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There are few studies that deal with an overall treatment of the Hittite administrative system, and various other works on its offices and officials have tended to be limited in scope, focusing only on certain groups or certain time periods. This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the administrative organization of the Hittite state throughout its history (ca. 1650-1180 BCE) with particular emphasis on the state offices and their officials. Bringing together previous works and updating with data recovered in recent years, the study presents a detailed survey of the high offices of the state, a prosopographical study of about 140 high officials, and a theoretical analysis of the Hittite administration in respect to factors such as hierarchy, kinship, and diachronical changes.

Hittites --- History

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This work explores how the Hittite kings ruled a vast network of subject territories and vassal states reaching from the Aegean coast of Anatolia through Syria to the river Euphrates. It looks at how, in the 14th century BC, they became the supreme political power in the Near East.

Hettieten --- Hittieten --- Hittites --- Civilization --- Civilisation --- Hittites. --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Middle East --- Chatti --- Kheta --- Khita --- Indo-Europeans

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The ceremonial centers of the Syro-Hittite city-states (1200-700 BC) were lavishly decorated with large-scale, open-air figurative reliefs - an original and greatly influential artistic tradition that has captivated the imagination of its contemporaries as well as that of modern scholars. This volume explores how Syro-Hittite monumental art was used as a powerful backdrop to important ritual events, and it opens up a new perspective by situating the monumental heritage in the context of large public performances and civic spectacles of great emotional impact. The first part of the volume focuses on the sites of Carchemish and Zincirli, offering a close reading of the relevant archaeological contexts. The second part of the volume discusses the embedment of monumental art in ritual performance and examines how change in art relates to change in ceremonial behavior, and how the latter relates in turn to change in power structures and models of rulership.

Relief (Sculpture), Hittite --- Monuments --- Hittites --- Civilization. --- Hittite relief (Sculpture) --- Historical monuments --- Architecture --- Sculpture --- Historic sites --- Memorials --- Public sculpture --- Statues --- Chatti --- Kheta --- Khita --- Indo-Europeans --- Civilization --- Archeology of Crowds, Visual Communication. --- Assyria. --- Hittites. --- Mesopotamia.

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Hittite culture of the second millennium B.C.E. was strongly influenced by Mesopotamian culture, in part through the mediation of the peripheral cuneiform civilizations of northern Syria, in part through direct contact with Babylonia and Assyria. The text edited here (CTH 718) presents an extreme example of this cultural impact, featuring incantations in the Akkadian language (Hittite babilili) embedded within a ceremony set forth in the Hittite tongue. This ritual program has therefore become known to scholars as the "babilili-ritual." With almost 400 preserved lines, this ceremony is one of the longest religious compositions recovered from the Hittite capital, and there are indications that a significant additional portion has been lost. The divine figure to whom the rite is addressed is Pirinkir, a variety of the well-known Ishtar of Mesopotamia. Its purpose seems to be the elimination of the sins of a member of the royal family. Many of the ritual activities and offering materials employed here are characteristic of the cult practice of the Classical Cilician region known as Kizzuwatna, which was introduced into the central Hittite realm during the final two centuries of the state's existence. Nonetheless, the Akkadian of the incantations is neither the Akkadian employed in the Hurrian-influenced area of Syria and eastern Anatolia nor that otherwise known from the Hittite royal archives; rather, it is closer to the language of the later Old Babylonian period, even if no precise Mesopotamian forerunners can yet be identified.

Hittites --- Akkadian language --- Religion. --- Kizzuwatna (Cilicia) --- Akkadian language. --- Akkadien (langue) --- Religion hittite. --- Accadian language --- Assyrian language --- Assyro-Babylonian language --- Babylonian language --- Semitic languages --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Textes. --- Texts. --- Kizzuwatna (royaume) --- Histoire --- Sources. --- Mythologie hittite --- Temples hittites --- Dieux hittites --- Accadien (langue) --- Assyrien (langue) --- Assyro-babylonien (langue) --- Babylonien (langue) --- Sémitique oriental (langue) --- Akkadien --- Correspondance akkadienne --- Dictionnaires akkadiens --- Emprunts akkadiens --- Glossaires et lexiques akkadiens --- Grammaire comparée --- Hymnes akkadiens --- Incantations akkadiennes --- Incantations assyro-babyloniennes --- Inscriptions akkadiennes --- Littérature assyro-babylonienne --- Noms de personnes akkadiens --- Noms géographiques akkadiens --- Philologie akkadienne --- Langues sémitiques --- Religion --- langue) -- Vocabulaire --- Kizzuwadna (Royaume) --- Kizzuwatna (Royaume) --- Asie Mineure

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This volume deals with the ancient Anatolian textual evidence on dreams. The book starts with a study of the evidence from different perspectives. The second and third parts are of special interest for anthropologists and historians of religion, as they focus on the various shapes and functions allotted to dreams in Hittite Anatolia. The fourth part assembles the Hittite cuneiform texts in which a dream is either described or mentioned. The texts are given in transliteration and translation, with relevant bibliography. This study makes a significant contribution to our understanding of dream conception in the ancient Near East by providing a systematic edition and analysis of the Hittite testimonies.

Antropologische aspecten. --- Dromen. --- Droomuitlegging. --- Hettieten. --- Inscripties. --- Religieuze aspecten. --- Dream interpretation --- Dreams. --- Hittites. --- Dreaming --- Subconsciousness --- Visions --- Sleep --- Chatti --- Kheta --- Khita --- Indo-Europeans --- Analysis, Dream --- Dream analysis --- Dreams --- Interpretation, Dream --- History --- Interpretation