PD Dr. Rosel Pientka-Hinz

Associate Professor of Ancient Orient Studies

Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (KHK Visiting Research Fellow 2009), Center for Religious Studies (CERES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Rosel Pientka-Hinz studied Assyriology, Archaeology of the Ancient Near East and Semitic Languages at the Universities of Münster and Marburg, where she got her PhD with a thesis on the history of the late Old Babylonian Period. Her Habilitationsschrift presents a descreption of the scorpion in Ancient Near Eastern literature. She was Assistant Professor (1998-2004) and University Lecturer (2004-2010), both at Philipps University’s Institute for Near Eastern Studies. She also held a Visiting Professorship at the University of Vienna (2007-2008) and was Substitute Professor for Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Philipps University during the winter term 2004/2005. She is Adjunct Professor (Privatdozentin) of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at CERES since 2015.

KHK Fellowship

Project: "Under a serpent's spell" - Ancient Near Eastern snake cults and conceptions of serpents in the field of intra-religious and inter-religious cultural contacts from the 3rd to the 1st millennium B.C.

Office Hours

Wed 13-14 h (or on appointment)

Areas of Research

Cultural history and religious history ot the Ancient Near East: cult and ritual, humans and the environment, animal symbolism, colour symbolism and body concepts, architecture - The Akkadian and Sumerian textual tradition of the 2nd mill. BC: text editions, literature, (economic, legal and social) history

Publications

2021

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2021a. ‘Destructive Waters – Refreshing Waters: Ancient Near Eastern Aquatic Symbolism at the Dawn of History’. In Middle East and North Africa, edited by Eckart Ehlers and Katajan Amirpur, 6:114–34. Leiden: Brill.

———. 2021b. ‘Wie Ea und Marduk die Matschebande verjagten: eine Schöpfungsgeschichte aus dem Alten Orient’. In Wie die Sterne an den Himmel kamen, edited by Kianoosh Rezania, Judith Stander-Dulisch, and Franziska Burstyn, 67–74. Leipzig: Edition Hamouda.

2020

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2020a. ‘Leuchtende Brückenschläge zwischen den Welten: zur Symbolik von Licht und Farbe in den Religionen des Alten Orient’. Presented at the Veranstaltungsreihe der Stiftung Situation Kunst anlässlich der Ausstellung „Farbanstöße. Farbe in der neueren Kunst“, Bochum, February 13.

———. 2020b. ‘Hexen, Huren, Heilige: Frauenrollen im Alten Orient’. Presented at the Religion & Gender – Schlaglichter auf religionsgeschichtliche und gegenwärtige Transformationsprozesse, Ringvorlesung an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, May 5.

2019

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2019a. ‘Gegen das Vergessen im Alten Orient’. Rubin 29 (1): 56. https://news.rub.de/wissenschaft/2019-04-30-religionswissenschaft-gegen-das-vergessen-im-alten-orient.

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———. 2019b. ‘Altorientalische Metaphern der Verschmelzung’. Presented at the CERES-Workshop: Artefakte als Metaphern des Religiösen, Bochum, May 3.

———. 2019c. ‘3000-1000 BC: Cross-Cultural Contact between Western Iran and Mesopotamia: A Reappraisal’. Presented at the Scientific Meeting of Faculty of Literature and Humanities of Shiraz University and Center for Religious Studies of Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany: Cultural & Religious Exchanges in the Iranian Plateau, Shiraz, June 15.

2018

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2018. ‘Klaue, Stachel, Zahn – altorientalische Tiersymbolik im Spannungsfeld von Zivilisation und Wildnis’. Presented at the Veranstaltungsreihe ‘Religion am Mittwoch’ an der Philipps-Universtät Marburg, Marburg, February 7.

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel, and Astrid Nunn. 2018. ‘Götterkleid’. Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet. https://www.bibelwissenschaft.de/stichwort/200101/.

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2017

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2017. ‘Sleepy Heroes and Awoken Babies: Conceptions of Sleeping and Dreaming in the Ancient Near East’. Presented at the Workshop Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Sleep in Classical, Late and Eastern Antiquity: A Comparative Inquiry, Bochum, September 26.

2016

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2016a. ‘Verlöbnis. A. In Mesopotamien’. Edited by Michael P. Streck. Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie. Berlin: De Gruyter.

———. 2016b. ‘On the Importance of Different Coat Colours in Regard to Ancient Near Eastern Cattle: Economic Texts versus Religio-Cultural Texts of the 3rd and 2nd Mill. BC’. Presented at the Workshop: Economic Aspects of Colours in Antiquity, Excellence Cluster TOPOI, Berlin, February 4.

2015

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2015a. ‘Leuchtende Brückenschläge zwischen den Welten – Der Alte Orient in Licht und Farbe’. Antike Welt 46 (1): 24–27.

———. 2015b. ‘Making Contact in Mesopotamia: Powerful Kisses, Forbidden Kisses’. In Tabou et Transgressions, edited by Jean-Marie Durand, 274:69–81. Fribourg [u.a.]: Acad.emic Pr.

