This study seeks to contextualise the king’s “negative confession,” which took place in the spring Akītu Festival of Babylon, within the established norms of Mesopotamian ritual practice. The king’s humiliation is situated within the contexts of status reversal, lament and ritual weeping. The study includes a comparative almanac of the Akkadian prayer and/or exclamation known as šigû.

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巴比伦阿克图节“否定忏悔”中的哀悼和仪式哭泣

本研究旨在根据美索不达米亚仪式实践的既定规范，将国王在春季巴比伦Akītu节中发生的“否定忏悔”置于语境中。国王的屈辱发生在地位颠倒、哀叹和仪式哭泣的背景下。该研究包括阿卡德语祈祷和/或感叹号的比较历书，称为šigû。