Publication

1991 - Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

75,500 words, Guess

Page Count

302 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number91060344
  • Goodreads4389831
  • WikidataQ26309935
  • LibraryThing8147036

Classifications

  • DDC299/.199
  • LCCBL2370.H5 M36 1991

Description

The author discusses tutelary deities, who play a rather prominent role in the Hittite state cult ceremonies. The book includes critical editions and discussions of all the festival texts that describe festivals devoted primarily or exclusively to tutelary deities. One of these festivals involves a kind of theological exercise in naming all of the possible tutelary deities, and another involves the replacing of an old cult image with a new one. In addition to the festivals for tutelary deities, their role in the cult in general is discussed in a comprehensive chapter.

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Series Statement

  • Assyriological studies,

Other Editions

  • The Hittite State Cult of the Tutelary DeitiesPaperbackOriental Institute of the University of Chicago1991-01-01

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