Titre :

Cultic Uses of Wool and Textiles at Emar

Auteur(s) :

Abrahami, Philippe [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Université de Lille

Éditeur(s) ou directeur(s) scientifique(s) :

Salvatore Gaspa (éd.)
Matteo Vigo (éd.)

Titre de l’ouvrage :

Textiles in Ritual and Cultic Practices in the Ancient Near East from the Third to the First Millennium BC

Éditeur :

Ugarit Verlag

Lieu de publication :

Münster

Date de publication :

2019

ISBN :

978-3-86835-187-3

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Religions

Résumé en anglais : [en]

Emar (present-day Meskene) is located in the great bend of the middle Euphrates in northwest Syria.Among the cuneiform tablets originating from the site and its vicinity (around 1200 documents dating to the13th and beginning ...
Lire la suite >Emar (present-day Meskene) is located in the great bend of the middle Euphrates in northwest Syria.Among the cuneiform tablets originating from the site and its vicinity (around 1200 documents dating to the13th and beginning of 12th centuries BC), the ritual texts gives detailed prescriptions related to variouscultic services and festivals. This group of texts sometimes depicts the use of textile and wool by name andcolour and through various actions to be performed in the course of the ceremony (covering / uncoveringthe cult image, tying a thread of red wool on it, dressing the priestess, etc.). The present paper aims tocollect and analyse this set of data.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Commentaire :

Proceedings of an International Workshop in Copenhagen (6th to 7th October 2015)

Collections :

• Histoire Archéologie Littératures des Mondes Anciens (HALMA) - UMR 8164

Source :

Harvested from HAL