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Internal or external evil: a merism in Luwian incantations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2019

Alice Mouton  and
Ilya Yakubovich
Alice Mouton*
Affiliation:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – UMR 8167 / Institut Catholique de Paris
Ilya Yakubovich*
Affiliation:
Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences / University of Marburg
*
alice.mouton@cnrs.fr
sogdiana783@gmail.com
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Abstract

The paper addresses the frequent collocation /ir(hu)waliyan parittarwaliyan/, which occurs in Luwian incantations embedded in Hittite cuneiform ritual texts. Despite the relatively clear context, the meanings of this and similar collocations have remained obscure. Using combinatory and etymological methods, we intend to demonstrate that it hides the merism “internal (or) external”, which modifies various sorts of supernatural negative phenomena. Furthermore, we intend to argue that such an interpretation is compatible with the Late Bronze Age Anatolian beliefs about potential sources of evil. A collateral result of our demonstration is the elucidation of a number of additional contexts in the Hittite, Luwian, Lydian, and official Aramaic languages.

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LuwianHittiteIncantationsLycianRitual textsAncient Near Eastern religions
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 82 , Issue 2 , June 2019 , pp. 209 - 231
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Copyright © SOAS University of London 2019 

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