TCL 06, 38 [Daily offerings]

(o 1) Daily for the entire year at the main meal in the morning you set out 18 gold šappu-bowls on the offering table of Anu, in addition to the šappu-bowls for libations. Out of (these) you set out before Anu 7 šappu-bowls to the right, 3 (containing) barley-beer (and) 4 labku-beer; 7 šappu-bowls to the left, 3 (containing) barley-beer, one labku-beer, one nāšu-beer, one zarbābu-beer, and milk in a šappu-bowl (made) of alabaster; (and) 4 gold šappu-bowls with pressed wine.

(o 6) At the secondary meal in the morning and the main and secondary meals in the evening, ditto, but at the main and secondary meals in the evening milk is not presented. Out of the gold šappu-bowls for the offering table 5 (are) gold šappu-bowls with stands (made) of algamišu-stone.

(o 9) The 5 gold šappu-bowls which hold 1 qû each (are) libation bowls for the cella of Anu.

(o 10) Out of (these) one (contains) barley-beer, one labku-beer, one nāšu-beer, one pressed wine and [...].

(o 11) The šappu-bowl which holds 5 akalu (is) for wine from Azallu. 4 [...] tilimtu-bowls (are) for the cella of Anu. Out of (these) one (is) the gold tilimtu-bowl which [...] with almond(-shaped decoration)s, one the gold tilimtu-bowl which is embossed with rosettes, one the gold tilimtu-bowl whose neck is encircled with a band (and) one the [...] tilimtu-bowl [...].

(o 15) A total of 4 gold tilimtu-bowls on top of stands [...] for Anu and Antu.

(o 17) You set out 14 gold šappu-bowls on the offering table of Antu, (containing) the finest beer like [...].

(o 18) 12 gold šappu-bowls (are) before Ištar (and) 10 gold šappu-bowls before [...].

(o 19) (These are) in addition to the gold šappu-bowls for the entire year for the (other) gods resident in [...].

(o 20) (They are) also in addition to the gold šappu-bowls which (are) for the travel provisions of the gods and the 2 tilimtu-bowls (which) [...] sets up [...].

(o 21) Daily for the entire year: one pūru-bowl (holding) 3 kurru (and) 3 pānu of barley and [...] - (that is written sexagesimally) 1 48 sūtu (or written decimally) 1 hundred, 8 sūtu, the original amount of the regular offerings, according to the sūtu-measure of 10 minas [...] ... - which the millers in the kitchen deliver to the cooks each day for the 4 meals of Anu, Antu, Ištar, Nanaya and the (other) gods resident in Uruk.

(o 25) Out of (these 1 48 sūtu) 1 21 sūtu (are) barley-flour (and) 27 sūtu emmer-flour, which the cook bakes into 2 hundred, 43 loaves, from which for the four meals the cook delivers (a total of) 30 loaves to the offering table before Anu.

(o 28) At the main and secondary meals in the morning the cook delivers 8 loaves each time.

(o 29) At the main and secondary meals in the evening the cook delivers 7 loaves each time.

(o 30) 30 loaves (are set) before Antu, 30 loaves before Ištar, 30 loaves before Nanaya, 12 loaves before the seat of Anu and the household god of the cella of Antu, 4 loaves before the two crowns of Anu, 16 loaves before the ziggurat and the household god of the ziggurat, 16 loaves before the wings of the cella of Anu and Antu. A total of 1 hundred, 68 loaves which the cook delivers for the four meals.

(o 34) (These are) in addition to the 1 15 loaves which are presented at the 4 meals to the (other) gods resident in Uruk in their temples. (They are also) in addition to the immense loaves and the bread (made) of fine cut dates which (are) for the travel provisions of the gods, the monthly offerings, the eššēšu-festivals, the opening of the gates, the clothing (ceremonies for divine statues), (the rituals for) the holy water vessels, the nocturnal offerings, the brazier (ceremonies), the sacred marriage rituals, (the offerings of) kāribu-priests and the supplementary offerings of the king. (They are also in addition to) the red cakes which (are) in sellu-baskets (normally used) for mutāqu-cakes, (and) the takkasû-cakes which are collected in sellu-baskets (normally used) for makūtu-cakes and kubbušu-cakes.

(o 40) Also (they are in addition to) the 1 thousand 2 hundred kusīpu-loaves (made) with oil which are placed under fine cut dates and Dilmun dates, and the filtered oil (which) is presented on the kalakku-container of Anu, Antu and the (other) gods of Uruk, and the maṣhatu-flour which (is) in masabbu-baskets from the grain-stores (and) which daily for the entire year the miller delivers to the temple-enterer.

(o 44) The miller, during the grinding at the mill-stone, says the blessing 'Plough-star, they have hitched up the seeder plough in the open country', and the cook, during the kneading of the lump (of dough) and the presenting of the hot loaves, says the blessing 'Nisaba, abundant plenty, pure food'.

(o 48) Daily for the entire year at the four meals: (written sexagesimally) 1 48 sūtu (or written decimally) 1 hundred, 8 sūtu of fine cut dates, Dilmun dates, figs and raisins, in addition to the hiṣṣaṣātu-foods and tabnītu-offerings which are presented to Anu, Antu, Ištar, Nanaya and the (other) gods resident in Uruk.

