Rhythmische Sprache in den hethitischen Gebeten
Since Güterbock (1951), there has been a long-standing discussion whether the literary style of Hurro-Hittite epics and hymns features a stress-based meter, and if so, which rules it followed. In contrast, Hittite prayers have not been considered so far, in spite of the fact that they are obviously...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
[2019]
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Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2019, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-47 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion KBL Near East and North Africa |
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| Summary: | Since Güterbock (1951), there has been a long-standing discussion whether the literary style of Hurro-Hittite epics and hymns features a stress-based meter, and if so, which rules it followed. In contrast, Hittite prayers have not been considered so far, in spite of the fact that they are obviously based on Mesopotamian tradition and include hymnic parts. In our contribution, we present analyses of several passages of Hittite prayers, both transferred from Mesopotamian sources and indigenous, and claim that large parts of these texts show a stressbased meter, although different from that of the epics and hymns. A double verse contains 3+3 (rarely 4+2 or 2+4) units, identical to the constituents of the clause, with the exception of certain phonologically and/or syntactically clitic items that do not count for meter, in Hittite. Thus, the rules leave no room for optionality. It seems that the meter as featured in Hittite prayers is not a derivative of Mesopotamian practice. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-9019 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Die Welt des Orients
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.13109/wdor.2019.49.1.29 |