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摘要
毫无疑问,esagil - kk - n- appli的预测-诊断预兆系列Sakikkû和面相-形态预兆系列Alamdimmû的文本目录,从两个第一个千年的手稿中已知,是相当重要的,值得在这里与目录KAR 44(驱魔人手册)和AMC一起讨论。(a)它是其他目录的术语和结构的一个重要的比较点。由于Sakikkû目录中许多未经证实的表达式会造成一些困难,因此本文稍后将讨论主要术语。(b)结合这两种证人,除了碑首几行和末几行外,目录几乎保存完整,为重建这两个系列提供了重要资料。(c)另一个值得注意的特点是在案文中间的Sakikkû (SA.GIG)和Alamdimmû目录之间插入了编辑说明,或如John Wee所说的宣言1。这篇社论的注释不仅值得注意,因为它提到了系列的编译器-这本身是不寻常的-而且还说明了版本的原因和理由,这导致了关于美索不达米亚技术文本中关于不同学术学科的册封的讨论。
Esagil-kīn-apli’s Catalogue of Sakikkû and Alamdimmû
Without doubt, Esagil-kīn-apli’s text catalogue of the prognostic-diagnostic omen series Sakikkû and the physiognomic-morphoscopic omen series Alamdimmû, known from two 1st millennium manuscripts, is of considerable importance and merits to be treated here together with the catalogues KAR 44 (Exorcist’s Manual) and AMC. (a) It serves as an important point of comparison for the terminology and structure of the other catalogues. Since a number of otherwise unattested expressions in the Sakikkû catalogue pose some difficulties, a discussion of the major terms will be provided later on in this article. (b) Combining both witnesses the catalogue is, with the exception of some line beginnings and a few lines at the end of the tablet, nearly completely preserved and offers crucial information for the reconstruction of both series. (c) Another remarkable feature is the insertion of an editorial note or, as John Wee called it, a manifesto,1 between the catalogues of Sakikkû (SA.GIG) and Alamdimmû, in the middle of the text. This editorial note is not only noteworthy because it mentions the series’ compiler – which is unusual in itself – but also by stating the reasons and justification for the edition, which has led to a discussion about canonisation within Mesopotamian technical texts pertaining to different scholarly disciplines.