The revival of the Anu cult and the nocturnal fire ceremony at late Babylonian Uruk /

"In The Revival of the Anu Cult and the Nocturnal Fire Ceremony at Late Babylonian Uruk, Julia Krul offers a comprehensive study of the rise of the sky god Anu as patron deity of Uruk in the Late Babylonian period (ca. 480-100 B.C.). She reconstructs the historical development of the Anu cult,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Krul, Julia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, [2018]
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 95.
Subjects:
Anu (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Assyro-Babylonian cults.
Rites and ceremonies > Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
An (Divinité assyro-babylonienne)
Cultes assyro-babyloniens.
Rites et cérémonies > Irak > Ourouk (Ville ancienne)
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Assyro-Babylonian cults
Assyro-Babylonian religion
Cults
Religion
Rites and ceremonies
Erech (Extinct city) > Religious life and customs.
Ourouk (Ville ancienne) > Vie religieuse.
Iraq > Erech (Extinct city)
Iraq
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The historical background of the Anu cult
  • Theological and ideological aspects of the Anu cult
  • The tablet (AO 6460) and the text (TU 41)
  • The ritual's calendrical setting
  • Analysis of TU 41
  • Interpretation of TU 41.

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