The Politics of Ritual Change: The Zukru Festival in the Political History of Late Bronze Age Emar

In The Politics of Ritual Change, John Thames explores the intersection of ritual and politics in the zukru festival texts from Emar and suggests a new understanding of the Hittite Empire's relationship to northern Syria in the 13th century BCE.

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Main Author: Tracy Thames, Jr (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Boston BRILL 2020
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Series/Journal:Harvard Semitic Monographs
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520 |a In The Politics of Ritual Change, John Thames explores the intersection of ritual and politics in the zukru festival texts from Emar and suggests a new understanding of the Hittite Empire's relationship to northern Syria in the 13th century BCE. 
520 |a Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Abbreviations for Texts from Emar and Its Vicinity -- Tables -- Part 1 The City of Emar and Its zukru Rituals -- Chapter 1 Introduction to the City of Emar -- 1 Archaeological Excavations at Tell Meskeneh -- 2 The Archives of Emar -- 3 Emar's Scribal Distinctions -- Chapter 2 The zukru Ritual: The City's Offering to Dagan -- 1 Texts and Translations: Emar 375+ 397 + 401 + 428 + 448* + 449* -- 1.1 Text A: Textual and Philological Notes -- 1.2 Text B: Textual and Philological Notes -- 1.3 Text C: Textual and Philological Notes -- 1.4 Text D: Textual and Philological Notes -- 2 The zukru Ritual of the City of Emar -- 3 Gods and Humans in the zukru Ritual -- 4 The Performance of the zukru Ritual -- 4.1 Dagan on Parade: The Processional Rites -- 4.2 "They Will Smash Their Clods" -- 4.3 Between the sikkānu-stones: The zukru's Sacred Space -- 4.4 Anointing the Stones with Blood and Oil -- 4.5 Performing the Glorification Ceremonies -- 4.6 Donations to the Gods -- 4.7 Politics and Food: Feasting in the zukru Ritual -- 4.8 Emar 375+: Two Interconnected Rituals? -- 4.9 The Interval Between Shorter zukru Performances -- 4.10 Copying Rituals -- Chapter 3 The zukru Festival: Expansion of Local Traditions -- 1 Texts and Translations: Emar 373 + 374 + 376 + 424 + 425 + DercksenKaskal No. 3 -- 1.1 Textual and Philological Notes -- 2 The zukru Ritual in Its Festival Version -- 3 zukru Festival Divinity -- 3.1 The Deities of the Palace -- 3.2 The Completeness of zukru Divinity -- 4 The Ritual Transaction: Donations to the Gods -- 5 The Sponsors of the zukru Festival -- 5.1 The nupuḫannū-men -- 5.2 The zirāti-men -- 6 The Provisioning of the zukru Festival -- 6.1 Animal Offerings: Prestige in Quantity and Quality -- 6.2 Offerings of Foodstuff: Underlying Indications of Hittite Involvement. 
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