Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Writing and Art 1
5. I How Writing Shaped Art
6. One Pottery Painting 15
7. Two Glyptic 27
8. Three The Uruk Vase: Sequential Narrative 41
9. Four Wall and Floor Painting 47
10. II How Art Shaped Writing
11. Five Funerary Inscriptions 63
12. Six Votive and Dedicatory Inscriptions 71
13. Seven The Stele of Hammurabi 87
14. Conclusion: The Interface between Writing and Art 101
15. Notes 107
16. Bibliography 117
17. Index 129