KTU 1.41
KTU 1.41 or the Ugaritic Vintage Rites (CAT 1.87 COS 1.95) describe an extensive Ugaritic ritual. It may have been a new year's event.[1] Twice-attested, it was likely canon. It's something of a new moon, New Year occasion like the Hebrew Feast of Wine.[2] The "Lady of the temples" refers to the goddess, but as written it could also entail respect for the human priestess of her house.
Lyrics
1 In the month of Rišn
2 On to the new moon, cutting the grape cluster
3 To Il - šlmm offerings
4 On the thirteenth, the pure king bathes himself
5 On the fourteenth: First of the tribute
6 And two small animals for the Lady of the temples,
7 Birds for the staff of gods
1 b yrh . riš yn . b ym . hdt]
2 šmtr . [utkl . il . šlmm[3]]
3 b tltt 'šrt[.[4] yrths . mlk . brr]
4 b arb't [. 'šrt . riš . argmn]
5 w tn šm . l[ b'lt . bhtm . 'srm . l inš]
6 ilm . wšdd . ilš š . ilhm . mlk
7 ytb . brr[5] [6][.] w mhy x w qra
8 ym . 'lm . y'rb t
9 k 'gml [.]xs . w [.] x x [ dqtm]
10 w yn[t . q]rt . y'db l 'nt ]
See also
Bibliography
- Lete, Gregorio del Olmo; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2004). A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition. Vol. 67. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-13694-0.
References
- ^ Aula Orientalis 5 1987 p 257 G del Olmo Lete, liturgia ugaritica del primer mes KTU 1.41 // 1.87
- ^ Hallo, William W.; Younger, K. Lawson; Orton, David E. (1997). The Context of Scripture. Leiden New York (N.Y.) Köln: Brill. p. 299. ISBN 90-04-09629-9.§Auth Baruch Levine
- ^ This word could be a reference to fully-burned offerings, like korban olah
- ^ NB reconstruction break within word Asherah
- ^ brr adj m pure, purified, clean cf Hb br, brwr br(r) n m "tin"
- ^ Lete & Sanmartín 2004, p. 240.