RT Book
T1 The revival of the Anu cult and the nocturnal fire ceremony at late Babylonian Uruk
T2 Culture and history of the ancient Near East
JF Culture and history of the ancient Near East
A1 Krul, Julia
LA English
PP Leiden Boston
PB Brill
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1025188071
AB "In The Revival of the Anu Cult and the Nocturnal Fire Ceremony at Late Babylonian Uruk, Julia Krul offers a comprehensive study of the rise of the sky god Anu as patron deity of Uruk in the Late Babylonian period (ca. 480-100 B.C.). She reconstructs the historical development of the Anu cult, its underlying theology, and its daily rites of worship, with a particular focus on the yearly nocturnal fire ceremony at the Anu temple, the Bit Res. Providing the first in-depth analysis of the ceremony, Julia Krul convincingly identifies it as a seasonal renewal festival with an important exorcistic component, but also as a reinforcement of local hierarchical relationships and the elite status of the Anu priesthood"--
AB The historical background of the Anu cult -- Theological and ideological aspects of the Anu cult -- The tablet (AO 6460) and the text (TU 41) -- The ritual's calendrical setting -- Analysis of TU 41 -- Interpretation of TU 41
CN BL1625.A5
SN 9789004364936
K1 Anu (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
K1 Assyro-Babylonian cults
K1 Rites and ceremonies : Iraq : Erech (Extinct city)
K1 Erech (Extinct city) : Religious life and customs
K1 Hochschulschrift