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“MADE IN HER IMAGE ?”IRON AGE FEMALE TERRACOTTA FIGURINES FROM JORDAN
REGINE HUNZIKER-RODEWALD, UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG
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לם א בצ ים בר א�ה (GEN 1:27) ?
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8th/7th c. BCE, Museum Sevilla
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KAI 33
325 BCE, 1738 COPIED BY R. POCOCKE IN LARNAKA, ORIGINAL LOST
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מל ס image, statue
1. PROJECT
2. FRAGMENTS
a. A CASE STUDY
3. « IN HER IMAGE ? »
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• PROJECT
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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
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CORPUS
MUSEUMS
RTI
TYPOLOGY
HISTORICAL/CULTURAL SETTING
TEXTS, EPIGRAPHY, ICONOGRAPHY, ARCHAEOLOGY
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• TERRACOTTA
• IRON AGE II (1000-600 BCE)
• 4 CM TO 19 CM
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• FRAGMENTS
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• 420 FIGURINES, 95 % FRAGMENTARY
• 229 RTI* + 36 NO RTI* + 153 RTI2DO (75 + 78)
• 1/3 HEADS
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•MUSIC
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• DANCERS FOR FERTILITY / DFF
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LOAVES OF BREAD OR SOME OTHER SACRED OBJECT …
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− naked−anklets−drum− cult
• MUSIC - RITUAL, CULT, COMMUNICATION WITH THE GODS
• MAGIC: PERFORMATIVE ACT, CORRESPONDENCE BETWEENHEAVEN AND EARTH, «VORABBILDUNG» OF REALITY
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− naked−anklets−drum
CASE STUDY
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Tall as-Saidiya Tall Dayr Alla
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Tall Dayr Alla
Tall as-Saidiya
Amman
Tel Rehov
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Tall Dayr Alla Tall as-Saidiya Amman
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Amman
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Amman
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Amman
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Amman
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Amman
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Tel Rehov
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Tel Rehov
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Tel Rehov
Amman
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Bet Shean
Tel Rehov
Amman
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AmmanBet Shean
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• « IN HER IMAGE ? »
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FERTILITYMODIFICATIONACCENTUATIONLONGUE DURÉEDATING
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YHWH OPENS / CLOSES THE WOMB :
• GENESIS 29:31 (פתח); (פתח) 30:22
• 1SAM 1:5-6 (סגר)
• ISAIAH 66:9 (עצר)
• GENESIS 16:2 (עצר)
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• KTU 1:13
HER WOMB HAD NOT KNOWN PREGNANCY … BUT THERE WAS NO SLIT WHICH HE COULD OPEN …
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• 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.
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STILL NOT THE …
… END!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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