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Purifying a House from Blood: A Hittite Ritual for the Ancient Gods (CTH 446) - Hardcover

Trameri; Andrea

 
9781948488754: Purifying a House from Blood: A Hittite Ritual for the Ancient Gods (CTH 446)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1948488752 ISBN 13: 9781948488754
Publisher: Lockwood Press, 2022

Synopsis

The Hittite ritual for the Ancient Gods (CTH 446) is one of the most interesting and complex in the Hittite ritual corpus. It describes a series of ritual procedures and recitations to be performed over two days with the goal of cleansing a house contaminated by impurity resulting from bloodshed. Summoned for the task are the Ancient Gods, Netherworld deities of the Hurrian-Hittite tradition. The present study provides an updated critical edition of this remarkable ritual, which is complemented with philological notes and commentary. Additionally, the volume investigates the nature and origins of the composition against the broader background of the Hittite ritual corpus.

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About the Author

Andrea Trameri (PhD, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, 2020) is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Leiden, Netherlands Institute for the Near East. He has also worked in Italy as secondary school professor of Latin, Italian Literature and ancient history. His research interests include Hittite language and philology, history and civilizations of the Mediterranean in the Bronze Age, and Anatolian archaeology.

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Publisher
Lockwood Press
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1948488752
ISBN 13 
9781948488754
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
264