PIECING TOGETHER THE CANON OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ART

by using the lion and prey image as indicator

BACKGROUND

1. General Introduction

2. Archaeology and the Rise and Fall of AncNME Civilisations

Goddess As Lioness Chs. 4 & 21 Venus Worship

Piecing Together the Canon of ancient near eastern Art (canea)

By sequencing images next to the Lion & Prey Chs. 1, 17, 18, 22

God as Bull Chs. 3 & 20

3. The domestication of animals in the wild and their cults

4. The half-taming of the cat family and its mythology

CATALOGUES OF EVIDENCE

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5.-12. The Compositional types

SYNTHESES

13. Geographical Spread and Chronological Overview

Distribution in Time and Place Ch.13

The Lion Attacking Bull Image Tradition versus Invention Ch.15

CATALOGUES:

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Art Historical Overview Chs .14 & 16

14. Overview of compositional types and their phasing

15. Observation and Invention versus Tradition in Lion and Bull Imagery

16. Art History of the Amalgamated Catalogue

THE CANON OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ART [CANEA]

17. Piecing together the Ancient Near Eastern Canon

The Iconography of Ancient Astronomy Ch.19

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Sibitti: Ancient Calendars 

3-D Zodiac Sculptures

Archaeology and the rise and fall of AncNME Civilisations Ch.2

Works Displaying the entire CANEA Cycle Ch.17

18. Previous Interpretations

19. The Iconography of Ancient Astronomy

20. The God as Bull

21. The Goddess as Lioness

22. Final Interpretation of the Ancient Near Eastern Canon

        Appendices/Bibliography/Index