ORCID: 0000-0002-5472-9177
The present dissertation is concerned with the KIN oracle, a symbolic divination technique produced by the Hittite in the 2nd mill. B.C. and developed only in the Hittite cultural milieu. Like other omens of the Ancient Near East, the Hittite oracles were considered to be messages from the gods. The Hittite solicited omens included Extispicy, Augury, the Bed Oracle, the ḪURRI-Bird Oracle, the Snake Oracle, and the KIN Oracle. Although many studies have already explained how the different divination systems worked, the KIN oracle frame still remains difficult to understand in all of its features. In this research the KIN cuneiform sources and its oracular structure have been analyzed in all respects and enriched with tables, patterns, and pictures in order to better understand the work carried out. As far as the KIN is concerned, this research provides several different analytic implications both for Hittite and divination studies.
Nel Vicino Oriente Antico qualsiasi omen era considerato un messaggio divino e, in particolare, il milieu ittita del Medio e Tardo Bronzo annoverava oracoli quali l’extispicio e l’ornitomanzia, così come i cosiddetti Bed oracle, the Ḫurri-bird oracle, Snake oracle e l’oracolo KIN. Quest’ultimo sistema divinatorio, di pertinenza della maga MUNUSŠU.GI, prevedeva la disposizione di simboli in diverse posizioni mantiche affinché si ottenesse un responso al quesito richiesto. La presente ricerca ha come oggetto il sistema mantico ittita KIN nella sua complessità – dalla struttura simbolica alle specificità oracolari – sulla base dell’analisi approfondita del corpus epigrafico cuneiforme a disposizione. Allo stato attuale della ricerca, le cospicue considerazioni emerse dallo studio del KIN forniscono implicazioni scientifiche rilevanti sia per l’Ittitologia che per gli studi divinatori in scrittura cuneiforme.
Publication year: 2020
Pages: 542
ISSN online: 2705-0297
e-ISBN: 978-88-5518-114-3
DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-114-3
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Publication year: 2020
ISSN online: 2705-0297
e-ISBN: 978-88-5518-115-0
DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-114-3
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