23.1.19-20
The Birth of the Gracious Gods 23.1.19-20 · Seats of the gods
A short count: the seats of the gods, eight, seven times.
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19𐎎𐎘𐎁𐎚𐎛𐎍𐎎𐎘𐎎𐎐𐎘
20𐎔𐎀𐎎𐎚𐎌𐎁𐎓
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
mṯbt1
𐎎m𐎘ṯ𐎁b𐎚t1
mawṯabatu
The seatsseat
ilm2
𐎛i𐎍l𐎎m2
ʾilīma
of the gods
: ṯmn3
𐎘ṯ𐎎m𐎐n3
ṯamānū
eight
ṯ4
𐎘ṯ4
ṯ…
…
šbʿ5
𐎌š𐎁b𐎓ʿ5
šabʿu
seven
pamt6
𐎔p𐎀a𐎎m𐎚t6
paʿamāti
times
. The seats of the gods: eight… seven times.
The seats of the gods: eight… seven times.
23.1.21-22
The Birth of the Gracious Gods 23.1.21-22 · Lapis and carnelian
Two precious stones are named, then singers.
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21𐎛𐎖𐎐𐎜𐎌𐎎𐎚
22𐎘𐎐𐎌𐎗𐎎
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
Lapis lazuli, carnelian… two singers.
The “seats of the gods” are their thrones or dwellings in the sanctuary. The lines read like a rubric with numbers, but a break takes part of it, and the sense is not firm.