Enmeduranki the Diviner (2)

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Enmeduranki 1.16-39:
The Tablet of the Gods, the liver, a mystery of heaven and netherworld, how to observe oil on water, a secret of Anu, Enlil and Ea, “that with commentary”, Enūma Anu Enlil, and how to make multiplications: - the learned savant, who guards the secrets of the great gods, will bind by oath before Šamaš and Adad, by tablet and stylus the son whom he loves and will teach him. When a diviner, an expert in oil, of abiding descent, offshoot of Enmeduranki, king of Sippar, who sets up the holy bowl, holds the cedar, benediction priest of the king, long-haired priest of Šamaš, a creature of Ninhursag, begotten by a reverend of pure descent, he himself, being without defect in body and limbs, may approach the presence of Šamaš and Adad where (liver) inspection and oracle (take place). The diviner of impure descent, not without defect in body and limbs, with squinting eyes, chipped teeth, a cut-off finger, a ruptured (?) testicle, suffering from leprosy, a hisgalû, a šubakilu, a eunuch, who does not observe the rites of Šamaš and Adad may not approach the place of Ea, Šamaš, Asalluhi and Bēlet-ṣēri, the surveyor of heaven and netherworld, the beloved of her brothers, for an oracle by divination. They will not reveal to him the secret tamītu, will not put in his hands the cedar, beloved of the great gods.

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Enmeduranki 1.16-39

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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