RT Article
T1 The great adventures of a small God: new evidence for the divine messenger staff huṭāru
JF Iraq
VO 80
SP 139
OP 150
A1 Kleber, Kristin 1973-
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1677900539
AB The messenger staff Huṭāru was a non-anthropomorphic deity in the Neo-Babylonian Eanna temple of Uruk that also had a practical function: it served as a symbol of authority of the goddess Ištar during the collection of taxes and dues. In this article I edit and discuss two hitherto unpublished texts that shed new light on this little known divine object. Furthermore, I suggest its identification with the “Doppellöwenkeule”, a ceremonial mace with animal protomes that is represented alone or carried by Ištar on seals and terracotta plaques from the Old and Neo-Babylonian periods.
DO 10.1017/irq.2018.6