The great adventures of a small God: new evidence for the divine messenger staff huṭāru
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 In this article I edit and discuss two hitherto unpublished texts...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2018
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Iraq
Έτος: 2018, Τόμος: 80, Σελίδες: 139-150 |
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| Σύνοψη: | 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 In this article I edit and discuss two hitherto unpublished texts that shed new light on this little known divine object.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. |
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| ISSN: | 2053-4744 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Iraq
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/irq.2018.6 |