= De Pietri M., ḥr.w n k3.w and bibrû: Between Tribute and Gift. Ideological and
Propagandistic Developments in Egypto-Hittite Relationships, in: Portuese L. – Pallavidini M. 2022a 323-337. [bibrû in Akkadian, also used for cultic purposes, were widespread in the Hittite culture: the term bibrû is attested in different documents from Boğazköy and El-Amarna (e.g. EA 41). This paper has two goals: 1) to present a possible identification of the vessels described as ḥr.w n k3.w with actual Hittite or Aegean rhyta, merging archaeological, textual, and iconographical evidence from Egypt and Ḫatti; and 2) to stress how a decisive shift in the Egyptian ideological perception of these objects occurred, being they conceived firstly as 'tributes' and then as 'gifts'. This swinging from the 'metaphor of tribute' to the 'metaphor of gift' clearly embeds a changing in Egyptian mindset on ideology and internal propaganda, perceiving Ḫatti earlier as a subjugated country and later as a peer and equal 'brother'".'>Abstract: "The Annals of Thutmose III at Karnak report a passage quoting some ḥr.w n k3.w, 'vessels in the shape of a bull'. Similar objects, resembling rhytonlike vessels, are depicted in two tombs of Sheik ‘Abd el-Qurna: TT 91 (unknown owner) and TT 86 (of Menkheperrasoneb) both of the period of Thutmose III, within a scene including the Hittite chief offering tributes to the pharaoh. These vessels, bibrû in Akkadian, also used for cultic purposes, were widespread in the Hittite culture: the term bibrû is attested in different documents from Boğazköy and El-Amarna (e.g. EA 41). This paper has two goals: 1) to present a possible identification of the vessels described as ḥr.w n k3.w with actual Hittite or Aegean rhyta, merging archaeological, textual, and iconographical evidence from Egypt and Ḫatti; and 2) to stress how a decisive shift in the Egyptian ideological perception of these objects occurred, being they conceived firstly as 'tributes' and then as 'gifts'. This swinging from the 'metaphor of tribute' to the 'metaphor of gift' clearly embeds a changing in Egyptian mindset on ideology and internal propaganda, perceiving Ḫatti earlier as a subjugated country and later as a peer and equal 'brother'".] Neue Abfrage | New Search
