The nature of the administration of sacred time in Hittite Anatolia represents a complex problem, which has received little attention until recent years. This paper provides an overview of the topic, reconsidering the Hittite religious calendar as a whole and analysing some of the main issues connected with the Hittite calendrical system, such as the problem of the beginning of the year, the lunar nature of the Hittite month and the alleged existence of a system of intercalation.
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Chapter Title
The Administration of Sacred Time in Hittite Anatolia
Authors
Francesco Giuseppe Barsacchi
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0042-4.07
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Publication Year
2023
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Book Title
Administrative Practices and Political Control in Anatolian and Syro-Anatolian Polities in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE
Editors
Clelia Mora, Giulia Torri
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Number of Pages
216
Publication Year
2023
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© 2023 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0042-4
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0041-7
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0042-4
Series Title
Studia Asiana
Series ISSN
1974-7837
Series E-ISSN
2612-808X