The god Dagan in Bronze Age Syria / Lluís Feliu ; translated by Wilfred G.E. Watson.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Feliu, Lluís, 1965-

Series:

• Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 19.
• Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 19

Language:

• Catalan
• English

Subjects (All):

• Dagan (Semitic deity).
• Bronze age.
• Religion.
• Syria--Religion.
• Bronze age--Syria.
• Syria.

Physical Description:

viii, 356 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Summary:

The book is an analysis of Dagan, the principal god of the Middle Euphrates region in the Bronze Age. It provides a full description of his character, his origin and his area of influence.

Contents:

• Chapter 2 The Pre-Sargonic Period 7
• 2.1. Ebla 7
• 2.1.1. [superscript (d)]BE in context 10
• 2.1.1.1. Offering lists of the 'official cult' 11
• 2.1.1.2. Offerings (n i d b a) and gifts (n i g - b a) to [superscript d]BE 12
• 2.1.1.3. The bureaucracy of the temples 20
• 2.1.1.4. The temple personnel 21
• 2.1.1.5. The market of [superscript d]BE 22
• 2.1.1.6. Local dedications of [superscript d]BE and the cult 23
• 2.1.2. Dagan and BE in the onomasticon 26
• 2.1.2.1. Dagan in the onomasticon 26
• 2.1.2.2. BE in the onomasticon 30
• 2.1.3. [superscript (d)]Be and Dagan at Ebla 35
• 2.2. Mari 39
• 2.3. Tell Beydar 40
• Chapter 3 The Sargonic and Ur III Periods 42
• 3.1. Dagan in the Babylonian sources 42
• 3.1.1. Sargonic Period 42
• 3.1.1.1. The Sargonic royal inscriptions 43
• 3.1.1.2. Dagan in Sargonic onomastics 46
• 3.1.2. Ur III period 48
• 3.1.2.1. Offerings to Dagan 48
• 3.1.2.2. Dagan in the Ur III onomasticon 56
• 3.2. Dagan in Syrian sources 57
• 3.2.1. The royal inscriptions from the Sakkanakkum period 58
• 3.2.2. The onomasticon of Mari in the Sakkanakkum period 60
• Chapter 4 The Old Babylonian Period 62
• 4.1. Rituals, festivals and liturgical acts 65
• 4.1.1. Dagan and the kispum ritual 65
• 4.1.2. The pagra'um 70
• 4.1.3. The liptum 73
• 4.1.4. The urubatum of Dagan 74
• 4.1.5. Other rituals 75
• 4.2. Dagan and the worship of Betyls 76
• 4.3. The sacrifices to Dagan 78
• 4.4. The pantheons 84
• 4.4.1. The pantheon of the palace 85
• 4.4.2. The pantheon of the women of the palace 89
• 4.5. Dagan and Ninhursag in the texts from Mari 90
• 4.6. Local dedications of Dagan 94
• 4.6.1. The Dagan of Terqa 94
• 4.6.1.1. The temple of Dagan in Terqa and the cult personnel 95
• 4.6.1.2. The cult of the Dagan of Terqa 101
• 4.6.1.3. Objects made for the Dagan of Terqa 107
• 4.6.1.4. Dagan of Terqa and Yakrub-El 114
• 4.6.1.5. The Dagan of Terqa and political affairs 117
• 4.6.2. The Dagan of Tuttul 118
• 4.6.3. The Dagan of Mari 126
• 4.6.3.1. The temple of Dagan in Mari 126
• 4.6.3.2. The cultic rooms of the temple of Dagan of Mari 132
• 4.6.3.3. The cult of Dagan of Mari 134
• 4.6.4. The Dagan of Subatum 134
• 4.6.5. The Dagan of Urah 136
• 4.6.6. The Dagan of Hakkulan 139
• 4.6.7. The Dagan of Saggaratum 141
• 4.6.8. The Dagan of Zarri-amnan 141
• 4.6.9. The Dagan of Dasran 142
• 4.6.10. Other sanctuaries 142
• 4.7. Dagan and oaths 143
• 4.8. Dagan and communication with worshippers 146
• 4.8.1. The prophetic message 147
• 4.8.1.1. The messages of the muhhu 148
