Origin/Historian/Author: Kassite Babylonian (ca. 1400 BCE)
Source: Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms, By Stephen Langdon, 1919
(Ni. 6060)
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1. The vessel of holy water ….. [of the gods]
2. is Ninhabursildu, queen of incantations
3. The little kanrzu-vessel is the deity …..
4. The tamarisk[1] is Anu.
5. The date palm-head is Tammuz.
6. The mashtakal-plant is Ea.
7. The Salalu-reed is Ninurta.
8. The El-plant is Nina.
9. The gisbur wood is the Fire God Girra.
10. Silver is the great god(the moon).
11. Gold is Enmesarra (the sun).
12. Copper is Ea.
13. Lead is Ninmah.
14. [….. ] is Ninurta.
15. [….. ] is Ninlil.
16. [….. ] is lshtar-Venus.
17. [….. ] is Marduk-Jupiter.
18. [….. ] is Nergal-Mars.
19. [….. ] is Ninurta-Saturn.
20. [….. ] is Nusku.
21. [….. ] is Papsukal.
Footnotes
[1] The tamarisk and date palm are said to be created in heaven and thesameis said of them in Gudea,Cyl. B. This plant appears frequently in magic rituals. The Hebrew legend of the manna (bread of heaven in Psalms 105. qo), said to have been the exudation of the tamarisk.