The Coronation of the Great Shishlam

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The Coronation of the Great Šišlam
Šarḥ ḏ-Traṣa ḏ-Taga ḏ-Šišlam Rba
The Coronation of the Great Shishlam being read inside a tarmida initiation hut in Baghdad, Iraq in 2008
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ReligionMandaeism
LanguageMandaic language

The Coronation of the Great

The Scroll of Exalted Kingship is also used extensively alongside the Coronation in tarmida initiation rituals. Similar esoteric texts that are traditionally used exclusively by Mandaean priests include The Thousand and Twelve Questions, and The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa.[1]

The Scroll of Exalted Kingship is essentially a much more detailed version of the Coronation. Whereas the Coronation simply lists the sequences of prayers and rituals to be performed, the Exalted Kingship also provides symbolic explanations for each prayer and ritual that is performed.[1]

Manuscripts and translations

In 1962,

Drower Collection (DC 54, which Drower dates to 1008 A.H., i.e. 1590-1591 A.D.) and Or. 6592, British Museum (dated by Drower to 1298 A.H., i.e. 1880-1881 A.D.).[2] Drower donated DC 54 to the Bodleian Library in 1961.[3]

Prayer sequence

See also

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