Purifying a house from blood: a Hittite ritual for the ancient gods (CTH 446)
Manuscripts, dating, and palaeography. Tablets and archaeological context -- Dating: content, language, and palaeography -- Conclusions -- Content of the purification ritual CTH 446. Hittite rituals and the conception of purity -- Divine participants -- The composite background of CTH 446 in histori...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Columbus, GA
Lockwood Press
[2022]
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Trameri, Andrea, Purifying a house from blood : a Hittite ritual for the ancient gods (CTH 446)] (2023) (Hutter, Manfred, 1957 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cultic purity
/ Purification ritual
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| Further subjects: | B
Hittite language Texts
B Hittites Rites and ceremonies B Purity, Ritual |
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Manuscripts, dating, and palaeography. Tablets and archaeological context -- Dating: content, language, and palaeography -- Conclusions -- Content of the purification ritual CTH 446. Hittite rituals and the conception of purity -- Divine participants -- The composite background of CTH 446 in historical context -- Ritual matter and goal -- Ritual structure and performance -- Text edition. Transliteration and translation -- Philological notes and commentary -- CTH 446 in context: construction and content of Hittite rituals. Purification rituals and the role of the ancient gods -- Distinctive ritual practices and formal components -- Purification rituals for buildings -- Symbology of blood and "blood rituals" -- Mythological content -- Conclusions -- Nature and goals of CTH 446. Structure and content: the "compilation" hypothesis -- Discussion -- Is CTH 446 a literary text?. Unicity of CTH 446? -- CTH 446 in the pragmatic context of Hittite rituals. "The present study provides an updated philological edition of the Hittite ritual for the ancient gods (CTH 446) with transliteration, transcription, and English translation. In addition to the updated critical edition, which is complemented with philological notes and commentary, this work provides a comprehensive study of this important ritual text. The introduction to the text (part 1) presents a paleographic analysis and a brief overview of the content and the main topics of interest for a reading. Part 2 offers a detailed philological commentary. Part 3 discusses in greater detail some distinctive aspects of this composition in the broader context of the Hittite ritual corpus"-- |
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| Item Description: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (master's degree)--Università di Pavia, 2012 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1948488752 |