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
špš1
𐎌š𐎔p𐎌š1
šapšu
Shapashthe Sun
, mṣprt2
𐎎m𐎕ṣ𐎔p𐎗r𐎚t2
muṣapparatu
(meaning uncertain)mṣprt
dlthm3
𐎄d𐎍l𐎚t𐎅h𐎎m3
dalatihumu
their tendrilstheir branches
wġnbm4
𐎆w𐎙ġ𐎐n𐎁b𐎎m4
wa-ġinabīma
and the grapes
. šlm5
𐎌š𐎍l𐎎m5
šalāmu
Peace,
, ʿrbm6
𐎓ʿ𐎗r𐎁b𐎎m6
ʿārribūma
O enterersthe ones entering
ṯnnm7
𐎘ṯ𐎐n𐎐n𐎎m7
ṯanānīma
guardsṯnn-men
! Shapash, mṣprt… their tendrils and the grapes. Peace, O enterers [and] guards!
Shapash, mṣprt… their tendrils and the grapes. Peace, O enterers [and] guards!
23.1.27-28
The Birth of the Gracious Gods 23.1.27-28 · The gracious sacrifice
The refrain of the fields returns, now with a sacrifice.
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27𐎅𐎍𐎋𐎎𐎁𐎄𐎁𐎈𐎐𐎓𐎎𐎚
28𐎌𐎄𐎛𐎍𐎎𐎌𐎄𐎀𐎘𐎗𐎚𐎆𐎗𐎈𐎎𐎊
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
who go with a gracious sacrifice. The field of the gods, the field of Athirat and Rahmay.
Shapash the Sun is named with tendrils and grapes, most likely as the one who ripens the vine, though mṣprt is not understood. The vineyard is back, the one where Death was pruned in lines 9 to 11.
Then the greeting to the temple staff, the enterers and the guards, comes round again as a refrain.