23.1.15-16
The Birth of the Gracious Gods 23.1.15-16 · Rahmay goes hunting
The rite repeats over a basin, and a goddess goes out to hunt.
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15𐎆𐎓𐎍𐎀𐎂𐎐𐎌𐎁𐎓𐎄𐎎𐎄𐎙𐎘𐎚𐎘𐎚
16𐎚𐎍𐎋𐎎𐎗𐎈𐎎𐎊𐎆𐎚𐎕𐎄
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
wʿl1
𐎆w𐎓ʿ𐎍l1
wa-ʿalē
And over
agn2
𐎀a𐎂g𐎐n2
ʾaggāni
the basin
šbʿdm3
𐎌š𐎁b𐎓ʿ𐎄d𐎎m3
šabʿadīma
seven times
, dġṯt…ṯt4
𐎄d𐎙ġ𐎘ṯ𐎚t…𐎘ṯ𐎚t4
duġṯat…
incense…
rḥmy5
𐎗r𐎈ḥ𐎎m𐎊y5
raḥmayu
Rahmay
tlkm6
𐎚t𐎍l𐎋k𐎎m6
talikū-ma
goes offshe goes
wtṣd7
𐎆w𐎚t𐎕ṣ𐎄d7
wa-taṣūdu
and huntsand she hunts
. And over the basin seven times, incense… Rahmay goes off and hunts.
And over the basin seven times, incense… Rahmay goes off and hunts.
23.1.17-18
The Birth of the Gracious Gods 23.1.17-18 · The gracious lad
The hunt is made ready, but the lines are hard to read.
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17𐎚𐎈𐎂𐎗𐎐𐎙𐎇𐎗𐎐𐎓𐎎
18𐎆𐎌𐎎𐎓𐎗𐎁𐎎𐎊𐎗
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
She girds [herself]… the gracious lad. And the name of the enterers yr…
The rite keeps its count of seven, now over a basin, perhaps with incense; the word is broken and its sense uncertain. Then a short line of story: Rahmay goes out to hunt.
Rahmay, “the Maiden”, is a title of Anat in the Baal Cycle, and Anat is a hunter, so many think she is meant here. It is argued.