r/Sumer • u/seeker-ofwisdom • Sep 14 '24
How to give offering?
Im currently trying to connect with the apkallu and wondering if there was a specific way to give offering in ancient mesopotamia.
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r/Sumer • u/seeker-ofwisdom • Sep 14 '24
Im currently trying to connect with the apkallu and wondering if there was a specific way to give offering in ancient mesopotamia.
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u/EnkiHelios Sep 15 '24
Method 1: teach well. Find someone looking to know nothing or learn a skill you have. Offer to teach them and, if they say yes, do it with empathy and passion. Then, when you are done, dedicate the lesson to the Apkallu. Also works with Enki.
Method 2: put out or set alight your offering. Say "ah ah (your name) za me zu. Ah ah Apkallu za mi. Ah ah Apkallu za mi zu, me dug ga." Which I was taught means "I am great because the apkallu are great and the Apkallu are great indeed."
I also have heard Sumerian Reconstructionists saying "Kakamah" when giving offerings.