23.1.5-6
The Birth of the Gracious Gods 23.1.5-6 · Eat and drink
The gods are invited to eat bread and drink wine.
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5𐎍𐎗𐎛𐎌𐎅𐎎𐎆𐎊𐎌𐎎
6𐎍𐎈𐎎𐎁𐎍𐎈𐎎𐎀𐎊𐎆𐎌𐎚𐎊𐎁𐎃𐎎𐎗𐎊𐎐𐎀𐎊
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
lrišhm1
𐎍l𐎗r𐎛i𐎌š𐎅h𐎎m1
li-rišihumu
On their headson their head
wyš…m2
𐎆w𐎊y𐎌š…𐎎m2
…
…
lḥm3
𐎍l𐎈ḥ𐎎m3
luḥmu
eat
ay4
𐎀a𐎊y4
ʾayyu
any
blḥm5
𐎁b𐎍l𐎈ḥ𐎎m5
bi-laḥmi
breadin bread
, wšty6
𐎆w𐎌š𐎚t𐎊y6
wa-ištiyū
and drink
bḫmrynay7
𐎁b𐎃ḫ𐎎m𐎗r𐎊y𐎐n𐎀a𐎊y7
bi-ḫamri yêni ʾayyi
of any foaming winein foaming wine
. On their heads and… Eat of any bread, and drink of any foaming wine.
On their heads and… Eat of any bread, and drink of any foaming wine.
23.1.7-8
The Birth of the Gracious Gods 23.1.7-8 · Mot-and-Shar with his staffs
A blessing on the royal house, then Death sits down with a staff in each hand.
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7𐎌𐎍𐎎𐎎𐎍𐎋𐎌𐎍𐎎𐎎𐎍𐎋𐎚𐎓𐎗𐎁𐎎𐎆𐎘𐎐𐎐𐎎
8𐎎𐎚𐎆𐎌𐎗𐎊𐎘𐎁𐎁𐎄𐎅𐎃𐎉𐎘𐎋𐎍𐎁𐎄𐎅
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
Peace, O king! Peace, O queen! O enterers and guards! Mot-and-Shar sits; in his hand the staff of bereavement, in his hand
The guests are called to the table. “Eat” and “drink” in a pair is how Ugaritic poets set a feast for gods. The little word ay comes twice and is usually read “any”: whatever bread, whatever wine there is. Some take it as a cry.
The first line is broken, so what is “on their heads” is lost.