Piotr Taracha is a Hittitologist, and this academic book, published by the specialist academic press Harrassowitz Verlag in its Dresdner Beitrage zur Hethitologie series, is a survey of the religious systems of second millennium BCE Anatolia, including Hittite and neighboring traditions, drawing on cuneiform primary sources and the archaeological record. Its strength is specialist command of the cuneiform textual evidence directly, situating Hittite religion within its broader regional Anatolian context rather than treating it in isolation. Its limit is that it is a technical scholarly synthesis aimed at readers with background in ancient Near Eastern studies, assuming familiarity with the region's history rather than introducing Hittite religion to a first time general reader.
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Piotr Taracha's scholarly survey of the religions of second millennium BCE Anatolia, covering Hittite and Hurrian deities such as Tarhunt/Teshub, Hebat and Kumarbi; a focused regional and period survey, not a source on later Anatolian religious history. NotesPiotr Taracha's scholarly survey of the religions of second-millennium-BCE Anatolia, covering Hittite and Hurrian deities such as Tarhunt/Teshub, Hebat and Kumarbi. Use for established scholarly facts about Hittite and Hurrian religion in this period; a focused regional and period survey, not a source on later Anatolian religious history.
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AuthorPiotr Taracha
PublisherHarrassowitz Verlag (Dresdner Beitrage zur Hethitologie 27)
Publication Year2009
URLhttps://archive.org/details/DresdnerBeitrageZurHethitologie27P.TarachaReligionsOfSecondMilleniumAnatolia2009HarrassowitzVerlag
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Hittites directly: "Piotr Taracha is a Hittitologist, and this academic book, published by the specialist academic press Harrassowitz Verlag in its Dresdner Beitrage zur Hethitologie series, is a survey of the..."
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This source backs 72 claims across the atlas. As facts: 52 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 10 holds. Plus 8 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Deities, 26 claims: 18 well-attested, 3 holds, 5 general references.
- Figures, 17 claims: 11 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 general references.
- Religions, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
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