From the four corners of the earth: studies in iconography and cultures of the ancient Near East in honour of F.A.M. Wiggermann
Sixteen contributions on cultural history, archaeological and textual remains of the Ancient Near East are devoted to the Assyriologist F.A.M. Wiggermann from Amsterdam. Dining and drinking in ritual, ceremonial and everyday contexts are considered. Black dogs and Seven demons are given attention, a...
| Résumé: | Sixteen contributions on cultural history, archaeological and textual remains of the Ancient Near East are devoted to the Assyriologist F.A.M. Wiggermann from Amsterdam. Dining and drinking in ritual, ceremonial and everyday contexts are considered. Black dogs and Seven demons are given attention, as well as Babylonian whirlwinds, Assyrian crown princes and the origin of maps Frans Wiggermann: a life exploring Assyriology and Archaeology -- A paean petition to a god of death: some comments on a Suilla to Nergal -- Old Babylonian whirlwinds and Sippar -- What's cooking at the Dunnu? Thoughts on an exotic, Steatite-tempered pottery cauldron in the 'kitchen' of Grand Vizier Ili-pada at Middle Assyrian Tell Sabit Abyad, Syria -- Reconsidering the origins of maps in the Near East -- Fermenting vat, childbirth and dreckapotheke: a school incantatory-medical tablet -- Die Kehreite des Sieges -- The iconography of the Late Assyrian Crown Prince -- Civilized men drinking -- The second seal of Kabti-ili-Marduk/Suhaya on a New Egibi land sale contract -- Black Dogs in Mesopotamia and beyond -- Naturgewalt und (Un)heilsmacht. Strukturelle und inhaltliche Uberlegungen zum akkadischen Anzû-Mythos -- Cows, women and wombs: interrelations between texts and images from the ancient Near East -- Ghosts at the table -- On the early history of the Seven Demons (Sebettu) -- Anatolian Hieroglyphs on Hittite clay tablets -- The earliest Indo-Europeans in Anatolia |
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| Description: | Beiträge überwiegend englisch, teilweise deutsch |
| ISBN: | 3868352163 |