Purifying a House from Blood

Andrea Trameri is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden University.

Preface

Abbreviations

Philological Conventions

Chapter 1: Tablets, Dating, and Palaeography

1.1. Tablets and Archaeological Context

1.2. Dating: Content, Language, and Palaeography

1.3. Conclusions

Chapter 2: Content of the Purification Ritual CTH 446

2.1. Hittite Rituals and the Conception of Purity

2.2. Divine Participants

2.3. The Composite Background of CTH 446 in Historical Context

2.4. Ritual Matter and Goal

2.5. Ritual Structure and Performance

Chapter 3: Text Edition

3.1. Transliteration and Translation

3.2. Philological Notes and Commentary

Chapter 4: CTH 446 in Context: Construction and Content of Hittite Rituals

4.1. Purification Rituals and the Role of the Ancient Gods

4.2. Distinctive Ritual Practices and Formal Components

4.3. Purification Rituals for Buildings

4.4. Symbology of Blood and “Blood Rituals”

4.5. Mythological Content

4.6. Conclusions

Chapter 5: Nature and Goals of CTH 446

5.1. Structure and Content: The “Compilation” Hypothesis

5.2. Discussion

Chapter 6: Is CTH 446 a Literary Text?

6.1. Unicity of CTH?

6.2. CTH 446 in the Pragmatic Context of Hittite Rituals

Glossary

References

Subject Index

Index of Texts Cited

Concordance