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Natural phenomena : their meaning, depiction, and description in the ancient Near East
- Title
- Natural phenomena : their meaning, depiction, and description in the ancient Near East / edited by Diederik J.W. Meijer.
- Publication
- Amsterdam, North-Holland : Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Meijer, Diederik J. W.
- Description
- viii, 306 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Verhandelingen, Afd. Letterkunde ; nieuwe reeks, d. 152
- Uniform Title
- Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde ; nieuwe reeks, d. 152.
- Subject
- Mythology, Middle Eastern > Congresses
- Nature > Religious aspects > Congresses
- Gods in art > Congresses
- Nature (Aesthetics) > Congresses
- Art > Middle East > Congresses
- Mythology
- Nature > in folklore, mythology, & religion
- Mythology
- Art > history
- mythology (literary genre)
- Congressi > Amsterdam > 1989
- Art
- Gods in art
- Mythology, Middle Eastern
- Nature (Aesthetics)
- Nature > Religious aspects
- Religion
- Goden
- Natuurverschijnselen
- Oudheid
- Iconografie
- Mythology, Middle Eastern > Congresses
- Nature > Religious aspects > Congresses
- Gods in art > Congresses
- Nature (Aesthetics) > Congresses
- Art > Middle East > Congresses
- Nature > Aspects religieux > Congrès
- Temps (météorologie) > Folklore > Congrès
- Idoles et images > Moyen Orient > Congrès
- Middle East > Religion
- Middle East > Religion > Congresses
- Middle East
- Middle East > Religion
- Moyen Orient > Religion > Histoire > Congrès
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Note
- Chiefly in English; includes one article each in French and German.
- "Proceedings of the colloquium, Amsterdam, 6-8 July, 1989"--P. facing t.p.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction: Natural phenomena and interpretation / D. Meijer -- Dieu de l'orage dans l'iconographie des sceaux-cylindres d'Ugarit / P. Amiet -- Near Eastern moon god / D. Collon -- Weather: between the natural and the unnatural in first millennium cuneiform inscriptions / G. van Driel -- What does the Hittite storm-god hold? / J.D. Hawkins -- Hittite storm god: his role and his rule according to Hittite cuneiform sources / Ph. Houwink ten Cate -- Rainbow in ancient West Asian iconography / M. van Loon -- Some notes on the Old Syrian iconography of the god Yam / P. Matthiae -- Rivers in Anatolian art? / M. Mellink -- Wandmalerei aus Halawa und die Darstellung der Sonne in der vorderasiatiscchen Kunst / W. Orthmann -- Cylinder with a storm god and problems / E. Porada -- Moon as seen by the Babylonians / M. Stol -- Mythological foundations of nature / F. Wiggermann.
- ISBN
- 0444857591
- 9780444857590
- LCCN
- 93230414
- OCLC
- ocm32242903
- 32242903
- SCSB-14277765
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library