Manuscripts, dating, and palaeography. Tablets and archaeological context
Dating: content, language, and palaeography
Conclusions
Content of the purification ritual CTH 446. Hittite rituals and the conception of purity
Divine participants
The composite background of CTH 446 in historical context
Ritual matter and goal
Ritual structure and performance
Text edition. Transliteration and translation
Philological notes and commentary
CTH 446 in context: construction and content of Hittite rituals. Purification rituals and the role of the ancient gods
Distinctive ritual practices and formal components
Purification rituals for buildings
Symbology of blood and "blood rituals"
Mythological content
Conclusions
Nature and goals of CTH 446. Structure and content: the "compilation" hypothesis
Discussion
Is CTH 446 a literary text?. Unicity of CTH 446?
CTH 446 in the pragmatic context of Hittite rituals.