The Cults of Uruk and Babylon : : The Temple Ritual Texts As Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practice / / Marc J. H. Linssen.

• Superior document: Cuneiform Monographs ; Volume 25
• VerfasserIn: Linssen, Marc J. H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill/Styx,, [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Cuneiform monographs ; Volume 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 343 pages) :; illustrations

This publication provides new information about the temple ritual texts from ancient Mesopotamia, in particular from the cities Uruk and Babylon, and shows how important the public cults were in Hellenistic times, at least until the first century B.C.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: 1.1. Hellenistic Babylonia
• 1.2. The texts
• 1.3. The cult
• II. Ceremonies, rituals and festivals: II. 1. Introduction
• II. 2. Daily ceremonies
• II. 2.1. The cultic day
• II. 2.2. dik biti
• II. 2.3. pit babi
• II. 3. Monthly ceremonies
• II. 3.1. Unspecified monthly ceremonies
• II. 3.2. essesu
• II. 3.3 lubustu
• II. 3.4. bajjatu
• II. 3.5. nubattu
• II. 3.6. salam biti
• II. 4. Annual ceremonies
• II. 4.1. Unspecified annual
• II. 4.2. Annual clothing ceremonies
• II. 4.3. Processions
• II. 4.4. Divine marriage ceremonies
• II. 4.5. The new year festival
• II. 4.5.1. Uruk
• II. 4.5.2. Babylon
• II. 4.6. The brazier festivals
• II. 4.7. The cultic calendars
• II. 5. The kettledrum ritual
• II. 5.1. The kettledrum
• II. 5.2. The ritual of the covering of the kettledrum
• II. 5.3. Who performed the kettledrum ritual?
• II. 6. The building ritual
• II. 6.1. The first version
• II. 6.2. The second version
• II. 6.3. Who performed the building ritual?
• II. 6.4. Building programs in Uruk and Babylon
• II. 7. The eclipse of the moon ritual
• II. 7.1. The first version
• II. 7.2. The second version
• II. 7.3. The third version
• II. 7.4. The fourth version
• II. 8. Other festivals
• II. 8.1. A temple festival in Esabad
• II. 8.2. A palm festival
• II. 8.3. A haru-ritual
• II. 8.4. A Greek festival
• II. 8.5. Festivals for Istar of Babylon and Istar of Uruk
• II. 8.6. TU 41: a nocturnal festival in the res-temple
• II. 8.7. Ruler cults
• III. The divine meal
• III. 1. Introduction
• Cultic meals
• III. 2.1. Terminology
• III. 2.2. TU 38
• III. 3. The offering site
• III. 4. The offering preparations
• III. 4.1. passuru and patiru
• III. 4.2. tabnitu
• III. 4.3. mubannu
• III. 4.4. riksu
• III. 5. Fumigation
• III. 5.1. saraqu and sakanu
• III. 5.2. Fumigation materials
• III. 6. Consecration, purification and washing
• III. 6.1. Consecration
• Purification
• Washing
• III. 7. Offerings and libations
• III. 7.1. The presentation of the offerings
• III. 7.2. Food and drink offerings
• III. 7.3. Burnt offering
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Text concordance
• Selective word indices
• Plates
• Summery.