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Transition and Continuity of Assyrian Religion

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15520064
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Religious studies
Research InstitutionToyo Eiwa University

Principal Investigator

IWATA Kazuko  Toyo Eiwa University, Department of Human Sciences, Professor, 人間科学部, 教授 (00223397)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
KeywordsAssyria / Babylonia / Mesopotamia / the sun god Shamash / Hittite / winged sun disc / 神話 / 死者供養 / ギルガメシュ叙事詩 / メソポタミア神話 / 異界往還 / 鏡像関係 / 死の受容 / 悲嘆 / 生と死 / 女神 / 太陽神
Research Abstract

1.Characteristics of Assyria.
Assyria, the country in northern Mesopotamia and in the center of the Ancient Near Eastern world, lasted for 1400 years from ca. 2000 BC to 612 BC. This exceptional longevity of Assyria strengthened the continuity of Assyrian religion. This research, however, pointed out that the continuity of Assyrian religion rather made the longevity of Assyria possible. On the other hand, Assyria had been accepting Babylonian culture in southern Mesopotamia and the other cultures of the surrounding countries. It yielded some important transitions of Assyrian religion.
2.The transition and the continuity analyzed form both philological and iconographical points of view.
(1)Philologically, this study showed how some traditional curses which had been prevailed for more than a thousand years in Babylonia were partly changed in Assyria, after they had been borrowed at latest in the 9th century BC. Assyria also adopted the curses from the west of Assyria. Some parallel curses can be found in Hittite and Hebrew texts, but not in Babylonian texts.
Those curses were attached to legal texts, especially oaths and international treaties in order to enhance their effects. Assyria, the largest empire theretofore, made the texts to be more "international" than ever.
(2)Iconographical study is focused on the "winged sun disc" as a symbol of the sun god Shamash adopted from the west in the latter half of the second millennium BC. In Babylonia, the symbol of Shamash was always "sun disc" without wings. In Assyria, "winged sun disc" symbolized not only the sun god, but also the guardian of the kingship. It can be traced back to Hittite culture which had a similar symbol of "winged sun disc."

Report

(5 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Other

All Journal Article (17 results) Book (4 results) Publications (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 傷つきからの回復と「神話の発展」-マリアとユダの福音書の波紋-2007

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Journal Title

      東洋英和女学院大学心理相談室紀要 10

      Pages: 22-30

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Recovery from Wounded State and 'Development of Myths2007

    • Author(s)
      Kazuko Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Toyo Eiwa University Journal of Clinical Psychology 10

      Pages: 22-30

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] メソポタミアの「死者供養」2007

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Journal Title

      死生学年報 3

      Pages: 47-70

    • NAID

      120006241256

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 傷つきからの回復と「神話の発展」-マリアとユダの福音書の波紋-2007

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Journal Title

      東洋英和女学院大学 心理学相談室紀要 10

      Pages: 22-30

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] メソポタミア神話にみる<鏡像関係>2006

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Journal Title

      東洋英和女学院大学心理相談室紀要 9

      Pages: 5-9

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Mirror Images' in Mesopotamian Myths2006

    • Author(s)
      Kazuko Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Toyo Eiwa University Journal of Clinical Psychology 9

      Pages: 5-9

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] メソポタミア神話にみる死の受容と悲嘆2006

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Journal Title

      死生学年報 2

      Pages: 23-44

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] メソポタミアの洪水神話2005

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Journal Title

      東洋英和女学院大学心理相談室紀要 8

      Pages: 63-70

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Flood Myth in Mesopotamia2005

    • Author(s)
      Kazuko Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Toyo Eiwa University Journal of Clinical Psychology 8

      Pages: 63-70

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] メソポタミア神話にみる<鏡像関係>2005

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Journal Title

      東洋英和女学院大学 心理相談室紀要 9

      Pages: 5-9

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 古代メソボタミアにおける執り成しの女神2004

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Journal Title

      東洋英和女学院大学真理相談室紀要 7

      Pages: 14-18

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] アッシリアにおけるヒッタイト文化の痕跡-アッシュル・ナツィルパル2世の王座の間レリーフを中心に-2004

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Journal Title

      オリエント 46

      Pages: 92-112

    • NAID

      130000841459

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] キュルテぺ文書のアーカイヴ研究2004

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Journal Title

      オリエント 47

      Pages: 191-192

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Interceding goddesses in Ancient Mesopotamia2004

    • Author(s)
      Kazuko Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Toyo Eiwa University Journal of Clinical Psychology 7

      Pages: 14-18

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Hethitischer Einfluss auf Assyrien : anhand der Ikonographie Assurnasirpals II2004

    • Author(s)
      Kazuko Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Orient 46

      Pages: 92-112

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Study of Archives among Kultepe Texts2004

    • Author(s)
      Kazuko Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Orient 47

      Pages: 191-192

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 古代メソポタミアにおける執り成しの女神2004

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Journal Title

      東洋英和女学院大学心理相談室紀要 7

      Pages: 14-18

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 異界の交錯 下巻2006

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子(共編著)
    • Total Pages
      483
    • Publisher
      リトン
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 異界の交錯 上巻2006

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子
    • Total Pages
      412
    • Publisher
      リトン
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 生と死の神話2004

    • Author(s)
      渡辺和子(共著)
    • Total Pages
      492
    • Publisher
      リトン
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 太陽神の研究 下巻2003

    • Author(s)
      近藤二郎
    • Total Pages
      356
    • Publisher
      リトン
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 渡辺和子: "アッシリアにおけるヒッタイト文化の痕跡"オリエント. 46. 92-112 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 渡辺和子(共著): "岩波講座宗教3 宗教史の可能性"岩波書店. 299 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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