Natural phenomena : their meaning, depiction, and description in the ancient Near East

Title
  1. Natural phenomena : their meaning, depiction, and description in the ancient Near East / edited by Diederik J.W. Meijer.
Published by
  1. Amsterdam, North-Holland : Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992.

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Additional authors
  1. Meijer, Diederik J. W.
Description
  1. viii, 306 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series statement
  1. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Verhandelingen, Afd. Letterkunde ; nieuwe reeks, d. 152
Uniform title
  1. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde ; nieuwe reeks, d. 152.
Subject
  1. Mythology, Middle Eastern > Congresses
  2. Nature > Religious aspects > Congresses
  3. Gods in art > Congresses
  4. Nature (Aesthetics) > Congresses
  5. Art > Middle East > Congresses
  6. Mythology
  7. Nature > in folklore, mythology, & religion
  8. Mythology
  9. Art > history
  10. mythology (literary genre)
  11. Congressi > Amsterdam > 1989
  12. Art
  13. Gods in art
  14. Mythology, Middle Eastern
  15. Nature (Aesthetics)
  16. Nature > Religious aspects
  17. Religion
  18. Goden
  19. Natuurverschijnselen
  20. Oudheid
  21. Iconografie
  22. Mythology, Middle Eastern > Congresses
  23. Nature > Religious aspects > Congresses
  24. Gods in art > Congresses
  25. Nature (Aesthetics) > Congresses
  26. Art > Middle East > Congresses
  27. Nature > Aspects religieux > Congrès
  28. Temps (météorologie) > Folklore > Congrès
  29. Idoles et images > Moyen Orient > Congrès
  30. Middle East > Religion
  31. Middle East > Religion > Congresses
  32. Middle East
  33. Middle East > Religion
  34. Moyen Orient > Religion > Histoire > Congrès
Genre/Form
  1. Conference papers and proceedings
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Chiefly in English; includes one article each in French and German.
  2. "Proceedings of the colloquium, Amsterdam, 6-8 July, 1989"--P. facing t.p.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.