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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
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AE201 Final Project Proposal Kerry Sonia

For my final project, I would like to examine a topic relevant to my thesis, the cult of the dead ancestor in Ugarit. Specifically, I want to apply the theories we've discussed regarding materiality and the performativity of space to the cultic responsibilities of the son to his deceased father. For example, the establishment of the commemorative stela in the temple for the deceased father seems to recall the agency that has been so important to our discussions about ritual objects, and the duty of the son to "eat his father's portion in the temple," and become the new paterfamilias, involves the performative nature of ritual space and its capacity for redefining social roles. After examining the textual and archaeological evidence, I hope to develop a better understanding of how ritual (particularly the creation and care of objects) mediates evolving family roles--the dead father to a deified ancestor, the son to the paterfamilias.

Rough Bibliography

Lewis, Theodore J. Cults of the dead in ancient Israel and Ugarit. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1989.

Pardee, Dennis. Ritual and Cult at Ugarit, ed. Theodore J. Lewis. Boston : Brill, 2002.

Van der Toorn, Karel. Family religion in Babylonia, Syria, and Israel: continuity and changes in the forms of religious life. New York: E.J. Brill, 1996.

Watson, Wilfred G.E. and Nicolas Wyatt, eds. Handbook of Ugaritic Studies. Boston : Brill, 1999.

Yon, Marguerite, ed. The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2006.


Posted at Nov 25/2006 07:18PM:
omur: Hi Kerry,
You should probably include David Schloen's book on your bibliography as well since you mentioned that you will be using it quite a bit. Here is a review of the book: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=172779 Omur