Le feste ittite del tuono

The book contains the philological edition of the corpus of Hittite texts currently collected under number 631 of the Catalogue des Textes Hittites by E. Laroche. They constitute the description of religious ceremonies celebrated in connection with the atmospheric phenomenon of thunder, interpreted as a manifestation of the god of the storm, which was the greatest divinity of the Hittite pantheon. The documents of major extension, presented with a transliteration and translation, are accompanied by a philological comment, aimed at highlighting their structure as well as lexical and grammatical peculiarities, and are introduced by an analysis of dating conducted on a palaeographic basis. The minor fragments are presented in transcription and, where possible, in translation. The text discusses the possible attribution of each fragment to the corpus, based on structure and content. The critical edition of the texts is preceded by an introductory chapter in which the nature of thunder-related festivities and their status in the Hittite cultural calendar are discussed

Le feste ittite del tuono : Edizione critica di CTH 631

The book contains the philological edition of the corpus of Hittite texts currently collected under number 631 of the Catalogue des Textes Hittites by E. Laroche. They constitute the description of religious ceremonies celebrated in connection with the atmospheric phenomenon of thunder, interpreted as a manifestation of the god of the storm, which was the greatest divinity of the Hittite pantheon. The documents of major extension, presented with a transliteration and translation, are accompanied by a philological comment, aimed at highlighting their structure as well as lexical and grammatical peculiarities, and are introduced by an analysis of dating conducted on a palaeographic basis. The minor fragments are presented in transcription and, where possible, in translation. The text discusses the possible attribution of each fragment to the corpus, based on structure and content. The critical edition of the texts is preceded by an introductory chapter in which the nature of thunder-related festivities and their status in the Hittite cultural calendar are discussed.Il libro contiene l’edizione filologica del corpus di testi ittiti attualmente raccolti sotto il numero 631 del Catalogue des Textes Hittites di E. Laroche. Essi costituiscono la descrizione di cerimonie religiose celebrate in connessione con il fenomeno atmosferico del tuono, interpretato come manifestazione del dio della tempesta, la massima divinit\ue0 del pantheon ittita. I documenti di maggiore estensione, presentati in traslitterazione e traduzione, sono corredati da un commento filologico, teso a metterne in luce la struttura e le peculiarit\ue0 lessicali e grammaticali, e sono introdotti da una analisi della datazione condotta su base paleografica. I frammenti minori sono presentati in trascrizione e, laddove possibile, in traduzione. Di ciascuno viene discussa la possibile attribuzione al corpus sulla base della struttura e del contenuto. L’edizione critica dei testi \ue8 preceduta da un capitolo introduttivo in cui viene discussa la natura delle feste legate al tuono e la loro posizione nel quadro del calendario cultuale ittita