During the Neo-Assyrian period, the Storm God Adad was one of the main deities in the pantheon
an... more During the Neo-Assyrian period, the Storm God Adad was one of the main deities in the pantheon and was depicted in an anthropomorphic form accompanied by other great gods. This article offers a thorough review of the Storm God’s pictorial representations on Neo-Assyrian sculptures demonstrate the diversity of his depiction as he has non-permanent attributes, neither an animal nor an object. The paper proceeds to examine the anthropomorphic depiction of the Storm God on several archaeological materials from the Neo-Assyrian period. A comparison of objects and animal/creature attributes of the deity during earlier and later periods is presented in this study as well. Finally, it attempted to clarify the reasons behind the diversification of different objects and animal/creature attributes of the Storm God on Neo-Assyrian finds.
The representation of the Storm God on the Neo-Hittite artworks differs obviously from prior and ... more The representation of the Storm God on the Neo-Hittite artworks differs obviously from prior and later depictions. Whereas the sculptures were iconographically united. The Storm God has played a significant role in the Neo-Hittite pantheon, which can be stated with the fact that he was the main deity during this period.
War is a forced and violent solution for conflicting sides which want to
divide many resources su... more War is a forced and violent solution for conflicting sides which want to divide many resources such as land, subsistence water, food, product, raw material, people and to reach different goals. In addition, these sides should be organized by leadership. It is very hard to define warfare in prehistoric Mesopotamia, we could not talk about armies, military organizations and soldiers like in the present days. The warfare in this period is a conflict or fight between two individuals or groups for instance. People fight in order to obtain a thing which the other does not have or when it was impossible to reach to a peaceful solution between each side.
Internationale Tagung des BMBF-Projekts Annotated Corpus of West Asian Imagery: Cylinder Seals (A... more Internationale Tagung des BMBF-Projekts Annotated Corpus of West Asian Imagery: Cylinder Seals (ACAWAI-CS) Organisation
Date: July 24-26, 2023 Berlin
During the Neo-Assyrian period, the Storm God Adad was one of the main deities in the pantheon
an... more During the Neo-Assyrian period, the Storm God Adad was one of the main deities in the pantheon and was depicted in an anthropomorphic form accompanied by other great gods. This article offers a thorough review of the Storm God’s pictorial representations on Neo-Assyrian sculptures demonstrate the diversity of his depiction as he has non-permanent attributes, neither an animal nor an object. The paper proceeds to examine the anthropomorphic depiction of the Storm God on several archaeological materials from the Neo-Assyrian period. A comparison of objects and animal/creature attributes of the deity during earlier and later periods is presented in this study as well. Finally, it attempted to clarify the reasons behind the diversification of different objects and animal/creature attributes of the Storm God on Neo-Assyrian finds.
The representation of the Storm God on the Neo-Hittite artworks differs obviously from prior and ... more The representation of the Storm God on the Neo-Hittite artworks differs obviously from prior and later depictions. Whereas the sculptures were iconographically united. The Storm God has played a significant role in the Neo-Hittite pantheon, which can be stated with the fact that he was the main deity during this period.
War is a forced and violent solution for conflicting sides which want to
divide many resources su... more War is a forced and violent solution for conflicting sides which want to divide many resources such as land, subsistence water, food, product, raw material, people and to reach different goals. In addition, these sides should be organized by leadership. It is very hard to define warfare in prehistoric Mesopotamia, we could not talk about armies, military organizations and soldiers like in the present days. The warfare in this period is a conflict or fight between two individuals or groups for instance. People fight in order to obtain a thing which the other does not have or when it was impossible to reach to a peaceful solution between each side.
Internationale Tagung des BMBF-Projekts Annotated Corpus of West Asian Imagery: Cylinder Seals (A... more Internationale Tagung des BMBF-Projekts Annotated Corpus of West Asian Imagery: Cylinder Seals (ACAWAI-CS) Organisation
Date: July 24-26, 2023 Berlin
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and was depicted in an anthropomorphic form accompanied by other great gods. This
article offers a thorough review of the Storm God’s pictorial representations on Neo-Assyrian
sculptures demonstrate the diversity of his depiction as he has non-permanent attributes,
neither an animal nor an object. The paper proceeds to examine the anthropomorphic
depiction of the Storm God on several archaeological materials from the Neo-Assyrian period.
A comparison of objects and animal/creature attributes of the deity during earlier and
later periods is presented in this study as well. Finally, it attempted to clarify the reasons
behind the diversification of different objects and animal/creature attributes of the Storm God
on Neo-Assyrian finds.
divide many resources such as land, subsistence water, food, product,
raw material, people and to reach different goals. In addition, these sides
should be organized by leadership. It is very hard to define warfare in
prehistoric Mesopotamia, we could not talk about armies, military organizations and soldiers like in the present days. The warfare in this period is a conflict or fight between two individuals or groups for instance. People fight in order to obtain a thing which the other does not have or when it was impossible to reach to a peaceful solution between each side.
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Date: July 24-26, 2023 Berlin
and was depicted in an anthropomorphic form accompanied by other great gods. This
article offers a thorough review of the Storm God’s pictorial representations on Neo-Assyrian
sculptures demonstrate the diversity of his depiction as he has non-permanent attributes,
neither an animal nor an object. The paper proceeds to examine the anthropomorphic
depiction of the Storm God on several archaeological materials from the Neo-Assyrian period.
A comparison of objects and animal/creature attributes of the deity during earlier and
later periods is presented in this study as well. Finally, it attempted to clarify the reasons
behind the diversification of different objects and animal/creature attributes of the Storm God
on Neo-Assyrian finds.
divide many resources such as land, subsistence water, food, product,
raw material, people and to reach different goals. In addition, these sides
should be organized by leadership. It is very hard to define warfare in
prehistoric Mesopotamia, we could not talk about armies, military organizations and soldiers like in the present days. The warfare in this period is a conflict or fight between two individuals or groups for instance. People fight in order to obtain a thing which the other does not have or when it was impossible to reach to a peaceful solution between each side.
Date: July 24-26, 2023 Berlin