• 4.8.1.2. The messages of the apilu 151
• 4.8.1.3. The messages of the qammatum the assinnu and dreams 152
• 4.8.2. The divinatory message 154
• 4.9. Dagan and kingship 157
• 4.9.1. Yahdun-Lim 157
• 4.9.2. The eponym period 158
• 4.9.3. Zimri-Lim 162
• 4.9.4. The dynasty of the 'bedouin' kingdom of Terqa 168
• 4.9.5. The 'Bilingual Pantheon' of Mari 170
• 4.10. Dagan and menology 173
• 4.11. Dagan in the onomasticon 173
• Chapter 5 The Middle Babylonian Period 214
• 5.1. The Middle Euphrates region 214
• 5.1.1. The writing [superscript d]k u r 215
• 5.1.2. The rituals from Emar 216
• 5.1.2.1. The zukru festival 216
• 5.1.2.2. The kissu festival to Dagan 220
• 5.1.2.3. The enthronement of the mas'artu 223
• 5.1.2.4. The ritual of the imistu 223
• 5.1.2.5. The ritual of the henpa of the oxen 224
• 5.1.2.6. The ritual of the [superscript (d)]ar-u-ri 224
• 5.1.2.7. The Hidasu of Dagan 225
• 5.1.2.8. Dagan and the divine dagger 229
• 5.1.3. The offering lists 229
• 5.1.4. Inventory of cultic material 233
• 5.1.5. Cult personnel connected with Dagan 233
• 5.1.6. Curses in the administrative texts 233
• 5.1.7. The seal of Ninurta 236
• 5.1.8. Local dedications of Dagan 237
• 5.1.8.1. Dagan, lord of Buzqa 237
• 5.1.8.2. Dagan, lord of Misla 237
• 5.1.8.3. Dagan, lord of Sumi 238
• 5.1.8.4. Dagan, lord of Tabniya 238
• 5.1.8.5. Dagan, lord of Yabur 238
• 5.1.8.6. Dagan of Tuttul 238
• 5.1.9. The epithets of Dagan 239
• 5.1.9.1. Lord of the offspring 239
• 5.1.9.2. The lord creator 239
• 5.1.9.3. The very father 240
• 5.1.9.4. Lord of the valley 240
• 5.1.9.5. Lord of the riverbank 241
• 5.1.9.6. Lord of the camp 241
• 5.1.9.7. Lord of inhabited regions 241
• 5.1.9.8. Lord of the brick 242
• 5.1.9.9. Lord of the 'hole'? 242
• 5.1.9.10. Lord of protection and security 242
• 5.1.9.11. Lord of the guard 243
• 5.1.9.12. Lord of the quiver 243
• 5.1.9.13. Lord of seeds 243
• 5.1.9.14. The Dagan of the garden 244
• 5.1.9.15. Lord of consecration 244
• 5.1.9.16. Lord of the ordeal 245
• 5.1.9.17. Dagan of the name 245
• 5.1.9.18. Dagan sa ru-uh-ha-te 245
• 5.1.9.19. Dagan of the palace 246
• 5.1.10. Dagan's consort in Emar 246
• 5.1.11. Dagan in the onomasticon 250
• 5.2. Ugarit 264
• 5.2.1. The literary texts 264
• 5.2.2. The ritual and liturgical texts 266
• 5.2.3. The pgr-ceremony and the temple of Dagan in Ugarit 272
• 5.2.4. Dagan in the onomasticon 274
• 5.3. Mari 275
• 5.4. Alalah 275
• 5.5. Dagan in Egyptian sources 276
• Chapter 6 The Character of Dagan 278
• 6.1. Etymology and origin 278
• 6.2. Family 287
• 6.2.1. Wife 288
• 6.2.2. Sons 293
• 6.3. Comparison with other deities 295
• 6.3.1. Enlil 296
• 6.3.2. Kumarbi 299
• 6.3.3. El 300
• 6.4. The geographical spread of the cult of Dagan 303
• 6.5. Profile and attributes 304
• 6.5.1. Father creator 304
• 6.5.2. The supposed underworld character of Dagan 305
• 1. Personal Names 344
• 2. Divine Names 345
• 3. Place Names 348
• 4.a. Semitic terms 351
• 4.b. Sumerian terms and logograms 351.

Notes:

• Translation of the original typescript in Catalan.
• Updated revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--Barcelona), 2000.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages [318]-343) and indexes.

ISBN:

9004131582

OCLC:

52107444