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
hlkm1
𐎅h𐎍l𐎋k𐎎m1
hālikūma
who gogoing
bdbḥnʿmt2
𐎁b𐎄d𐎁b𐎈ḥ𐎐n𐎓ʿ𐎎m𐎚t2
bi-dabḥi naʿamāti
with a gracious sacrifice
. šd3
𐎌š𐎄d3
šadū
Field
ilm4
𐎛i𐎍l𐎎m4
ʾilīma
of the gods,
, šd5
𐎌š𐎄d5
šadū
field
aṯrt6
𐎀a𐎘ṯ𐎗r𐎚t6
ʾaṯirati
of AthiratAsherah
wrḥmy7
𐎆w𐎗r𐎈ḥ𐎎m𐎊y7
wa-raḥmayu
and Rahmay
. who go with a gracious sacrifice. The field of the gods, the field of Athirat and Rahmay.
who go with a gracious sacrifice. The field of the gods, the field of Athirat and Rahmay.
The chant goes back to the field of the gods and of Athirat, and this time it brings a sacrifice. A liturgy keeps its place by repeating itself, and this one has now said the field twice.