楔形文字碑刻：古巴比伦巴拉格献给母亲女神阿鲁鲁 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	楔形文字碑刻：古巴比伦巴拉格献给母亲女神阿鲁鲁
品名（英）	Cuneiform tablet: Old Babylonian balag to the mother goddess Aruru
入馆年号	1886年，86.11.62
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1900 - 公元前 1500
创作地区
分类
尺寸	3 15/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 1/16 英寸 (10 × 4.9 × 2.7 厘米)
介绍（中）	在美索不达米亚，人们使用了一些祭祀用品来安抚众神。哀歌牧师在仪式上唱歌或背诵，通常用苏美尔语的埃梅萨尔方言创作。当我们知道这些书面文本时，苏美尔语已经不再使用了。毫无疑问，埃梅萨尔礼拜仪式中不同寻常的词语和声音增加了这些表演的功效和吸引力这篇文章很可能是一篇平衡作文。balag一词指的是用于仪式表演的乐器，通常写在这些文本的底部。这个药片的底部是破的，但里面的东西和其他巴拉克的差不多。献给女神阿鲁鲁的文字，在哀叹一座城市的毁灭之前，颂扬了她的力量仅保留此平板电脑的左边缘。用楔形文字写在泥板上，文字符号的形式表明它是在古巴比伦时期写的。考古证据已经产生了这一时期的大量文学文本，这些文本被用作抄写员培训的一部分，以帮助他们学习楔形文字和苏美尔语。石碑背面的分界线标出了礼拜仪式的不同部分。
介绍（英）	Liturgical compositions were used in Mesopotamia to appease the gods. Sung or recited by lamentation priests in rituals, they were often composed in the Emesal dialect of the Sumerian language. By the time we know of these texts in writing, the Sumerian language was no longer spoken. No doubt the unusual words and sounds of Emesal liturgy added to the efficacy and appeal of these performances. This text is most likely a balag composition. The word balag – referring to a musical instrument used in ritual performances – was often written at the bottom of such texts. The bottom of this tablet is broken, but its contents are similar to those of other balags. Dedicated to the goddess Aruru, the text celebrates her power before lamenting the destruction of a city. Only the left edge of this tablet is preserved. Written on a clay tablet using the cuneiform script, the form of the signs of this text suggest that it was written during the Old Babylonian period. Archaeological evidence has produced vast numbers of literary texts from this period, which were used as part of a scribe’s training to help them learn both the cuneiform writing and the Sumerian language. Dividing lines on the reverse of the tablet mark off different sections of the liturgy.