Ilaliyanteš

The Ilaliyanteš are a Hittite collective of gods in the environment of the sun deity. They mainly appear in critical situations and also proclaim oracles. They were called Ilaliyantikeš by the palais . In addition, a single deity is called Ilali.

Both the Ilali ( kārum II: 1974 / 1927–1836 BC) and the Ilalianta ( kārum Ib: 1832 / 1800–1719 BC) appear in documents from Kültepe . A priest named Tarḫui is attested to the latter. In addition, the male name Ilaliaušu "Scion of Ilali" joins. The man's name Ialili appears later in a Hittite document from Maşat Höyük and even in a hieroglyphic Luwian inscription from Kululu, where the writer of an inscription calls himself Ilali.

In the Hittite city of Atarbapa, the location of which is unknown, the Ilaliyanteš were worshiped together with the local weather god , the horse god Pirwa and Zitḫariya . In a Hittite ritual the window of the sun deity and the window of the Ilalianteš are called, before the latter the king libied out of a ram rhyton .

In the Luwian healing ritual of the Tunnawiya, the sun god sends the Ilaliyanteš to the sick. In Pala'an lists of gods the Ilaliyantikeš are named immediately after the sun god Tiyaz .

Individual evidence

↑ Thomas Zehnder: The Hittite women's names. Catalog and interpretation (= Dresden contributions to Hittitology. Volume 29). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-447-06139-1 , p. 173.
↑ Manfred Hutter : Aspects in Luwian Religion. In: H. Craig Melchert (Ed.): The Luwians (= Handbuch der Orientalistik. Volume 1.68). Brill, Leiden 2003, ISBN 90-04-13009-8 , p. 274.

literature

Heinrich Otten : Ilali. In: Dietz Otto Edzard (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 5, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1976–1980, ISBN 3-11-007192-4 , pp. 48–49.
Volkert Haas : History of the Hittite religion (= Handbook of Oriental Studies . Volume 1.15). Brill, Leiden 1994, ISBN 978-9-004-09799-5 .
Manfred Hutter : Aspects in Luwian Religion. In: H. Craig Melchert (Ed.): The Luwians (= Handbuch der Orientalistik. Volume 1.68). Brill, Leiden 2003, ISBN 90-04-13009-8 .

[1] Thomas Zehnder: The Hittite women's names. Catalog and interpretation (= Dresden contributions to Hittitology. Volume 29). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-447-06139-1 , p. 173.

[2] Manfred Hutter : Aspects in Luwian Religion. In: H. Craig Melchert (Ed.): The Luwians (= Handbuch der Orientalistik. Volume 1.68). Brill, Leiden 2003, ISBN 90-04-13009-8 , p. 274.