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Ancient Near East is of particular interest for the study of animal world and its interactions with human species, since it is in this area that, starting from 9th millennium bc, the first examples of animal domestication (after the dog), along with the first texts related to the relationship between men and animals (during the second half of 4th millennium bc), bringing a deeper understanding of those relations already illustrated for the subsequent periods by zooarchaeological remains, artefacts and figurative representations. It is these various sources that make it possible to study this subject, which has been profoundly renewed for several years by various researches on human / animal relations (anthrozoology).