RT Book, Section
T1 Hittite open-air cult places and their relation to the community
A1 Arroyo Cambronero, Ana
AB There are only two sites in ancient Ḫatti that can be confidently identified as open- air cult places and that are, directly or indirectly, related to festivals (EZEN[4]):2 Yazılıkaya and the Šuppitaššu complex.3 Eflatun Pınar might also be included in this group on the basis of its characteristics, iconography, pottery finds and indi- rect textual evidence. The three of them are located close to a settlement and are linked to it by means of a road, but who was allowed access to these cult places? Was it possible to enter them on a specific occasion, such as during a festival? If that is the case, was the community allowed to participate in the festival? This article organizes the available archaeological, iconographical and textual data to explore to what extent these questions can be answered at the present state of the research.
PB Zaphon
SN 978-3-96327-188-5
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/128294
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/128294
LA eng
NO Arroyo, A. (2022). Hittite Open-Air Cult Places and their Relation to the Community During Festivals. In A. Arroyo, R. Da Riva, & C. Debourse (Eds.), Ceremonies, Feasts and Festivities in Ancient Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean World: Performance and Participation: Proceedings of the 11th Melammu Workshop, Barcelona, 29-31 January 2020 (pp. 13–50). Zaphon Verlag
DS Docta Complutense
RD 4 dic 2025