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In Mesopotamian art, the rod and ring, like the horned helm or crown, are indicators of the depicted being’s divine status. The most famous depiction being that of Shamash, the solar god of justice holding both divine symbols of power before Hammurabi the king on the Code of Hammurabi stele.
The depiction of a deity presenting these items of power to a human indicates the conferring of some divine measure, be it benediction or authority as a divinely-ordained ruler.
The symbols themselves are dated from the Sumerian Renaissance to the Neo-Assyrian periods. Some researchers have suggested that these tools represent a yardstick and a measuring rope – items that would be used to survey a kingdom. The stela of Ur-Namma however, bears an elaborate relief which depicts the ring as a wound cord; it has also been described as a chaplet of beads.
Within the context of this book and those which will follow, the rod and ring serve as the symbols of the gods and the realms in which they inhabit and rule.
Collector’s Edition
Publication date: 2021.
Copies printed: Limited to 309 copies.
Contributors
Illustrated by: Johnny Decker Miller.
Physical Description
Dimensions: 5.25 x 8.5 inches.
Page count: 352 pages.
Illustrative content: Pantone + B&W interior.
Other physical details: Individually hand-numbered and signed by the author Samuel David.
Binding
Binding: (Thick book) Hardbound 100pts, bound in 'Silktouch' Orange/Brown Mottled Bonded Leather. Gold foil blocking on rounded spine and on the cover, as well as Blind Deboss on the cover. Gold 'Swirl' Endpapers. Black & White Headbands.
Paper: Printed on Cougar White 160M archive-quality paper.
Typography: Fine typography.
In Mesopotamian art, the rod and ring, like the horned helm or crown, are indicators of the depicted being’s divine status. The most famous depiction being that of Shamash, the solar god of justice holding both divine symbols of power before Hammurabi the king on the Code of Hammurabi stele.
The depiction of a deity presenting these items of power to a human indicates the conferring of some divine measure, be it benediction or authority as a divinely-ordained ruler.
The symbols themselves are dated from the Sumerian Renaissance to the Neo-Assyrian periods. Some researchers have suggested that these tools represent a yardstick and a measuring rope – items that would be used to survey a kingdom. The stela of Ur-Namma however, bears an elaborate relief which depicts the ring as a wound cord; it has also been described as a chaplet of beads.
Within the context of this book and those which will follow, the rod and ring serve as the symbols of the gods and the realms in which they inhabit and rule.
Collector’s Edition
Publication date: 2021.
Copies printed: Limited to 309 copies.
Contributors
Illustrated by: Johnny Decker Miller.
Physical Description
Dimensions: 5.25 x 8.5 inches.
Page count: 352 pages.
Illustrative content: Pantone + B&W interior.
Other physical details: Individually hand-numbered and signed by the author Samuel David.
Binding
Binding: (Thick book) Hardbound 100pts, bound in 'Silktouch' Orange/Brown Mottled Bonded Leather. Gold foil blocking on rounded spine and on the cover, as well as Blind Deboss on the cover. Gold 'Swirl' Endpapers. Black & White Headbands.
Paper: Printed on Cougar White 160M archive-quality paper.
Typography: Fine typography.