„Bau(-)Rituale! Zur Textgeschichte von CTH 413-415 und CTH 725-726

The German-Italian VIGONI-Project funded by the DAAD and MIUR/Deutsch-Italienisches Hochschulzentrum (DIH) seeks to undertake a new approach towards the interpretation of Hittite royal ideology. Based on an analysis of the so called “building rituals” CTH 413-415, CTH 725-726 and “substitution rituals” CTH 419-421, one part of the lecture will exemplify the development of text groups by taking into account scribal customs concerning shape of signs and tablets as well as the relationship of duplicate texts. This will be combined with the second part taking into consideration aspects of content and find spots of the texts. On the whole we intend to show new aspects of the ideological legitimization of kingship and the mechanisms of storage of knowledge among the Hittites.