| The Coronation of the Great Šišlam Šarḥ ḏ-Traṣa ḏ-Taga ḏ-Šišlam Rba | |
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 The Coronation of the Great Shishlam being read inside atarmida initiation hut in Baghdad, Iraq in 2008 | |
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| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Language | Mandaic language |
The Coronation of the GreatŠišlam (orThe Coronation of Shishlam Rabba;Classical Mandaic:ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡕࡓࡀࡑࡀ ࡖࡕࡀࡂࡀ ࡖࡔࡉࡔࡋࡀࡌ ࡓࡁࡀ,romanized: Šarḥ ḏ-Traṣa ḏ-Taga ḏ-Šišlam Rba) is aMandaean religious text. The text is a detailed commentary on the initiation of thetarmida (junior priests), with detailed discussions onmasbuta andmasiqta rituals.The Scroll of Exalted Kingship is also used extensively alongside theCoronation in tarmida initiation rituals. Similar esoteric texts that are traditionally used exclusively byMandaean priests includeThe Thousand and Twelve Questions, andThe Baptism of Hibil Ziwa.[1]
TheScroll of Exalted Kingship is essentially a much more detailed version of theCoronation. Whereas theCoronation simply lists the sequences of prayers and rituals to be performed, theExalted Kingship also provides symbolic explanations for each prayer and ritual that is performed.[1]
In 1962,E. S. Drower published an English translation and commentary of the text, which was based on Manuscript 54 of theDrower 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 theBodleian Library in 1961.[3]
MSRRC 1A is another manuscript of theCoronation text. The manuscript was copied atShushtar in 1156 A.H. (1744-5 A.D.) by Iuhana br Ram br Sam br Adam k. Malka Sabur. It has been digitized and analyzed byMatthew Morgenstern.[4]
MSRRC 2E, a damaged manuscript, was copied at Mučarra in 1200 A.H. (1785–1786 A.D.).[5]
