Hittite local cults
This English translation of the Hittite cult inventories provides a vivid glimpse of the religion, economy, and administration of Bronze Age provincial towns and villages of the Hittite Empire. These texts report the state of local shrines and festivals and document the interplay between central power and provincial communities on religious affairs. Brief introductions to each text make the volume accessible to both students and scholars.
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- Full title :Hittite local cults / by Michele Cammarosano.
Summary
This English translation of the Hittite cult inventories provides a vivid glimpse of the religion, economy, and administration of Bronze Age provincial towns and villages of the Hittite Empire. These texts report the state of local shrines and festivals and document the interplay between central power and provincial communities on religious affairs. Brief introductions to each text make the volume accessible to both students and scholars.
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- Publication Date:℗♭2018.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):SBL Press
- Place of Publication:Atlanta
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:℗♭2018.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxi, 310 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781628372151, 162837215X, 9780884143130, 0884143139, 9780884143147 (ebook), 0884143147 (ebook)
- oclc:on1132235909
- LC Classification:BL2370.H5
- Dewey Decimal:299/.199
Table of Contents
Local cults & cult management : the Hittite cult inventories -- Palaeography, orthography, and language -- Gods and cult images -- The festivals -- Economics of the local cults : offerings and participants -- Text editions.
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