host publication	volume 1: Travelling images: transfer and transformation of visual ideas
Editors	Rolf A. Stucky, Oskar Kaelin, Hans-Peter Mathys
Place of Publication	Weisbaden
Publisher	Harrassowitz Verlag
Pages	281-294
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9783447194785
ISBN (Print)	9783447105873
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc770z3.25
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East - University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Duration: 9 Jun 2014 → 13 Jun 2014

Conference

Conference	9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Abbreviated title	9th ICAANE
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Basel
Period	9/06/14 → 13/06/14

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Wicks, Y. (2016). The journey of a visual idea: bronze 'bathtub' coffins in Elite Neo-Assyrian, Neo Babylonian and Neo-Elamite funerary contexts. In R. A. Stucky, O. Kaelin, & H.-P. Mathys (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 9–13 June 2014, Basel: volume 1: Travelling images: transfer and transformation of visual ideas (pp. 281-294). Harrassowitz Verlag. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc770z3.25

Wicks, Yasmina. / The journey of a visual idea : bronze 'bathtub' coffins in Elite Neo-Assyrian, Neo Babylonian and Neo-Elamite funerary contexts. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 9–13 June 2014, Basel: volume 1: Travelling images: transfer and transformation of visual ideas. editor / Rolf A. Stucky ; Oskar Kaelin ; Hans-Peter Mathys. Weisbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2016. pp. 281-294

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Wicks, Y 2016, The journey of a visual idea: bronze 'bathtub' coffins in Elite Neo-Assyrian, Neo Babylonian and Neo-Elamite funerary contexts. in RA Stucky, O Kaelin & H-P Mathys (eds), Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 9–13 June 2014, Basel: volume 1: Travelling images: transfer and transformation of visual ideas. Harrassowitz Verlag, Weisbaden, pp. 281-294, 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Basel, Switzerland, 9/06/14. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc770z3.25

The journey of a visual idea: bronze 'bathtub' coffins in Elite Neo-Assyrian, Neo Babylonian and Neo-Elamite funerary contexts. / Wicks, Yasmina.
Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 9–13 June 2014, Basel: volume 1: Travelling images: transfer and transformation of visual ideas. ed. / Rolf A. Stucky; Oskar Kaelin; Hans-Peter Mathys. Weisbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2016. p. 281-294.

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Wicks Y. The journey of a visual idea: bronze 'bathtub' coffins in Elite Neo-Assyrian, Neo Babylonian and Neo-Elamite funerary contexts. In Stucky RA, Kaelin O, Mathys HP, editors, Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 9–13 June 2014, Basel: volume 1: Travelling images: transfer and transformation of visual ideas. Weisbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 2016. p. 281-294 doi: 10.2307/j.ctvc770z3.25

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