1.0RelNethttps://www.ub.edu/relnetrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="y3E5sDuibz"><a href="https://www.ub.edu/relnet/">Home</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ub.edu/relnet/embed/#?secret=y3E5sDuibz" width="600" height="338" title="“Home” — RelNet" data-secret="y3E5sDuibz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ub.edu/relnet/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Religious networks Sacred travelers and itineraries in late First Millennium BCE Babylonia: a view from temple and private archives (RelNet) About the Project Image: “TCL 06, 09 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI).June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P363682. Trips, routes and itineraries It is important to study the movements, routes and itineraries that structured the contacts between different places of worship and the relationships between them. Religious networks operate in space and time; any movement has a beginning, a destination, a route and a duration. More information Types of pilgrimages, motivations and ritualization The study of pilgrimages is understood in RelNet from a broad point of view. It involves any type of trip made for a religious reason, regardless of the distance and time necessary to carry it out. This inclusive perspective is necessary when analysing the phenomenon in ancient societies, in which religion permeates all aspects of life and society. More information Human and divine participants in the journeys It is essential to identify the people who participated in the processions, the divinities involved in the ceremonies and to analyse the deployment of the official religion in Babylonian society. More information Political dimension of sacred journeys RelNet will clarify the scope of royal euergetism and its impact on religious networks. More information Religious networks in Babylon at the end of the 1st millennium BCE Identify patterns in the articulation of sacred movements + Provide data on the topography + Clarify the character of Esagil as a node + Analyse the dynamics of religious processions + Clarify the scope of royal euergetism More information (Langin-Hopper 2023: 213, graphic by S. Matskevich) Map of Babylon Map showing important Babylonian cities (circled). Borders of the Seleucid and Parthian empires are marked at their greatest geographical extent.https://www.ub.edu/relnet/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/RN2024_26_05-006.jpg