Things to Remember: Form and Function of Dedicated Objects from the Temple of Ištar-Kitītum at Iščali
Elisa Rossberger
Visiting Post Doctoral Scholar
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Thursday, April 23, 2015
12:00 pm
LaSalle Banks Room
Oriental Institute
This lecture focuses on the the object inventory of an Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1600 BC) temple at Iščali, from the Diyala region of Iraq, excavated by the Oriental Institute. Rossberger's approach combines archaeological with textual evidence to gain new insights into social and cultural role and meaning of objects. Of special interest is the transmission of age-old regional votive traditions in this newly erected building dedicated to the cult of the goddess Ishtar Kititum.
Free and open to the public
