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Sacred Landscapes of Hittites and Luwians : proceedings of the International Conference in honour of Franca Pecchioli Daddi, Florence, February 6th-8th, 2014 / edited by Anacleto D'Agostino, Valentina Orsi, Giulia Torri.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Summary language: English Series: Studia Asiana ; 9Publication details: Firenze : Firenze University Press ; 2015.Description: x, 158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9788866559030
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL2370.H5, S23 2014
Contents:
1. Foreword / Anacleto D’Agostino, Valentina Orsi, Giulia Torri – 2. Per Franca / Alfonso Archi – 3. Hittite Monuments and Their Sanctity / John David Hawkins – 4. Hittite Religous Landscapes / Alfonso Archi – 5. Some Hurrian Cult Centres North of the Taurus and the Travels of Queen / Massimo Forlanini – 6. Adapting the Rite to Time and Space: The Hittite Meteorological Ceremonies / Francesco G. Barsacchi – 7. The Veneration of Lamma of Taurisa and the Discrepancies Between Versions of the An.Tah.Sum Festival / Niccolo Galmarini – 8. Looking for Ziplanda. The Hittite Names of Kussaray and Kaletepe / Piotr Taracha – 9. Die Ausgrabungen in Der Unterstadt Von Hattusa (2009-2014): Erste Vorlaufige Ergebnisse / Andreas Schachner – 10. Planning a Sacred Landscape. Examples From Sarissa and Hattusa / Andreas Müller-Karpe – 11. The Sacred Landscape of Sarissa / Gernot Wilhelm – 12. The Religious Significance and Sacredness of the Hittite Capital City Sapinuwa / Aygül Süel – 13. The Sacred City of Hittites: Sapinuwa. The New Excavations / Mustafa Süel – 14. Building Rituals Attested at the Bronze Age Settlement of Salat Tepe, Demonstrating Luvian, Hurrian and Hittite Rituals in the Upper Tigris Region / Ayşe Tuba Ökse – 15. Religion and Propoganda Under the Great Kings of Karkemis / Alessandra A. Gilbert.
Summary: Known from the Old Testament as one of the tribes occupying the Promised Land, the Hittities were in reality a powerful neighbouring kingdom: highly advanced in political organization, administration of justice and military genius; with a literature inscribed in cuneiform writing on clay tablets; and with a rugged and individual figurative art... Newly revised and updated, this classic account reconstructs a complete and balanced picture of Hittite civilization, using both established and more recent sources.
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1. Foreword / Anacleto D’Agostino, Valentina Orsi, Giulia Torri – 2. Per Franca / Alfonso Archi – 3. Hittite Monuments and Their Sanctity / John David Hawkins – 4. Hittite Religous Landscapes / Alfonso Archi – 5. Some Hurrian Cult Centres North of the Taurus and the Travels of Queen / Massimo Forlanini – 6. Adapting the Rite to Time and Space: The Hittite Meteorological Ceremonies / Francesco G. Barsacchi – 7. The Veneration of Lamma of Taurisa and the Discrepancies Between Versions of the An.Tah.Sum Festival / Niccolo Galmarini – 8. Looking for Ziplanda. The Hittite Names of Kussaray and Kaletepe / Piotr Taracha – 9. Die Ausgrabungen in Der Unterstadt Von Hattusa (2009-2014): Erste Vorlaufige Ergebnisse / Andreas Schachner – 10. Planning a Sacred Landscape. Examples From Sarissa and Hattusa / Andreas Müller-Karpe – 11. The Sacred Landscape of Sarissa / Gernot Wilhelm – 12. The Religious Significance and Sacredness of the Hittite Capital City Sapinuwa / Aygül Süel – 13. The Sacred City of Hittites: Sapinuwa. The New Excavations / Mustafa Süel – 14. Building Rituals Attested at the Bronze Age Settlement of Salat Tepe, Demonstrating Luvian, Hurrian and Hittite Rituals in the Upper Tigris Region / Ayşe Tuba Ökse – 15. Religion and Propoganda Under the Great Kings of Karkemis / Alessandra A. Gilbert.

Known from the Old Testament as one of the tribes occupying the Promised Land, the Hittities were in reality a powerful neighbouring kingdom: highly advanced in political organization, administration of justice and military genius; with a literature inscribed in cuneiform writing on clay tablets; and with a rugged and individual figurative art... Newly revised and updated, this classic account reconstructs a complete and balanced picture of Hittite civilization, using both established and more recent sources.

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