———. 2015c. ‘Altorientalische Religionen’. April 20.

———. 2015d. ‘Mit einem schillernden Namen lass mich dich glücklich machen!’ June 5.

———. 2015e. ‘Poison Incarnate: The Babylonian Demoness Lamashtu on the Move throughout the Ancient Near East“, Traditions of “Magic”’. Presented at the Rituals of Power in Contact from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, Bochum, July 20.

———. 2015f. ‘Modes of Communication between Gods and Men: The Historical Development of Ancient Near Eastern “Texts” in Regard to Divination and Worship’. Presented at the Workshop: Media of Scripture – Scripture as Media, Bochum, December 11.

2014

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2014a. ‘Fokus: Architekturwissen am Anfang des 2. Jahrtausends v. Chr.’ In Wissensgeschichte der Architektur, edited by Jürgen Renn, Wilhelm Osthues, and Hermann Schlimme, 3:297–334. Berlin: Edition Open Access.

———. 2014b. ‘La famille multicolore des bovins dans l’Uruk archaïque’. In La famille dans le Proche-Orient ancien, edited by Lionel Marti, 769–88. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

———. 2014c. ‘Klaue, Stachel, Zahn – altorientalische Tiersymbolik vor dem Hintergrund moderner Ordnungssemantiken’. April 14.

———. 2014d. ‘Zweisprachigkeit und die Anfänge der Übersetzung im Alten Orient’. June 26.

———. 2014e. ‘The Colours of Fortune and Misfortune’. Presented at the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Warschau, July 22.

———. 2014f. ‘Die Farben für Glück und Unglück im Alten Orient’. Presented at the Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten. Tagung, München, September 4.

2013

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2013a. ‘Als die Götter Mensch waren. Die altorientalische Sintfluterzählung’. In Als die Götter Mensch waren, edited by Sabina Franke, 10–38. Darmstadt: Von Zabern.

———. 2013b. ‘Schlangenmystik: Gespräch mit der Altorientalistin Rosel Pientka-Hinz’ Interview by Dominik Schottner. Interview.

———. 2013c. ‘In True Perspective – Architectural Knowledge in the Old Babylonian Period’. Presented at the Landscapes of Empire: Public Building and Labour Organization in Ancient States, Wien, November 27.

Rabens, Volker, and Rosel Pientka-Hinz. 2013. ‘The Good and Evil Serpent’. Review of Biblical Literature. Atlanta, Ga.: Soc.

2012

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2012a. Making Contact – Ancient Near Eastern Expressions of Powerful Sight, Speech and Touch. http://www.college-de-france.fr/site/thomas-romer/symposium-2012-04-12-10h40.htm.

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———. 2012b. ‘The ‚Striptease’ of the King – Redrawing Boundaries between ‚private’ and ‚public’ Spheres’. Presented at the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Leiden, July 20.

———. 2012c. ‘Die Geburt des Drachen: Konfliktlösungsstrategien entwickelt auf der Bild-Schrift-Ebene des frühgeschichtlichen Altvorderasien’. December 6.

2011

Giessler, Julia, and Rosel Pientka-Hinz. 2011. ‘Tätowierung’. Edited by Michael P. Streck. Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie. Berlin: De Gruyter.

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2011a. ‘Bunte Kühe?: Zu den frühesten Farbbezeichnungen im Alten Orient’. In The empirical dimension of ancient Near Eastern studies, edited by Gebhard J. Selz, 6:325–74. Wien: LIT Verlag.

———. 2011b. ‘Schlange. A. In Mesopotamien’. Edited by Michael P. Streck. Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie. Berlin: De Gruyter.

———. 2011c. ‘Skorpion’. Edited by Michael P. Streck. Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie. Berlin: De Gruyter.

———. 2011d. ‘Dances with Snakes’. Presented at the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale Rom, Rom, July 5.

2010

Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2010a. ‘Schlangenauge’. In Von Göttern und Menschen, edited by Dahlia Shehata, 41:169–86. Leiden: Brill.

———. 2010b. ‘Snakes as Ancient Near Eastern Symbols in Cross-Cultural Contact’. Presented at the Trading Religions, Bochum, January 26.

———. 2010c. ‘Origins – Protecting the Temple’s Purity’. Presented at the Workshop: „Adoption in the Old Babylonian Period“, Gent, April 1.

———. 2010d. ‘Touching Aspects within the Debate on Ancient Near Eastern Religious Contacts’. Presented at the Workshop „Religion for the senses. Part III: Religious Meanings of Taste, Smell and Touch in ancient and medieval Asia and Europe”, Bochum, April 22.

Projects and Affiliations

Principal Investigator of CRC 1475 „Metaphors of Religion“

Associate Professor of Center for Religious Studies and Western Asian History of Religions

Project Leader of Subproject C02

Member of Research Department of CERES RESEARCH DEPARTMENT

Involved Person of Study Advisory Board