In the ancient Mesopotamia, the creation of the divine statue was a com- plex process that required deep cultic knowledge and technical skills. Since the statue was not only the image of a god or a goddess, but the very essence of him/her, and the effigy itself was endowed with agency, its creation in- volved a unitary presence of deities, cultic officers, and craftsmen. Hence, this paper aims to provide an overview of the divine and human entities that were involved in the creation of the god statue in the light of the Neo-As- syrian cuneiform sources, including rituals, prayers, royal inscriptions, and correspondence.

Artigiani divini e umani nella costruzione della statua di culto in Mesopotamia / Ceravolo, Marinella; Pacelli, Flavia. - In: STUDI E MATERIALI DI STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI. - ISSN 0393-8417. - 1:87(2021), pp. 209-221.

Artigiani divini e umani nella costruzione della statua di culto in Mesopotamia

Marinella Ceravolo;Flavia Pacelli
2021

Abstract

In the ancient Mesopotamia, the creation of the divine statue was a com- plex process that required deep cultic knowledge and technical skills. Since the statue was not only the image of a god or a goddess, but the very essence of him/her, and the effigy itself was endowed with agency, its creation in- volved a unitary presence of deities, cultic officers, and craftsmen. Hence, this paper aims to provide an overview of the divine and human entities that were involved in the creation of the god statue in the light of the Neo-As- syrian cuneiform sources, including rituals, prayers, royal inscriptions, and correspondence.
2021
cult statue; Neo-Assyrian craftsmanship; ummânu; mīs pî ritual; artisans; statua di culto; artigianato neo-assiro; ummânu; rituale mīs pî; artigiani
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Artigiani divini e umani nella costruzione della statua di culto in Mesopotamia / Ceravolo, Marinella; Pacelli, Flavia. - In: STUDI E MATERIALI DI STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI. - ISSN 0393-8417. - 1:87(2021), pp. 209-221.
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