First International HFR Symposium
Cult, Temple, Sacred Spaces
Cult Practices and Cult Spaces in Hittite Anatolia and Neighbouring Cultures
3–5 June 2019, Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz
The symposium aims to discuss recent developments regarding the interpretation of philological and archaeological sources from Anatolia and adjacent areas in the second millennium BCE. It focuses on questions concerning the archaeology of temples and other sacred places, differentiation of sacred spaces according to written sources, the organization of festivals with a focus on spatial aspects, participation in festivals, and possibilities of interpretation thanks to insights into the cult practices of areas like Northern Syria, the Levant, Mesopotamia or Egypt.
The planned speakers are Claus Ambos, Francesco Barsacchi, Gary Beckman, Yoram Cohen, Carlo Corti, Rainer Czichon, Stefano de Martino, Meltem Doğan-Alparslan, İlgi Gerçek, Susanne Görke, Nils Heeßel, Thalia Lysen, Andreas Müller-Karpe, Adam Kryszeń, Herbert Niehr, Joachim Friedrich Quack, Andreas Schachner, Charles Steitler, Matthew Susnow, Piotr Taracha and Mark Weeden.
The papers presented at the symposium appeared in print form in Susanne Görke and Charles W. Steitler (eds.). Cult, Temple, Sacred Spaces. Cult Practices and Cult Spaces in Hittite Anatolia and Neighbouring Cultures. Proceedings of the First International HFR Symposium, Mainz, 3–5 June 2019, Studien zu den Boğazköy Texten 66, Wiesbdaden, 2020.
Programme
Mo 3 June 2019
14.00–14.15 h Welcome
14.15–15.45 h Session 1
14.15–15.00 h Joachim Friedrich Quack: Festrituale im Alten Ägypten: ein Überblick mit dem Versuch einer Systematik
15.00–15.45 h Herbert Niehr: Die Ritualtexte aus Ugarit
15.45–16.15 h Coffee break
16.15–17.45 h Session 2
16.15–17.00 h Claus Ambos: Babylonian Temple Rituals of the 1st Millennium BC
17.00–17.45 h Nils P. Heeßel: The King in Ritual Action: The Assyrian Royal Temple Rituals
17.45–18.15 h Coffee break
18.15–19.15 h Evening keynote lecture: Gary M. Beckman: ›He has made the Labarna, the King, his administrator‹: The Role of the Hittite Monarch in Festival Performance
19.15 h Reception
- Tue 4 June 2019
9.15–10.30 h Session 3
9.15–10.00 h Andreas Schachner: Der Große Tempel von Hattuša: der hethitische Tempel par excellence?
10.00–10.30 h Matthew Susnow: House of the Deity: A Perspective from the Bronze Age Southern Levant
10.30–11.00 h Coffee break
11.00–12.30 h Session 4
11.00–11.30 h Meltem Doğan-Alparslan: The Hittite hišuwa- Festival and Its Terminology
11.30–12.00 h Thalia Lysen: A Performative Approach to the Celebration of Hittite Festivals
12.00–12.30 h Mark Weeden and Kimiyoshi Matsumura: Mass Participation in Ritual Activity in Second Millennium BC Anatolia
12.30–14.00 h Lunch break
14.00–15.30 h Session 5
14.00–14.30 h İlgi Gerçek: River Deities and River Rituals in Hittite Anatolia
14.30–15.00 h Adam Kryszeń: In the Footsteps of the Hittites: Topography and Movement in Hittite Festivals
15.00–15.30 h Yoram Cohen: Hittite Cult in Syria: Religious Imperialism or Religious Pluralism?
15.30–16.00 h Coffee break
16.00–17.30 h Session 6
16.00–16.45 h Andreas Müller-Karpe: Kultpersonal und Kulthandlungen in hethitischen Palästen
16.45–17.30 h Rainer M. Czichon: Nerik and Its ›Deep Spring‹
- Wed 5 June 2019
9.00–10.30 h Session 7
9.00–9.30 h Carlo Corti: The Bread of the King: Agricultural Landscape of the Hittite Festival
9.30–10.00 h Francesco Barsacchi: ›The King goes up to the Roof‹: Hittite Nocturnal Rites Performed During the New Moon
10.00–10.30 h Charles W. Steitler: Offerings to the ›loci numinosi‹: Distinctive Features of Sacred Spaces and Cult Practices
10.30–11.00 h Coffee break
11.00–12.30 h Session 8
11.00–11.30 h Piotr Taracha: Remarks on Old Hittite Local Cults: A Spring Festival Celebrated by the Crown Prince in Hanhana and Vicinity (CTH 668)
11.30–12.00 h Susanne Görke: Hatti, Pala und Luwiya: Zu den Kulttraditionen der palaischen Texte aus Hattuša
12.00–12.30 h Conclusion of the conference