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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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“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

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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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2.

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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

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• MUSIC - RITUAL, CULT, COMMUNICATION WITH THE GODS

• MAGIC: PERFORMATIVE ACT, CORRESPONDENCE BETWEENHEAVEN AND EARTH, «VORABBILDUNG» OF REALITY

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− naked−anklets−drum

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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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