Purifying a House from Blood

Andrea Trameri is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden University.

. . . the thoroughness of the volume under review shows that each time a Hittite magic ritual is examined, it can give rise to new working hypotheses and interpretations. Andrea Trameri, the author of the book, thus provides a new, updated and comprehensive edition of this ritual. . . . We have to thank the author for again bringing this ritual to our attention and showing us that there are always new discoveries to be made, and novel ways to reconstruct the distinctive features of Hittite magic praxis.Torri, Giulia, BiOr 81.12 (2024): 20-29"The philological edition is up to the highest standards. . . . Trameri has provided the scholarly community with a solid and updated edition of an important ritual text, which both builds on and expands the current debate on the use and function of the Hittite documents found in the text deposits of Hattua / Bogazköy."Barsacchi, Francesco G., Orientalia 92.2 (2023)"[O]ne must thank the author for providing a solid new edition of an important ritual text from the Hittite world and for discussing its various aspects, from paleography and its dating to a major discussion of its standing within the written transmission of the Hittites."Görke, Susanne, Philipps-Universität Marburg, JNES 83 (2024)

• Preface Abbreviations Philological Conventions Chapter 1: Tablets, Dating, and Palaeography 1.1. Tablets and Archaeological Context 1.2. Dating: Content, Language, and Palaeography 1.3. Conclusions Chapter 2: Content of the Purification Ritual CTH 446 2.1. Hittite Rituals and the Conception of Purity 2.2. Divine Participants 2.3. The Composite Background of CTH 446 in Historical Context 2.4. Ritual Matter and Goal 2.5. Ritual Structure and Performance Chapter 3: Text Edition 3.1. Transliteration and Translation 3.2. Philological Notes and Commentary Chapter 4: CTH 446 in Context: Construction and Content of Hittite Rituals 4.1. Purification Rituals and the Role of the Ancient Gods 4.2. Distinctive Ritual Practices and Formal Components 4.3. Purification Rituals for Buildings 4.4. Symbology of Blood and “Blood Rituals” 4.5. Mythological Content 4.6. Conclusions Chapter 5: Nature and Goals of CTH 446 5.1. Structure and Content: The “Compilation” Hypothesis 5.2. Discussion Chapter 6: Is CTH 446 a Literary Text? 6.1. Unicity of CTH? 6.2. CTH 446 in the Pragmatic Context of Hittite Rituals Glossary References Subject Index Index of Texts Cited Concordance