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WhenWritingMetArt THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK When W R I T I N G M E T A R T X From Symbol to Story Denise Schmandt-Besserat universityoftexaspress austin Copyright©2007bytheUniversityofTexasPress Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Firstedition,2007 Requestsforpermissiontoreproducematerial fromthisworkshouldbesentto: Permissions UniversityofTexasPress P.O.Box7819 Austin,TX78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Schmandt-Besserat,Denise. Whenwritingmetart:fromsymboltostory/ DeniseSchmandt-Besserat.—1sted. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn-13:978-0-292-71334-5(cloth:alk.paper) isbn-10:0-292-71334-7(cloth:alk.paper) 1.Writingandart—MiddleEast. 2.Art, Ancient—MiddleEast. I.Title. n72.w75s36 2007 701'.08—dc22 2006009609 (cid:12)Thepaperusedinthisbookmeetstheminimum requirementsofansi/nisoz39.48-1992(r1997) (PermanenceofPaper). Tomyfamily: Jurgen Alex Molly Chris Kathryn Phillip Nicolaus Danielle Mike Cyra Henry Dennis Lily THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction:WritingandArt 1 I HowWritingShapedArt one PotteryPainting 15 two Glyptic 27 three TheUrukVase:SequentialNarrative 41 four WallandFloorPainting 47 II HowArtShapedWriting five FuneraryInscriptions 63 six VotiveandDedicatoryInscriptions 71 seven TheSteleofHammurabi 87 Conclusion:TheInterfacebetweenWritingandArt 101 Notes 107 Bibliography 117 Index 129 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK acknowledgments when writing met art istheoutcomeofaWeeksFellowshipattheStanfordHu- manities Center during the 2003–2004 academic year. I wholeheartedly thank Rev. MartaS.Weeksfortheprivilegeofspendingastudioussabbaticalyearbeneﬁtingfrom thescholarlyatmosphereandremarkableresourcesofStanfordUniversity.Iammost gratefultoJohnBender,directoroftheHumanitiesCenter,andElizabethS.Wahl,as- sociatedirector,whobothhelpedmemakethemostofmyfellowshipinmanyways. AttheUniversityofTexas,IwanttogivespecialthankstoSheldonEkland-Olson, provost,andStephenA.Monti,executivevice-provost,fortheircontinuoussupport overtheyears. Amongthemanyfriendsandcolleagueswhoshowedinterestinmyworkandgave meencouragement,IﬁrstexpressmygratitudetoBarbaraLekisch.Iamindebtedto WolfgangHeimpel,whohelpedwiththetranslationsofSumerianinscriptions.Iam deeplygratefultoWilliamW.HalloandE.J.W.Barber,forthecaretheygaveinre- viewingthemanuscriptandfortheirmostvaluableadvice. ItisnotpossibletoexpressadequateappreciationtoJoanRubin,whohasreadand edited the various drafts of this manuscript and who year after year has helped me tirelesslywithlibraryresearch.Iamdeeplygratefulforhertime,interest,andfriend- ship.The same is true for Ines Rivera-Silva, who has been a faithful and invaluable resourceforpreciousreferences.IalsothankLelaUrquartforherweeklydeliveryof librarybookswhileIwasatStanford.Finally,IthankLeahLeehornforherhelpwith Chapter2. AttheUniversityofTexasPress,IthankJoannaHitchcock,director;JimBurr,spon- soringeditor;andCarolynCatesWylieandMaryLaMotte,editors,fortheircordial professionalism.

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Denise Schmandt-Besserat opened a major new chapter in the history of literacy when she demonstrated that the cuneiform script invented in the ancient Near East in the late fourth millennium BC--the world's oldest known system of writing--derived from an archaic counting device. Her discovery, which

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Denise Schmandt-Besserat opened a major new chapter in the history of literacy when she demonstrated that the cuneiform script invented in the ancient Near East in the late fourth millennium BC--the world's oldest known system of writing--derived from an archaic counting device. Her discovery, which

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