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Seals and Sealing Practices in the Near East. Developments in Administration and Magic from Prehistory to the Islamic Period: Proceedings of an Intern
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Series: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, Book 219
IslamAncient EgyptGeneral Middle Eastern History
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ISBN10: 9042926686
ISBN13: 9789042926684
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Oct 15 2012
Pages: 234
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789042926684
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Oct 15 2012
Pages: 234
Language: English
The cultural and historical setting of the Near East provides a uniqueopportunity to study a longer usage of sealing practices inadministration and magic, which extends beyond the constraints of aspecific time period or region. Comparing ancient practices with morerecent ones can offer important insights into the development of sealingpractices and provide answers to specific questions related to thehandling of seals and the social status of the seal bearer.
This collection of papers is the result of the workshop Seals andSealing Practices from Ancient Times until the Present Day. Developmentsin Administration and Magic through Cultures. The meeting was organizedby the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo on December 2-3, 2009, onthe occasion of the annual Cleveringa lecture, delivered by Prof. Dr.Petra Sijpesteijn from the University of Leiden. It had the financialsupport of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Cairo. Since the initiative towards the workshop was taken by staff members ofthe NVIC, the focus was on Egypt but other cultures in the Near East andCentral Asia were also considered. Following up on the workshop, thepresent volume retains the geographical and chronological scope, butadded a few contributions dealing with the Greco-Roman and Byzantineperiods. Glancing at the content, the reader will be struck by thediachronic and spatial persistence of the use of seals foradministrative and other purposes, and by their multi-functionality.Indeed, sealing practices appear to be at least as consistent as writingsystems, from their first appearance to modern times. One of the reasonsfor their success is their ability to adapt to the diverse political, social and cultural pecularities of the multicultural societies at thetime.
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