In his investigation of the expansion of the cult of the “deity of the night” in Anatolia and her relationship with Ištar (Studien zu den Boğazköy-Texten 46, 259-439), J. Miller exposed the complexity of a diachronical analysis of the religious phenomenon represented by the diffusion of local “forms” or “aspects” of Ištar during the late Hittite period. However, many relevant issues concerning the role of the goddess in the Hittite dynastic pantheon, heavily influenced by Ḫurrian beliefs, and her presence in local pantheons, are still to be dealt with. As a case study, the present contribution will focus in particular on the goddess Ištar of Ḫattarina, attested together with the “Kanešite gods” Pirwa and Aškašepa in Muwatalli II’s prayer CTH 381. This unusual association may be derived from the interpretation of a local female deity traditionally defined as MUNUS.LUGAL, “queen” in Hittite local pantheons, as a form of Ištar.
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Titolo del capitolo
Between Adoption and Assimilation: The Case of Ištar of Ḫattarina
Autori
Francesco Giuseppe Barsacchi
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0109-4.08
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Anno di pubblicazione
2023
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© 2023 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Theonyms, Panthea and Syncretisms in Hittite Anatolia and Northern Syria
Sottotitolo del libro
Proceedings of the TeAI Workshop Held in Verona, March 25-26, 2022
Curatori
Livio Warbinek, Federico Giusfredi
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
194
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
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© 2023 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0109-4
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0108-7
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0109-4
Collana
Studia Asiana
ISSN della collana
1974-7837
e-ISSN della collana
2612-808X