Title: “Sources of Egyptian Temple Cosmology: Divine Image, Ritual Performer, King”Ībstract: The aim of this paper is to address a gap in interpretations of ancient Egyptian pictorial compositions and of the architectural form of temples. The focus of this talk is on the written sources, since pictorial representations of these rituals are not extant. The ritual handbooks that form the base of this study are from the first millennium BCE. This topic is discussed in detail with examples from various rituals which served to get rid of impurity. Both by their architectural design as well as by the movement and actions of the ritual’s participants performed in them, these buildings expressed essential features of Mesopotamian world view and cosmic geography. Such ritual space was composed of buildings or structures made of perishable materials as, for example, reed, flour or dust, and (loose) earth. Title: “Temporary Ritual Structures and Their Cosmological Symbolism in Ancient Mesopotamia”Ībstract: In ancient Near Eastern rituals, temporary structures and installations which existed only for the duration of the respective ritual performance played an important role. The Conference - Introduction, Background, and GoalsĬlaus Ambos (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg).The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
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