Draft:El on a bender
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ʔEl on a Bender is a text in which the elder god El gets very drunk and the goddess ʕAṯtaru-we-ʕAnatu goes on a hunt for a cure. It is known as CoS 1.97 and RS 24.258, CAT or KTU 1.114. It's known for the earliest reference to the hair of the dog and to the marzeah, a concept of academic interest that might mean symposium here.[1][2]
Plot[edit]
El slaughters game to serve a feast. The gods arrive and indulge in food and "good/new wine to drunkenness."
Yarikh (Yariḫu) acts like a dog.[3] Those who don't know he's the moon god kick him under the table. ʕṯtrt-we-ʕnt, a familiar yet unique binomial divine name, gives him meat, and the butler scolds her for giving good food to an animal. El retires from the dinner to his Marzeah, which Pardee translates as drinking club.
Ṯukamuna-wa-Šunama are named in the following section, where they carry the drunk El home.[3] Ḥby or "he who has two horns and a tail" then seems to trip El, who ends up on the floor as if dead. The goddess goes on a hunt to retrieve a cure.[4]
The last lines are a medicinal recipe.
Excerpt[edit]
| Ugaritic | English |
|---|---|
| Line 26 [ʕṯ]trt . w ʕnt[ ]x[ ] | [...] ʕAṯtaru-we-ʕAnatu [...] |
| Line 27 w bhm . tṯṯb . [x]xdh | She brings back to him [...] |
| Line 28 km . trpa . hn nʕr | When she heals, he awakes. |
| Line 29 d yšt . l lṣbh . šʕr klb | What is to be put on his forehead: hairs of a dog. |
| Line 30 w riš . pqq w šrh | And the head of the pqq and its shoot |
| Line 31 yšt . aḥdh . dm zt . ḫrpnt[5] | he is to drink together with fresh olive oil.[6] |
See also[edit]
External[edit]
- http://inamidst.com/stuff/notes/feast - English translation
Bibliography[edit]
- Pardee, Dennis (2002). Ritual and cult at Ugarit. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 978-90-04-12657-2. OCLC 558437302.
- Rahmouni, Aicha (2008). Divine epithets in the Ugaritic alphabetic texts. Leiden Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-90-474-2300-3. OCLC 304341764.
- Smith, Mark (2014). "Athtart in Late Bronze Age Syrian Texts". Transformation of a goddess: Ishtar-Astarte-Aphrodite. Fribourg Göttingen: Academic Press Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN 978-3-7278-1748-9. OCLC 881612038.
Category:Ugaritic texts Category:Ugarit Category:KTU texts
References[edit]
- ^ King, Philip J.; קינג, פ' (1989). "ה'מרזח', עדות ספרותית וארכיאולוגית / THE". Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies / ארץ-ישראל: מחקרים בידיעת הארץ ועתיקותיה. כ. Israel Exploration Society: 98*–106*. ISSN 0071-108X. JSTOR 23621930. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ "El's Divine Feast (KTU 1.114)". Ugaritic Mythology. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ a b Smith 2014, p. 50.
- ^ Smith 2014, pp. 50–51.
- ^ KTU 1.114 pg 130
- ^ Pardee, Dennis. The Context of Scripture. Vol. 1.97, RS 24.258. p. I:302.