Ersetzen und Entsühnen : : das mittelhethitische Ersatzritual für den Grosskönig Tutḫalija (CTH *448.4) und verwandte Texte / / Piotr Taracha.

A conspicuous hiatus in literature on Hittite ritual exists on the transfer and substitution techniques or motifs. This is the first full description and analysis of this ritual, and as such provides the readers with an important contribution to our understanding of Hittite religious practice. The H...

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Superior document:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; volume 5
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston ;, Köln : : Brill,, 2000.
Year of Publication:2000
Language:German
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; volume 5.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 307 pages).
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Summary:A conspicuous hiatus in literature on Hittite ritual exists on the transfer and substitution techniques or motifs. This is the first full description and analysis of this ritual, and as such provides the readers with an important contribution to our understanding of Hittite religious practice. The Hittite substitution ritual is here presented making use of much new textual material. It presents the manuscripts with translations and transcriptions of all duplicate texts, an ample glossary of words, full thematic indices, and commentaries. The latter shed light on the linguistic and cultural aspects, the role of chthonic deities, the cult of ancestors of North Syrian origin, etc., thus also defining a history of various purification motifs in Hittite substitution rituals.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [286]-300) and index.
ISBN:9004497404
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Piotr Taracha.