Sakralsprache gelöst vom ursprünglichen Kontext? Das Beispiel einer Tafel des hethitischen Monatsfestes
Some of the most extensive Hattian cult recitations are found in KUB 1.17, a tablet belonging to the Hittite Festival of the Month (CTH 591). The obverse of this tablet clearly demonstrates the connection of the Hattian recitations with the Hittite descriptions of ritual activities, since the deity...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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2014
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Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2014, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 301-308 |
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| Summary: | Some of the most extensive Hattian cult recitations are found in KUB 1.17, a tablet belonging to the Hittite Festival of the Month (CTH 591). The obverse of this tablet clearly demonstrates the connection of the Hattian recitations with the Hittite descriptions of ritual activities, since the deity honored by a particular rite is subsequently identified in the appurtenant recitation. In the proposed reconstruction of the reverse of this tablet, however, the Hattian recitations for some deities are in fact far removed from the rites dedicated to those same deities. There, the insertion of rites for a group of deities belonging to the pantheon of Kaneš disrupted the original correspondence between the rites and recitations for Hattian deities. This demonstrates, on the one hand, that the Hittites likely no longer understood the Hattian recitations properly. On the other hand, the recitations - as sacred language - were maintained as a vital element of the festival tradition and as an expression of the Hittites' own cultural identity. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-9019 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Die Welt des Orients
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