Overview

The so-called cult inventories are of fundamental interest for our understanding of the Hittite local cults. They contain lists of temple inventory, offerings and personnel, but they succinctly describe religious festivals as well, and sometimes even offer descriptions of idols. This study contains a text edition of many significant cult inventories, mainly connected with the Hittite 13th-century cult reorganization. It also uses these and other texts to draw a picture of the background and the administrative and geographic aspects of this operation.

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'...this book will be an indispensable acquisition for all centers of Hittite and Near Eastern studies.' Piotr Taracha, Bibliotheca Orientalis, 2004.

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Joost Hazenbos, Ph.D. (1998) studied Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Languages at the University of Amsterdam and received his doctoral degree at the same university in 1998. He works as 'wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter' at the Altorientalisches Institut of the University of Leipzig and his main interest is in the languages and cultures of Preclassic Anatolia.

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