Levante nel Bronzo Tardo

Levante nel Bronzo TardoIl culto degli antenati

1600-1200/1100 2

Ittiti

Cassiti (Babylon)

Mittani

AssiriMicenei

AhhiawaArzawa

Il Bronzo Tardo

Egitto

Halpa/Yamkhad(Aleppo): conquistatanel 1595 ma non mantenuta.

Il Bronzo Tardo I (1570-1400)

Il Bronzo Tardo I (1570-1400)

SPÄTBRONZE ZEIT 5

Il Bronzo Tardo II Uluburun (14. secolo)

SPÄTBRONZE ZEIT 6

Il Bronzo Tardo I (1570-1400)

Alalakh/Tell Atchana, livello IV, palazzo di Niqmepa (età di Mittani)

Alalakh/Tell Atchana, livello IV, (Mittani)Statua di Idrimi con iscrizione accadica

A note tells how Idrimi caused the statue to be made and inscribed after he had been king for thirty years; the inscription is an autobiography; after a family dispute in Aleppo, Idrimi'sinheritance forced him to flee to Emar and from there to take refuge among nomads in Canaan; here, he gathered troops and, his brothers being reconciled with him, made a treaty with the king of Umman-Manda; Idrimi was recognised as king and head of a coalition; a successful raid on the Hittites was followed by the reconquest of Alalakh; the inscription ends with curses on any who would desecrate the statue and blessings on those who would honour it. Sharruwa the scribe claims authorship of the inscription. (British Museum)

Alalakh/Tell Atchana, livello IV, (Mittani)Statua di Idrimi con iscrizione accadica

I am Idrimi, the son of Ili-ilimma, servant of Teshub, Hebat and Shaushka, the

lady of Alalakh, my lady. In Halab, my paternal home, an outrage had occurred,

and we fled. The lords of Emar descended from the sisters of my mother, so

we established ourselves in Emar. My brothers, who were older than I, lived

also with me. But none considered things, which I considered - the following I

thought: " He who is in the house of his father - he is the noble son of a prince.

He who however is at the people of Emar, he is a slave.“

(…)He who removes this my statue, <may his seed be ended>, may the sky verfluchen, may his seed be closed in the underworld, may the Gods of sky and earth divide his kingdom and his country! He who always changes it, in any way whatever, may Teshub, the lord of the sky and the earth amd the great gods in his land, destroy his name and his descendants!

Tell Brak, area HH, livello MittaniStatua seduta maschile

Qatna

Tomba VII

73 tavolette, archivio di Idanda re di QatnaIn accadico e hurrita

Rito di Passaggio

• Rito di separazione

• Rito di trasformazione

• Rito di aggregazione

• Vivi

• Corpo

• Spirito

Rito di Passaggio

• Rito di separazione

• Rito di trasformazione

• Rito di aggregazione

• Vivi

• Corpo

• Spirito

• Memoria collettiva

• Memoria Individuale

• Memoria collettiva

Culto degli Antenati

Donna, 50, in una barain cedro fissata congesso alla banchina in pietra132 vaghitessili

Donna, 50, in una barain cedro fissata congesso alla banchina in pietra132 vaghiTessiliBollitura del corpo 250

Donna, 50, in una barain cedro fissata congesso alla banchina in pietra132 vaghiTessiliBollitura del corpo 250

No feasting

Sepoltura secondariaCambiamento del ruolodel defunto13-16 individuiSolo un teschio

Sepoltura secondariaCambiamento del ruolodel defunto13-16 individuiSolo un teschio

Antenato collettivo