Short description |
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Outline.12 is a small fragment of what must originally have been one of the longest versions of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival.
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Texts |
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Literature from the Konkordanz |
- C. Corti, FsKošak, 2007: 166
- G. Torri F.G. Barsacchi, DBH 51, 2018: 289f.
- M. Nakamura, Diss.Würzburg, 1993: 135-140
- M. Nakamura, PIHANSt 94, 2002: 73-75
- M. Nakamura, The Sanyo Review 3, 1996: 64
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History of publication |
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In Nakamura’s edition (Nakamura M. 2002a: 6 and 73–75), this text is designated as Ü 7.
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Tablet characteristics |
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The surviving portion of Outline.12 seems to represent a small section of the reverse.
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Palaeography and handwriting |
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Outline.12 is written in the New Script. Although its day numbering corresponds to that of Outline.5, the palaeographic analysis shows that a possible join is rather unlikely. The evidence, sparse as it is, suggests a different scribal hand. See, e.g. the horizontals of AN and ZI crossing the verticals in Outline.5, but not in Outline.12.
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Text transmission |
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Outline.12 is – together with Outline.2 – one of the only outlines of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival discovered in the House on the Slope.
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General information |
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Outline.12 describes celebrations corresponding to DAY 27–29 in the ‘united’ version, whereas here they are numbered as days 29–31. This discrepancy indicates that the tablet must originally have included two additional days of the festival, for which no further evidence survives.
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Overview of contents |
| Section 1ID=28 | DAY 27: Celebrations for the Damnaššara- goddesses. Great assembly. Celebrations by the NIN.DINGIR priestess. Celebrations in the temples of Šulinkatte and Ḫašammeli. |
| Section 2ID=29 | DAY 28: Shepherds celebrate the Queen of the Storehouse. The aḫišala- men celebrate Telipinu. |
| Section 3ID=30 | DAY 29: The king eats from a golden (vessel). Celebrations for Telipinu, Zitḫariya and Antaliya in the temple of NISABA. Offering animals are taken from the KI.LAM Festival. NIN.DINGIR priestess visits all temples. | |
