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Fig. 63: Standing woman : Standing woman : Standing woman : Standing woman with with with with leopard cub leopard cub leopard cub leopard cub ca. 6000 B ca. 6000 B ca. 6000 B ca. 6000 BC C C C (Mellaart 1970: fig. 196) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 196) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 196) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 196) Fig. 62 Fig. 62 Fig. 62 Fig. 62: Woman sitting on a leopard : Woman sitting on a leopard : Woman sitting on a leopard : Woman sitting on a leopard holding a leopard cub ca. 6000 BC holding a leopard cub ca. 6000 BC holding a leopard cub ca. 6000 BC holding a leopard cub ca. 6000 BC (Mellaart 1970: fig. 228) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 228) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 228) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 228)

Fig. 63: Standing woman : Standing woman : Standing woman : Standing woman with with with with leopard cub leopard cub leopard cub leopard cub ca. 6000 B ca. 6000 B ca. 6000 B ca. 6000 BC C C C (Mellaart 1970: fig. 196) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 196) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 196) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 196) Fig. 62 Fig. 62 Fig. 62 Fig. 62: Woman sitting on a leopard : Woman sitting on a leopard : Woman sitting on a leopard : Woman sitting on a leopard holding a leopard cub ca. 6000 BC holding a leopard cub ca. 6000 BC holding a leopard cub ca. 6000 BC holding a leopard cub ca. 6000 BC (Mellaart 1970: fig. 228) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 228) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 228) (Mellaart 1970: fig. 228)

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... the oldest depictions of leopards that have been found in Çatal Hüyük and Hacilar 116 . In particular the Mother figure sitting on a throne supported by leopards (Fig. 51) suggests that a woman (goddess) had authority over the wild aspects of nature 117 . Although varieties of this iconography are frequent in the finds at Çatal Hüyük and Hacilar (Figs. 16-17, 62-65), in later times and other periods it doesn't seem popular at all. If these images indeed show Mistresses and, in one case, a Master of the Animals, then they are quite unique. The first known and commonly accepted figurines of Mistresses of the Animals date from the Early Bronze (after 3000 BC), considerably later than those of Çatal ...
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... Chabechnet (TT 2), Deir el-Medina. Fig. 60: Opening of the Mouth, Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer, XIX th Dyn. (1279-1213 BC), Thebes, 45,7 x 83,4 cm, London, British Museum, inv.nr. EA 9901/5. Fig. 61: Prayer for Osiris, Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Tadimut, XXI st Dyn. (1070-945 BC), Thebes, 24,5 cm, Cairo, Egyptian Museum. Fig. 62: Woman sitting on a leopard holding a leopard cub, ca. 6000 BC, Q VI 5, Hacilar, clay, 13 cm, Ankara, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi. Fig. 63: Standing woman with leopard cub, ca. 6000 BC, Q. VI 3, Hacilar, terracotta, 9,2 cm, Ankara, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi. Fig. 64: Sitting woman with two leopard cubs, reconstruction drawing ...
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... the oldest depictions of leopards that have been found in Çatal Hüyük and Hacilar 116 . In particular the Mother figure sitting on a throne supported by leopards (Fig. 51) suggests that a woman (goddess) had authority over the wild aspects of nature 117 . Although varieties of this iconography are frequent in the finds at Çatal Hüyük and Hacilar (Figs. 16-17, 62-65), in later times and other periods it doesn't seem popular at all. If these images indeed show Mistresses and, in one case, a Master of the Animals, then they are quite unique. The first known and commonly accepted figurines of Mistresses of the Animals date from the Early Bronze (after 3000 BC), considerably later than those of Çatal ...
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... Chabechnet (TT 2), Deir el-Medina. Fig. 60: Opening of the Mouth, Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer, XIX th Dyn. (1279-1213 BC), Thebes, 45,7 x 83,4 cm, London, British Museum, inv.nr. EA 9901/5. Fig. 61: Prayer for Osiris, Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Tadimut, XXI st Dyn. (1070-945 BC), Thebes, 24,5 cm, Cairo, Egyptian Museum. Fig. 62: Woman sitting on a leopard holding a leopard cub, ca. 6000 BC, Q VI 5, Hacilar, clay, 13 cm, Ankara, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi. Fig. 63: Standing woman with leopard cub, ca. 6000 BC, Q. VI 3, Hacilar, terracotta, 9,2 cm, Ankara, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi. Fig. 64: Sitting woman with two leopard cubs, reconstruction drawing ...

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Leopardenknochen vom Çukuriçi Höyük in Westanatolien bilden den Ausgangspunkt dieser Studie zur Bedeutung dieser Raubkatze für den urgeschichtlichen Menschen. Ihre pleistozäne und holozäne Verbreitung, die überlieferten Knochenfunde in archäologischen Kontexten, die Entwicklung unterschiedlicher bildlicher Darstellungsformen von Leoparden, schriftliche Zeugnisse sowie verschiedene ethnologische Untersuchungen erlauben uns ein chronologisch differenziertes Modell zur Deutung der Leopardenknochen des Çukuriçi Höyük zu postulieren. So schlagen wir für den Leopardenrest in einer Grube des späten 7. Jahrtausends eine Deponierung vor, die den Schlussakt eines rituellen Prozesses einer frühen bäuerlichen Gesellschaft darstellt. Die sehr häufigen Darstellungen in dieser Periode stehen auffallend wenig erbeuteten Tieren gegenüber und lassen einen kultischen Hintergrund in verschiedenen Facetten erkennen. Die für Çatalhüyük diskutierte These einer bewusst konstruierten Bezugnahme einer neolithischen Gesellschaft auf diese besonders gefährlichen und möglicherweise tabuisierten Tiere meinen wir auch im Befund des Çukuriçi Höyük zu erkennen, wenn auch in eine andere Form transformiert. Für die Leopardenknochen des frühen 3. Jahrtausends schlagen wir eine profane Deutung vor, die sich auch an der veränderten Symbolik seiner Darstellung mit Bezug zu besonderen Personengruppen in anderen Kulturräumen erahnen lässt. Die für den Vorderen Orient und Mesopotamien rekonstruierte elitäre Leopardenjagd ließe sich nach dieser Deutung auch mit anderen fremden Elementen auf dem Çukuriçi Höyük in der beginnenden Bronzezeit verbinden, die damit ein weiteres Glied in einer längeren Indizienkette zum Einfluss des orientalisch-mesopotamischen Kreises bis zur westanatolischen Ägäisküste darstellen.