A Sacred Landscape of Sumer: Statuettes from Ur Depicting a Goat on a Tree

The statuettes commonly referred to as “Ram Caught in a Thicket” (2500 BC) may well be associated with what is known from later texts (2nd millennium BC) as the (daily) determining-of-the-fates ritual that occurred at sunrise. Symbolic elements (tree, rosette, leaf, possible mountain), and motifs (q...

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Authors: Miller, Naomi F. (Author) ; Jones, Philip (Author) ; Pittman, Holly 1947- (Author) ; Zettler, Richard L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-47
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sumer / Ur / Figurine / Sun / Aufgang (Astronomy) / Ritual / Landscape / Holiness
IxTheo Classification:AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BC Ancient Orient; religion
Further subjects:B Sumer
B Mesopotamia
B sunrise rituals
B Royal Cemetery of Ur
B Ram Caught in a Thicket
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