His mission will not prosper (1)

Summary
The judgement of a diviner who has not mastered his training.

Text
Enmeduranki 1.53-65:
His mission will not prosper with his city god and city [goddess], he will not powerfully prevail over his opponent. That diviner: - Šamaš and Adad, the divine judges, who love equity and justice, who look into the wonders of (?) the heavens, who quickly read the heart of wicked and just, who … the place of (liver) inspection, will hand him over to the place where the dead is alive, where alive is the dead. His (male) protecting spirits will [abandon] him, his (female) protecting angels will leave him. His distress will be bruited abroad so long as he lives. Improper words will be his prayer, and an evil tongue [will … ] in his body … [he] will be extirpated from performing his mission.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Enmeduranki 1.53-65

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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