MADE IN HER IMAGE? IRON AGE FEMALE TERRACOTTA FIGURINES FROM JORDAN REGINE HUNZIKER-RODEWALD, UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 1
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8 th /7 th c. BCE, Museum Sevilla Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 3
KAI 33 325 BCE, 1738 COPIED BY R. POCOCKE IN LARNAKA, ORIGINAL LOST image, statue ס מ ל Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 4
1. PROJECT 2. FRAGMENTS a. A CASE STUDY 3. «IN HER IMAGE?» Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 5
PROJECT Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 6
REGINE HUNZIKER-RODEWALD, UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG (FRANCE) ASTRID NUNN, UNIVERSITY OF WUERZBURG (GERMANY) THOMAS GRAICHEN, UNIVERSITY OF MAINZ (GERMANY) ASSOCIATED MEMBER: MICHELE DAVIAU, WILFRIED LAURIER UNIVERSITY WATERLOO (CANADA) AOC STRASBOURG Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 7
CORPUS MUSEUMS RTI TYPOLOGY HISTORICAL/CULTURAL SETTING TEXTS, EPIGRAPHY, ICONOGRAPHY, ARCHAEOLOGY Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 8
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TERRACOTTA IRON AGE II (1000-600 BCE) 4 CM TO 19 CM Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 13
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FRAGMENTS Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 16
420 FIGURINES, 95 % FRAGMENTARY 229 RTI* + 36 NO RTI* + 153 RTI2DO (75 + 78) 1/3 HEADS Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 17
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MUSIC Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 22
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DANCERS FOR FERTILITY / DFF Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 26
LOAVES OF BREAD OR SOME OTHER SACRED OBJECT Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 27
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naked anklets drum cult 29 Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015
MUSIC - RITUAL, CULT, COMMUNICATION WITH THE GODS MAGIC: PERFORMATIVE ACT, CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH, «VORABBILDUNG» OF REALITY Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 30
naked anklets drum Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 31
CASE STUDY Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 32
Tall as-saidiya Tall Dayr Alla Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 33
Tall Dayr Alla Amman Tall as-saidiya Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 34 Tel Rehov
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Tall Dayr Alla Tall as-saidiya Amman Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 36
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Amman Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 38
Amman Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 39
Amman Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 40
Amman Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 41
Amman Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 42
Tel Rehov Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 43
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Tel Rehov Amman Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 45
Tel Rehov Bet Shean Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 46 Amman
Amman Bet Shean Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 47
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«IN HER IMAGE?» Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 50
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FERTILITY MODIFICATION ACCENTUATION LONGUE DURÉE DATING Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 52
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YHWH OPENS / CLOSES THE WOMB : ) פּ ת ח) ;( 30:22 פּ ת ח) GENESIS 29:31 ) ס ג ר) 1SAM 1:5-6 (ע צ ר) ISAIAH 66:9 (ע צ ר) GENESIS 16:2 Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 54
KTU 1:13 HER WOMB HAD NOT KNOWN PREGNANCY BUT THERE WAS NO SLIT WHICH HE COULD OPEN Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 55
KTU 1:23 HE BENDS DOWN, KISSES THEIR LIPS, SEE HOW SWEET THEIR LIPS ARE, SWEET AS POMEGRANATE[S]. AS HE KISSES, THERE IS CONCEPTION; AS HE EMBRACES, THERE IS PASSION. 56 Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015
STILL NOT THE END! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Faces from the Past: Ancient Near Eastern Figurines September 17-19, 2015 57