A Sacred Landscape of Sumer: Statuettes from Ur Depicting a Goat on a Tree
The statuettes commonly referred to as “Ram Caught in a Thicket” (2500 BC) may well be associated with what is known from later texts (2nd millennium BC) as the (daily) determining-of-the-fates ritual that occurred at sunrise. Symbolic elements (tree, rosette, leaf, possible mountain), and motifs (q...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-47 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sumer
/ Ur
/ Figurine
/ Sun
/ Aufgang (Astronomy)
/ Ritual
/ Landscape
/ Holiness
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| RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Sumer
B Mesopotamia B sunrise rituals B Royal Cemetery of Ur B Ram Caught in a Thicket |
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