Abstract
Depictions of priests and priestesses in the Ancient Near East are shown in the chapters that were titled 3000 B.C., 3000-2000 B.C., and the 2nd millenium B.C., and the 1st millenium B.C. by the author. She has pointed out that the earliest rituals were associated with hunting in the Near East and elsewhere in the world. Therefore priesthood is associated with hunting too. But while the men were out hunting, the women stayed behind and literally “kept the home fires burning”, this is the reason why the association of priestesses with hearth was seemed frequently. Many examples are given in following article for the aforementioned period of time. Depictions of priests and priestesses in the Ancient Near East are defined accordring to wall-paintings, cult vessels and vases, plaques, votive statuary, seals, relief vases and rock reliefs.
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