==The Mari ritual==

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//Artifact//: Clay tablet\\ 
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//Period//: Late Old Babylonian Period (ca 1800-1595 BC)\\ 
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//Text genre, language//: Literary; Akkadian\\ 
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//Description//: The text contains a long description of the events and actions surrounding a ritual on behalf of the goddess Ishtar. Incipits to lamentations and songs, the placement of statues, musicians, and other participants are described in great detail. (Klaus Wagensonner, University of Oxford)

//Handcopy//: FM III, no. 2

//Editions//: Durand, J.M. and M. Guichard. 1997. "Les rituels de Mari," //Florilegium marianum// III (Paris), 19 - 78, no. 2.

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