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<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;margin:0;line-height:107%"><span style="color:black" lang="en-GB">The
</span><span lang="en-GB">next <i>Ancient and Medieval Middle East </i>(AMME) seminar will be organised as an online event on Thursday 24 February (16:15-18:00 EET/Helsinki), and everyone are welcome to join! </span></p>
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<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;margin:0;line-height:107%"><span style="color:black;padding:0;border:1pt none windowtext" lang="en-GB">The session will consist of two papers followed by a shared discussion on ‘</span><b><span lang="en-GB">cultic
experts in the ancient world</span></b><span style="color:black;padding:0;border:1pt none windowtext" lang="en-GB">’. </span><span style="color:black;padding:0;border:1pt none windowtext" lang="en-GB">The presenters are: </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></p>
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<span><b><span style="background-color:white" lang="en-US">Dr. Sandra Jacobs</span></b></span><span style="background-color:white" lang="en-GB"> </span></p>
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<u><span style="background-color:#FAF9F8" lang="en-GB">‘The Language of Temple (Personnel) Consecration: From Babylon to the Hebrew Bible’ </span></u></p>
<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;margin:0;line-height:107%"><span style="background-color:#FAF9F8" lang="en-GB">The legacy of cuneiform cultures on the writings of the biblical scribes has fascinated scholars for over a century.<span>
</span>While much has been made of the impact of the Akkadian sources on the genres of epic, law, and cosmologies, far less attention is paid to their influence on the Priestly strata of the Pentateuch. The presentation will clarify the terminological association
between the consecration of Levites in the wilderness sanctuary, with the donation of
<i>širkû </i>(oblates) in the Neo-Babylonian period. In this<span> </span>context I will further suggest that the physical (bodily) marking or branding of<i> širkû</i> in these sources was also of particular concern in the legislation of the Holiness Code (Leviticus
17-26). </span></p>
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<span><b><span style="background-color:white" lang="en-US">Dr. </span></b></span><b><span lang="en-GB">Outi Sihvonen<span> </span></span></b></p>
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<span><u><span lang="en-GB">‘Taking Care of the Cultic Practices – The Assistants of the Arval Brethren and the Vestal Virgins</span></u></span><span><u><span lang="en-GB">’</span></u></span><u><span lang="en-GB"> </span></u></p>
<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;margin:0;line-height:107%"><span><span lang="en-GB">The group of twelve Arval brothers and the sisterhood of the six Vestal virgins are two much debated and well known priesthoods in the Roman religion. Instead
of discussing the priests and priestesses or their duties, my intention is to turn our interest to the personnel who worked for them and took care of the cultic and everyday practicalities. In the
<i>Acta Arvalium</i>, the records of the brotherhood, the assistants called <i>calatores
</i>are mentioned in different occasions. What were their duties in the Arvals’ sacred rituals? The honorary inscriptions for the Vestal virgins mention occasionally their assistants called the
<i>fictores</i>. What the <i>fictores’</i> activities can tell us about their position in the cultic system? By using the epigraphic evidence we are able to get information about the individuals, and their relationships with the priests/priestesses, as well
as the practices of the Roman religion. </span></span><span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0;line-height:11.75pt"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;padding:0;border:1pt none windowtext" lang="en-GB">Please join us<span> online</span> via
<b>Zoom</b> (</span><a href="https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/67889792118" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;padding:0;border:1pt none windowtext" lang="en-GB">https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/67889792118</span></a></p>
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Outi Sihvonen Ph.D.</div>
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Tampere University<br>
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