Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by the religion of the ancient Babylonians / by A. H. Sayce.

  • Archibald Sayce
Date:
1898
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Credit: Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by the religion of the ancient Babylonians / by A. H. Sayce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    6. Offer the cup of sacrificial teer. In front of the garden (?) among the .... trees, the cedars and the palms, 6. lay (it). Spread out (sadad) over (it) a strong carpet. Lay (there) the herbs of the garden and the fruit of the garden. 7. Offer sacrifices. Place consecrated (?) flesh, fatty (?) flesh, roast (?) flesh. 8. Take oil with wood .... and on the middle of this oil 9. pure IM-PAR, incense (?).... pieces of pure food, clean herbs, 10. wood of the taU tree, thorn wood, the slice of a snake,^ sisi and siMAN, compound together (istenis), 11. and lay in the midst of the oil. On the mound of the gallos- priest is the god of the gods of joy. Four fire-stones, 12. four bits of gold, four crystals, and four seals (cylinders) pre- pare. The fire-stone, the gold, 13. the crystal and the seal-stone (must be) between the gods of joy. Plant (sakak) .... 14. With the dust of plants (?) in a great sacrificial cup which the god 15. In oil of the sherbin of Phoenicia and in the wood of .... place the cloth .... 16. Take the sick man's hand and thrice repeat this incantation (to Merodach). 17. Incantation.—0 Merodach, lord of the world .... prince, 18. strong one, unique, mighty (gitmalu) .... 19. hero (tizqaru) supreme, who (subjugates) hostility , , . . 20. forceful, king of ... . 21. Merodach, whose view (paqtu) is (extended over the world).... 22. vision and seership (?).... the glorious one, 23. divine son of the holy mound .... 24. the deluge of the weapon his hand (directs) .... 30. gladdener (Jchdda) of the corn and the .... creator of the wheat and the barley, renewer of the herb, 31. creator of the work of the god and the goddess, their .,., art thou! 31. The dragon (usumgal) of the spirits of earth, the director of the spirits of heaven, 32. the omniscient lord of heaven and earth, the creator of the law (terii) of the universe, 33. thou art the lord, and like a crown hast thou made the tablets of the (destinies). Or, perhaps, snake-leaf (kvda-zir).