Akiti

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Akiti ( Sumerian a-ki-ti ; Akkadian a-ki-tum, a-ki-tu ) was from the third to the late second millennium BC. The name of two New Year celebrations , which were celebrated in Ur in particular . The exact meaning of the name Akiti is unclear, where a could stand for time , ki for earth and ti for approaching . Since the late second millennium BC The Akiti was called Akitu in Babylonia .

Akiti festivals

Harvest Akiti

The Akiti festival of the firstlings of the year began on the 1st of Nisannu with the trip to Gaes , the Akiti celebration house, which was outside Ur. Upon arrival, the first sacrifices were made in Ur and Gaes.

On the 5th of Nisannu, the main sacrifices followed in the Gaes, combined with a field avoidance and further sacrifices in front of the standards of the deity Nanna . The harvest Akiti ended on the 7th of Nisannu with a procession during which the god statue of Nanna returned to Ur on a boat.

Sowing Akiti

The sowing akiti was opened on the 1st tašritu with the rituals of the harvest acti. On the 3rd Tašritu, small offerings in Ur as well as anointings of the temple of the deity Nanna, especially the temple door, followed. These actions symbolized, among other things, the new beginning of agriculture and the renewal of Nanna when he later returned to the temple. In addition, as in the Harvest Akiti, sacrifices were made before the standards of Nanna.

The 4th Tašritu was celebrated with small sacrifices, followed by a boat trip on the 5th Tašritu with great sacrifices and the performance of the athletes . The next two days passed without a victim. On the 10th Tašritu, the priests brought the statue of the god Nanna back to his temple by boat and then accepted a 10% temple fee from the merchants. The sowing Akiti ended on the 11th Tašritu with offerings in Ur and Gaes.

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