Chapter Išḫara: One Deity - Many Aspects?
The goddess Išḫara is attested early in cuneiform sources, and her cult can be traced back in all regions of the Ancient Near East over a period of more than 2000 years. From this point of view, it is worthwhile to look at her integration into the Hittite pantheon and try to identify changes and con...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Florence
Firenze University Press
2023
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| Series: | Studia Asiana
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| Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |
| Summary: | The goddess Išḫara is attested early in cuneiform sources, and her cult can be traced back in all regions of the Ancient Near East over a period of more than 2000 years. From this point of view, it is worthwhile to look at her integration into the Hittite pantheon and try to identify changes and continuities in her figure and present some ideas about the circumstances under which the process of integration took place. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (8 p.) |
| ISBN: | 979-12-215-0109-4.14 9791221501094 |
| Access: | Open Access |