Nude Awakenings: Early Dynastic Nude Female Iconography

This article considers the earliest examples of so-called Nude Female iconography that emerged in Mesopotamia in the Early Dynastic period, with a particular focus on the aspects of nudity and gesture. Rather than concluding that these images represent goddesses or concepts such as fertility, the da...

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Main Author: Budin, Stephanie Lynn 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2022
In: Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2022, Volume: 85, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-43
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iconography / Nakedness / Gesture / Gender / Mesopotamia / History 3000 BC-1000 BC
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
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Summary:This article considers the earliest examples of so-called Nude Female iconography that emerged in Mesopotamia in the Early Dynastic period, with a particular focus on the aspects of nudity and gesture. Rather than concluding that these images represent goddesses or concepts such as fertility, the data reveal that in the Early Dynastic period female nudity was no different than male nudity.
ISSN:2325-5404
Contains:Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/718192