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Review of Peter Pfälzner et al., eds., (Re-)Constructing Funerary Rituals in the Ancient Near East (Wiesbaden, 2012)
(2016)
Review of Peter Pfälzner et al., eds., (Re-)Constructing Funerary Rituals in the Ancient Near East (Wiesbaden, 2012)
The hittites serve their gods
(Oxford University Press, 2020-01-01)
In the universe of the Hittites, humans had but a single duty-to serve their deities by providing them with sustenance, praise, and entertainment. This responsibility was organized by the king (T/Labarna), who functioned ...
The ritual of Palliya of Kizzuwatna (CTH 475)
(Brill, 2013-12-01)
An edition of the earliest ritual from Kizzuwatna to be imported into Hittite Anatolia. As such, it is the forerunner of the wave of Hurrian influence that would reshape the Hittite state cult during the empire period ...
Mesopotamians and mesopotamian learning at hattusa, thirty years on
(2019-04-30)
A review of progress in the field of Hittite studies over the past thirty years, with particular attention to contacts between Hatti and Mesopotamia and to the question of the date of the earliest writing in the Hittite language.
The Trials of Tudhaliya IV
(Corum Valiligi, Il Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlügü Yayinlari, 2019)
Interpretation of CTH 123, perhaps a letter, discussing events in the reign of the Hittite king Tudhaliya IV
Bathing the Goddess (CTH 714)
(Eisenbrauns, 2015)
An edition of a Hittite ritual of Hurrian background involving the purification of the goddess Ishtar/Shaushka
review of C. Deglau, Der Althistoriker Franz Hampl zwischen Nationalsozialismus und Demokratie. Kontinuität und Wandel im Fach Alte Geschichte
(2019-02)
A review of a volume examining the career of Prof. Franz Hampl (1910-2000), stressing the value of the book for researchers into university life in German-speaking countries c. 1920—1980.
The Role of Vassal Treaties in the Maintenance of the Hittite Empire
(Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, 2016)
A consideration of the function of formal diplomatic agreements in maintaining the stability of the Hittite imperial structure in Late Bronze Age Western Asia