(r 1) The cattle and sheep for the regular offerings which are presented daily for the entire year to Anu, Antu, Ištar, Nanaya and the (other) gods resident in the Rēš, the Irigal and the Ešara, (that is) the Baramah, the ziggurat of Anu, from the 1st day of Nisannu until the 30th day of Addaru at the main meal in the morning:

(r 4) For the main meal in the morning for the entire year: 7 finest rams, fattened (and) pure, which have fed on barley for two years, (and) one sacrificial sheep for the regular offerings, plump with milk.

(r 6) A total of 8 sheep for the regular offerings. One full-grown ox, one suckling calf and 10 plump rams of lower quality which have not fed on barley. A total, at the main meal in the morning for the entire year, of 18 sheep, among (them) one sacrificial sheep for the regular offerings, (plump) with milk; one full-grown ox; (and) one suckling calf. During the slaughtering of the cattle and sheep the butcher says the blessing:

(r 10) 'The son of Šamaš, the lord of livestock, has created pasture for me in the open country.'

(r 11) Alternatively, during the slaughtering of the cattle and sheep the chief butcher says a well-being to Anu, Antu, Jupiter and Venus, but does not speak to (any) other god.

(r 13) The secondary meal in the morning, the regular offerings for Anu, Antu and the (other) gods in their temples, with reference to the Reš, Irigal and Baramah, for the entire year: 6 rams, fattened (and) pure, which have fed on barley for two years; one ram for the regular offerings, plump with milk; and 5 plump rams of lower quality which have not fed on barley; one full-grown ox; 8 lambs; 5 ducks which have fed on dough; 2 ducks of lower quality; 3 geese which have fed on dough; 4 dormice; 30 marratu-birds; 20 doves; 3 ostrich eggs; (and) 3 duck eggs.

(r 18) The main meal in the evening, the regular offerings for Anu, Antu and the (other) gods in their temples for the entire year:

(r 19) 4 rams, fattened (and) pure, which have fed on barley for two years; one sacrificial sheep for the regular offerings, plump with milk; 5 other rams of lower quality which have not fed on barley; and 10 doves.

(r 21) The secondary meal in the evening, the regular offerings for Anu, Antu and the (other) gods in their temples for the entire year:

(r 22) 4 rams, fattened (and) pure, which have fed on barley for two years; one sacrificial sheep for the regular offerings, plump with milk; and 5 other rams of lower quality which have not fed on barley.

(r 24) The total, daily for the entire year, for each day at the 4 meals: 21 finest rams, fattened (and) pure, which have fed on barley for two years; 4 sacrificial sheep for the regular offerings, (plump) with milk; 25 inferior rams of lower quality which have not fed on barley; 2 full-grown oxen; one suckling calf; 8 lambs; 30 marratu-birds; 30 doves; 3 geese which have fed on dough; 5 ducks which have fed on dough; 2 ducks of lower quality; 4 dormice; 3 ostrich eggs; (and) 3 duck eggs.

(r 29) Daily for the entire year 10 rams, fattened (and) pure, whose horns and hooves are perfect, are prepared in the slaughter-house for offering voluntarily to Anu and Antu of heaven, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Mars, the rising of the Sun and the appearance of the Moon.

(r 32) The 16th day of every month: 10 finest rams, fattened (and) pure, whose horns and hooves are perfect, are prepared for boiled meat for Anu and Antu of heaven and the 7 planets at the (ceremony of the) purification of hands in the Bara-mah, the ziggurat of Anu, as for the 16th day of Ṭebetu.

(r 35) (These are) in addition to the sheep for the regular offerings of the entire year in the Eana and (other) temples of the gods of Tirana.

(r 36) (They are) also in addition to the cattle and sheep which (are) for the monthly offerings, the eššēšu-festivals, the opening of the gates, the clothing (ceremonies for divine statues), (the rituals for) the holy water vessels, the nocturnal offerings, the brazier (ceremonies), the sacred marriage rituals, (the offerings of) kāribu-priests and the supplementary offerings of the king - which are written down in the cultic ordinances for the entire year (and) which are presented to Anu, Antu and all the gods in the Reš, Irigal, Eana and (other) temples of the gods of Tirana.

(r 40) In the temple of Šamaš meat from a ram is not presented to Šakkan.

(r 41) In the temple of Sin meat from an ox is not presented to Ningublaga.

(r 42) Meat from a bird is not presented to Belet-ṣeri. Meat from an ox and meat from a bird are not presented to Ereškigal.

(r 43) (Copied by the) hand of Šamaš-eṭir, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Šibqat-Anu.

(r 44) (Copied from a) writing-board (consisting) of the cultic ordinances of Anu's divinity, the holy purification rituals (and) the rites of kingship, including the purification rituals of the gods of the Reš, Irigal, Eana and (other) temples of Tirana, the cultic activities of the incantation priests, the lamentation priests and the musicians, and of all the scholars who (are) after the ..., (not) forgetting everything that concerns an apprentice scholar.

(r 46) (Written) in accordance with the wording of tablets that Nabopolassar, king of Mat-tamti, carried off from Uruk, and then Kidin-Anu the Urukean, the incantation priest of Anu and Antu (and) descendant of Ekur-zakir, the high priest of the Reš temple, saw those tablets in the land of Elam, and during the reign of Seleucus and Antiochus, the kings, copied (them) and brought (the copies) to Uruk.