Abstract
On numerous images from the Early Dynastic to the Neo-Sumerian period men and women are depicted pouring liquids from special vessels. Clearly defined are two spheres: the human banquet, in which men and women are holding drinking vessel offered to them by their servants, and libation scenes showing cult personnel and other persons pouring a libation before their gods. Handwashing, which would have preceded banquets and libations, does not seem to be represented in visual imagery.
Danksagung
Ein besonderer Dank geht an Claudia Suter: Sie hat geduldig und überzeugend vielerlei Fragen in diesem Text mit mir besprochen und so zu wichtigen Verbesserungen beigetragen. Weiterhin hat sie mit größter Genauigkeit und Kritik den Text formal verbessert und ediert. Weiterhin danke ich Aaron Schmit für eine kritische Durchsicht des Manuskripts, die zu einer wesentlichen Straffung des Texts geführt hat.
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- The Power of Human Speech in Hittite Anatolia
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