23.1.23-24
The Birth of the Gracious Gods 23.1.23-24 · At Athirat (Asherah)’s breast
The gods are called again, now as nurslings of the mother goddess.
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23𐎛𐎖𐎗𐎀𐎐𐎛𐎍𐎎𐎐𐎓𐎎𐎎𐎊𐎎
24𐎊𐎐𐎖𐎎𐎁𐎀𐎔𐎇𐎄𐎀𐎘𐎗𐎚
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
iqran1
𐎛i𐎖q𐎗r𐎀a𐎐n1
ʾiqraʾ-na
I call
ilm2
𐎛i𐎍l𐎎m2
ʾilīma
the gods
, nʿmm…ym3
𐎐n𐎓ʿ𐎎m𐎎m…𐎊y𐎎m3
naʿīmīma…
the gracious… of a day
, ynqm4
𐎊y𐎐n𐎖q𐎎m4
yāniqūma
who sucksucklings
bapzd5
𐎁b𐎀a𐎔p𐎇z𐎄d5
bi-ʾap zadi
the nipple of the breastnose
aṯrt6
𐎀a𐎘ṯ𐎗r𐎚t6
ʾaṯirati
of AthiratAsherah
. I call the gods, the gracious… of a day, who suck the nipple of the breast of Athirat.
I call the gods, the gracious… of a day, who suck the nipple of the breast of Athirat.
23.1.25-26
The Birth of the Gracious Gods 23.1.25-26 · Shapash and the grapes
The sun goddess is named over the vine, and the greeting repeats.
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25𐎌𐎔𐎌𐎎𐎕𐎔𐎗𐎚𐎄𐎍𐎚𐎅𐎎
26𐎆𐎙𐎐𐎁𐎎𐎌𐎍𐎎𐎓𐎗𐎁𐎎𐎘𐎐𐎐𐎎
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
Shapash, mṣprt… their tendrils and the grapes. Peace, O enterers [and] guards!
The call of line 1 comes again, fuller. The gracious gods are nurslings of the great goddess Athirat, sucking at her breast. The break hides a few words that come back whole near the end, where the newborn gods are “devourers of a day, sons of a day”.