Sitting at the Table of the Hittite King
Hittite texts document several ceremonial meals that are mostly set during the celebration of cult festivals. The present essay deals with only two banquets that are particularly interesting with regard to their participants and the food and beverages offered, and with regard to the political aim fo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
[2018]
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Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2018, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 319-329 |
| RelBib Classification: | KBL Near East and North Africa TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East ZC Politics in general |
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| Summary: | Hittite texts document several ceremonial meals that are mostly set during the celebration of cult festivals. The present essay deals with only two banquets that are particularly interesting with regard to their participants and the food and beverages offered, and with regard to the political aim for which they were held. The king, his heir and the most important court dignitaries are the participants in a meal that is described in a long passage of the “Palace Anecdotes”. The heir to the throne is the main guest in the meals set out during the ḫaššumar festival, whereas the other diners are people belonging to different social groups. The two aforementioned banquets share the particularity that wine is not mentioned among the beverages offered to the diners. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-9019 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Die Welt des Orients
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.13109/wdor.2018.48.2.319 |