Ruin Hills at the Threshold of the Netherworld: The Tell in the Conceptual Landscape of the Ba'al Cycle and Ancient Near Eastern Mythology

In the Ba'al Cycle's description of the threshold separating the realms of the dead from that of the living, the key reference point is described as "the two tells (at) the boundary of the netherworld" (CAT 1.4 viii, 4). The specific word used to described both topographical feat...

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Main Author: Suriano, Matthew J. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2012
In: Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2012, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 210-230
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