Dressing Up for the Gods: Ceremonial Garments in Hittite Cultic Festivals according to the Philological and Archaeological Evidence
Through the combined study of Hittite cuneiform texts and the iconography of Hittite relief vases (Anatolia of the second half of the second millennium BCE), this paper addresses the ceremonial garments of key participants in cultic ceremonies, namely the royal couple, priests and priestesses, as we...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 48-86 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hittites
/ Religious festival
/ Ceremonial garment
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion |
| Further subjects: | B
festival texts
B Iconography B Religion B Cult B relief vases B Hittite |
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