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Its earliest appearance seems to have been at [[Mari, Syria|Mari]]. Middle Babylonian attestation comes in the form of two references to the supply of grain or flour for the ceremony in temple administrative tablets from [[Kassites|Kassite]] [[Nippur]].<ref name=sassmannshausen>{{ cite book | title = Betträge zur verwaltung und Gesellschaft Babyloniens in der Kassitenzeit | author = L. Sassmannshausen | publisher = Philipp von Zabern | year = 2001 | page = 170 }}</ref> |
Its earliest appearance seems to have been at [[Mari, Syria|Mari]]. Middle Babylonian attestation comes in the form of two references to the supply of grain or flour for the ceremony in temple administrative tablets from [[Kassites|Kassite]] [[Nippur]].<ref name=sassmannshausen>{{ cite book | title = Betträge zur verwaltung und Gesellschaft Babyloniens in der Kassitenzeit | author = L. Sassmannshausen | publisher = Philipp von Zabern | year = 2001 | page = 170 }}</ref> |
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In later neo-[[Assyria]]n and neo-Babylonian periods it was used for the spiritual cleansing of a field or a building, especially in the temple of the moon god [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]] in [[Uruk]], but also in the context of a person, such as a sick person or the king, a type of cleansing ceremony was accompanied by a ''liḫšu'', whispered prayer, “By the life of [[Anu]] and [[Enlil]] they are conjured,”<ref>{{ cite journal | title = | journal = Revue d' |
In later neo-[[Assyria]]n and neo-Babylonian periods it was used for the spiritual cleansing of a field or a building, especially in the temple of the moon god [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]] in [[Uruk]], but also in the context of a person, such as a sick person or the king, a type of cleansing ceremony was accompanied by a ''liḫšu'', whispered prayer, “By the life of [[Anu]] and [[Enlil]] they are conjured,”<ref>{{ cite journal | title = BM 134701=1965-10-14,1 And The Hellenistic Period Eclipse Ritual From Uruk | author = David Brown, Marc Linssen | journal = Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale | volume = 91 | number = 2 | year = 1997 | jstor = 23281910 | page = 151 }}</ref> or conjuration, "butting evil." Dough was wiped over the thigh of the subject, a scapegoat was sacrificed or carcass of a sheep was used to purify the cella of the temple,<ref>{{ cite book | title = The Image and the Book Iconic Cults, Aniconism, and the Rise of Book Religion in Israel and the Ancient Near East | chapter = Washing the mouth | author = Angelika Berlejung | editor = K. van der Toorn | publisher = Peeters | year = 1998 | page = 63 }}</ref> which was afterwards cast into the river along with the ''[[zisurrû]]'', “magic circle of flour,” and ''garakku''-brazier, a black and white cord.<ref>{{ cite book | title = The Cults of Uruk and Babylon: The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practice | author = M. J. H. Linssen | publisher = Brill Academic Publishers | year = 2003 | pages = 148–149 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:19, 25 November 2016
Takpirtu or Takpertu, inscribed tak-pir-tú and as a gloss to the term šu-gur-gur-meš, and literally meaning “wiping,” from kupurru,[1] “to wipe, rub,” or more generally ““to perform a wiping rite,” were Mesopotamian purification rituals whose oldest attestations go back to the Old Babylonian period. It was an integral part of the Bīt rimki and Bīt salā’ mê rituals and may have been a cleansing rite in its own right as it is listed separately in the Exorcists Manual, perhaps in the form of tak-pir-tú nussētiq, burnt offerings.[2]
The ritual
Its earliest appearance seems to have been at Mari. Middle Babylonian attestation comes in the form of two references to the supply of grain or flour for the ceremony in temple administrative tablets from Kassite Nippur.[3]
In later neo-Assyrian and neo-Babylonian periods it was used for the spiritual cleansing of a field or a building, especially in the temple of the moon god Sîn in Uruk, but also in the context of a person, such as a sick person or the king, a type of cleansing ceremony was accompanied by a liḫšu, whispered prayer, “By the life of Anu and Enlil they are conjured,”[4] or conjuration, "butting evil." Dough was wiped over the thigh of the subject, a scapegoat was sacrificed or carcass of a sheep was used to purify the cella of the temple,[5] which was afterwards cast into the river along with the zisurrû, “magic circle of flour,” and garakku-brazier, a black and white cord.[6]
References
- ^ The D-stem of kapāru, CAD K p. 179.
- ^ takpirtu, CAD t, p. 85.
- ^ L. Sassmannshausen (2001). Betträge zur verwaltung und Gesellschaft Babyloniens in der Kassitenzeit. Philipp von Zabern. p. 170.
- ^ David Brown, Marc Linssen (1997). "BM 134701=1965-10-14,1 And The Hellenistic Period Eclipse Ritual From Uruk". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 91 (2): 151. JSTOR 23281910.
- ^ Angelika Berlejung (1998). "Washing the mouth". In K. van der Toorn (ed.). The Image and the Book Iconic Cults, Aniconism, and the Rise of Book Religion in Israel and the Ancient Near East. Peeters. p. 63.
- ^ M. J. H. Linssen (2003). The Cults of Uruk and Babylon: The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practice. Brill Academic Publishers. pp. 148–149.