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Volume 74: Issue 4

Body Exposure and Embalming in the Tibetan Empire and Beyond: A Study of the btol Rite

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Joanna Bialek , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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Pages:
625–650
Online Publication Date:
24 Dec 2021
Publication Date:
24 Dec 2021
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2021.00181
Keywords (English):
Tibetan Empire; funeral rites; embalming; body exposure; Old Tibetan Annals; PT 1042; ITN 283; ITN 299
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The paper puts forward a new interpretation of the problematic word btol that is sparsely attested in Old Tibetan sources. The philological analysis is supported by a lexicological survey of potential cognates; taken together these allow us to sketch the word family of btol, and thus to better understand the underlying semantics of the word. It is argued that the term denoted a rite within a funeral ceremony; to be specific, the rite of exposure of the deceased’s body before it was interred. In order to contextualise the rite and to assess its cultural significance, this paper also discusses certain funeral customs of later periods.

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SNIP		 0,316

2020  
Scimago
H-index		 6
Scimago
Journal Rank		 0,1
Scimago
Quartile Score		 Cultural Studies Q4
History Q4
Literature and Literary Theory Q4
Scopus
Cite Score		 21/100=0,2
Scopus
Cite Score Rank		 Cultural Studies 664/1037 (Q3)
History 778/1328 (Q3)
Literature and Literary Theory 320/845 (Q2)
Scopus
SNIP		 0,075
Scopus
Cites		 43
Scopus
Documents		 27
Days from submission to acceptance 238
Days from acceptance to publication 212
Acceptance
Rate		 10%

 

2019  
Scimago
H-index		 5
Scimago
Journal Rank		 0,115
Scimago
Quartile Score		 Cultural Studies Q3
History Q3
Literature and Literary Theory Q2
Scopus
Cite Score		 32/92=0,3
Scopus
Cite Score Rank		 Cultural Studies 460/1002 (Q2)
History 519/1259 (Q2)
Literature and Literary Theory 155/823 (Q1)
Scopus
SNIP		 0,553
Scopus
Cites		 39
Scopus
Documents		 13
Acceptance
Rate		 11%

 

Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
Language English
Size B5
Year of
Foundation		 1950
Volumes
per Year		 1
Issues
per Year		 4
Founder Magyar Tudományos Akadémia  
Founder's
Address		 H-1051 Budapest, Hungary, Széchenyi István tér 9.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
Publisher's
Address		 H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
Responsible
Publisher		 Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN 0001-6446 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2667 (Online)

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