Water in Ancient Anatolian Religions: An Archaeological and Philological Inquiry on the Hittite Evidence

Erbil, Yiğit; Mouton, Alice

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“…According to some recent studies, Hittite elites would not have invested so many material and human resources in the realisation of these works if they could not have used 15 For a recent examination of some of the stone structures mentioned in Hittite texts, see Mora et al 2017;see, also, Mora, Balza 2010;Balza, Mora 2011 for some general considerations on the subject. 16 On the sanctity of Hittite landscape see, among recent works, Erbil, Mouton 2012;Beckman 2013;Harmanşah 2014 and, with references to previous literature; Archi 2015; Hawkins 2015; Payne 2018. 17 On the importance and the role of water and water structure in Hittite cult, see Erbil, Mouton 2012.…”

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Administrative Practices and Political Control in Anatolian and Syro-Anatolian Polities in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE

Mora

2023

Studia Asiana

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This volume originates from a research project, which was funded within the PRIN program Writing Uses: Transmission of Knowledge, Administrative Practices and Political Control in Anatolian and Syro-Anatolian Polities in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE. The project involved ‘research units’ from different Italian universities (Torino, Pavia, Bologna, Firenze, Napoli - Suor Orsola Benincasa). The papers presented here, seek to fill some gaps in our knowledge of the Hittite Empire and its epigones, and offer an updated picture of some aspects of the Hittite and post-Hittite administration in Anatolia and Syria through the analysis and interpretation of epigraphic and archaeological evidence.

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“…30 For the possible interpretations of the monument, seeBittel 1953;Orthmann 1964;Kohlmeyer 1983; Ehringhaus 2005: 50 ff. ;Erbil, Mouton 2012;Bachmann 2017.…”

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Administrative Practices and Political Control in Anatolian and Syro-Anatolian Polities in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE

Mora

2023

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The Water Cult and Conservation in India

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Behera

2023

Indigenous and Local Water Knowledge, Values and Practices

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Celestial Aspects of Hittite Religion, Part 2: Cosmic Symbolism at Yazilikaya

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Krupp

Demirel

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Evidence of systematic astronomical observation and the impact of celestial knowledge on culture is plentiful in the Bronze Age societies of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Europe. An interest in astral phenomena is also reflected in Hittite documents, architecture and art. The rock-cut reliefs of 64 deities in the main chamber of Yazilikaya, a Hittite rock sanctuary associated with Hattusa, the Hittite capital in central Anatolia, can be broken into groups marking days, synodic months and solar years. Here, we suggest that the sanctuary in its entirety represents a symbolic image of the cosmos, including its static levels (earth, sky, underworld) and the cyclical processes of renewal and rebirth (day/night, lunar phases, summer/winter). Static levels and celestial cyclicities are emphasised throughout the sanctuary – every single relief relates to this system. We interpret the central panel with the supreme deities, at the far north end of Chamber A, as a reference to the northern stars, the circumpolar realm and the world axis. Chamber B seems to symbolise the netherworld.

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Water in Ancient Anatolian Religions: An Archaeological and Philological Inquiry on the Hittite Evidence

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Administrative Practices and Political Control in Anatolian and Syro-Anatolian Polities in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE

Administrative Practices and Political Control in Anatolian and Syro-Anatolian Polities in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE

The Water Cult and Conservation in India

Celestial Aspects of Hittite Religion, Part 2: Cosmic Symbolism at Yazilikaya

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