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New Data on the Sidru-Offering in Neo-Babylonian Sippar1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2014

Radosław Tarasewicz
Radosław Tarasewicz*
Affiliation:
Department of the Ancient Near East, University of Poznan, Sw. Marcin 78, 61-809 Poznan, Poland, radekta@gmail.com
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Abstract

This article presents a study of the little known sidru-offering from the Neo-Babylonian Ebabbar temple at Sippar. The source data comes from an unpublished tablet belonging to the so-called Ebabbar archives. It is the only known example of the performance of this offering in a Babylonian temple. The organization of the cult and cultic calendar of Babylonian temples are the subject of numerous studies and much debate; the content of this tablet contributes valuable new data to the discussion.

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Research Article
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IRAQ , Volume 74 , 2012 , pp. 117 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © The British Institute for the Study of Iraq 2012

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Footnotes

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I am deeply grateful to Dr. E. Gehlken, Prof. T. Kwasman, Dr. M. Sandowicz and Prof. S. Zawadzki for reading a draft of this paper and making valuable suggestions. Any errors and over-interpretation are my own. This article would not have been possible without the financial support of the Lanckoroński Foundation and the Foundation for Polish Science.

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