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      Mãos na argila: notas para uma abordagem da materialidade da escrita cuneiforme Translated title: Hands on clay: notes for an approach to the materiality of cuneiform writing

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          RESUMO Este artigo objetiva compreender a relação entre a materialidade da escrita e a escrita cuneiforme na antiga Mesopotâmia. Inicialmente, discutimos como as abordagens tradicionais aplicadas a textos, a partir do “modelo linguístico” e suas derivações, contribuíram para a desmaterialização da escrita ao priorizar a mensagem escrita em detrimento do material inscrito. Em seguida, debatemos os conceitos de material e materialidade, levando em conta tanto as condições de existência e as propriedades materiais do suporte/objeto, como as relações materiais que fazem com que a escrita se concretize. Por fim, apresentamos dois estudos de caso que consideram a relação entre sujeitos, objetos e ambientes dentro do contexto em que circulam, partindo de abordagens analíticas mais recentes, aplicadas aos estudos de cultura material, que conferem à materialidade um papel ativo nas relações sociais. O primeiro estudo de caso apresenta os tabletes de argila em um contexto preciso de relações administrativas, problematizando a visão de que seriam suportes ou veículos para uma mensagem. Já no segundo, trazemos as possíveis compreensões da relação entre materialidade, texto e imagem em relevos parietais palacianos.

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          ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the relationship between the materiality of writing and the cuneiform writing system in ancient Mesopotamia. To this end, it will first look at the traditional approaches to the analyses of texts, from the “linguistic model” and its derivatives, and how they contributed to the dematerialization of writing by prioritizing the written message over the written material. Then, it will discuss the concepts of material and materiality, considering the conditions for existence and material properties of inscribed objects, as well as the material relations that enable the act of writing. Finally, from more recent analytical approaches in material culture studies that assign a more active role to materiality in structuring social relations, this study examines the relationship between subjects, objects, and the environments in which they are inserted through two case studies. The first one looks at clay tablets in administrative relations, problematizing the understanding of tablets as supports or vehicles for messages. The second case study explores alternatives for conceptualizing the dynamic relationship among materiality, text, and image in palace wall reliefs.

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                Journal
                anaismp
                Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material
                An. mus. paul.
                Museu Paulista, Universidade de São Paulo (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0101-4714
                1982-0267
                2021
                : 29
                : e58
                Affiliations
                [2] São Paulo São Paulo orgnameUniversidade de São Paulo Brazil
                [1] São Paulo São Paulo orgnameUniversidade de São Paulo Brazil
                Article
                S0101-47142021000100822 S0101-4714(21)02900000822
                10.1590/1982-02672021v29e58
                005ca08c-25a0-49a2-abda-4855f694bf94

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 16 April 2021
                : 22 December 2020
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                Estudos de Cultura Material

                Materialidade da escrita,Mesopotamia,Cuneiform,Materiality of writing,Mesopotâmia,Cuneiforme

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