ESKİ YAKINDOĞU’DA RAHİP VE RAHİBE TASVİRLERİ

Eski Yakındoğu’da rahip ve rahibe tasvirleri M.Ö. 3000, M.Ö. 3000-2000, M.Ö. 2. bin yıl ve M.Ö. 1. bin yıl olmak üzere makalenin yazarı tarafından bölümlere ayrılmıştır. Yazar, Yakındoğu’da ve dünyanın başka yerlerinde en eski ritüellerin avcılıkla bağlantılı olduğuna dikkat çeker. Bu yüzden rahiplik kurumu da avcılıkla bağlantılıdır. Fakat erkekler ava çıktığında kadınlar geride kalıyor ve kelimenin tam anlamıyla “evin ateşini yanar tutuyorlardı”; bundan dolayı rahibelik kurumu ile ocak arasında sıkça bir bağ vardır. Aşağıdaki makalede söz konusu dönemlere ait pek çok örnek gösterilmektedir. Duvar resimleri, kült kapları ve vazoları, levhalar, adak heykelleri, mühürler, kabartmalı vazolar ve kaya kabartmaları üzerinde yer alan, Eski Yakındoğu’nun rahip ve rahibe tasvirleri tanımlanmaya çalışılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Avcılık, Rahip, Rahibe, Rahip-Kral, Ritüel, Tapınak, Eski Yakındoğu, Tasvir

Depictions of priests and priestesses in the Ancient Near East are shown in the chapters that were titled 3000 B.C., 3000-2000 B.C., and the 2nd millenium B.C., and the 1st millenium B.C. by the author. She has pointed out that the earliest rituals were associated with hunting in the Near East and elsewhere in the world. Therefore priesthood is associated with hunting too. But while the men were out hunting, the women stayed behind and literally “kept the home fires burning”, this is the reason why the association of priestesses with hearth was seemed frequently. Many examples are given in following article for the aforementioned period of time. Depictions of priests and priestesses in the Ancient Near East are defined accordring to wall-paintings, cult vessels and vases, plaques, votive statuary, seals, relief vases and rock reliefs.

Keywords:

Hunting, Priest, Priestess, Priest-King, Ritual, Temple, Ancient Near East, Depiction,

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