170

Background information
from Drower

Various sections
of the Canonical Prayerbook

Copyists

BOOK OF SOULS Prayers 1-31

MASIQTA Prayers 32-72

The Letter ('ngirta) Prayer 73

COLOPHON #74

HYMNS OF PRAISE Prayers 75-77

The Responses ('niania) Prayers 78-103

The Rusma (Daily Ablution Prayers)--Prayer 104

ASIET MALKIA Prayer 105

Rahmia (Daily Devotional Prayers)--Prayers 106-168

     Colophon 169

    Tab Taba Ltabia (the full Commemoration prayer forthe dead and living--Prayer 170

     Hymns of Praise--Prayers 171-172

     Sumhata (The Names)--Prayers 173-176

     Little New Year's Feast Prayer--Prayer 177

     Prayers for honoring the crown--Prayer 178

    Hymns of marriage and a new priest (including the series Kt Azil Bhira Dakia-- Prayer 179-198

     Colophon 199

    Prayers 200-283

   Colophon 284

     Prayers 285-304

    Coronation Prayers and hymns (including two for myrtle)-- Prayers 305-328

      Colophon 329

BANNER HYMNS Prayers 330- 347

    Blessed Oblation Prayers and Hymns--Prayers 348- 374

Blessings on the chief celebrant after Blessed Oblation--                     Prayers 375-381

    Myrtle prayers and hymns--Prayers 382-385

     Various prayers 386-409

     Prayer of Yahia--Prayer 410

     Odd hymns--411- 412

THE CANONICAL PRAYERBOOK
OF THE MANDAEANS

Tab taba Itabia
(the full Commemoration prayer
for the dead and living)

PRAYER 170

Good is the Good (one ?) for the good,
and He set His nature upon those who love His name.

We will seek and find, and will speak and be heard.

We have sought and found, we spoke and were heard in Thy presence, my Lord Manda-d-Hiia, Lord of Healings.

Forgive the sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes of him who made (furnished) this bread , masiqta and tabuta.

His sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes thou wilt remit for him, my lord Manda-d-Hiia and Great First Life, (those of) the donor of fee and oblation.

For our forefathers there shall be forgiving of sins.

For Yus'amin son of Dmut-Hiia there shall be forgiveness of sins.

For Abatur son of Bihrat there shall be forgiveness of sins.

For Hablaba and Kana-d-Zidqa there shall be forgiveness of sins.

For the twenty-four 'uthras, sons of light, there shall be forgiveness of sins.

For Pthahil son of Zahriel there shall be forgiveness of sins.

For Adam son of Qin and Eve his wife there shall be forgiveness of sins.

For S'itil son of Adam there shall be forgiveness of sins.

There shall be forgiveness of sins for Ram and Rud.

There shall be forgiveness of sins for S'urbai and S'arhabiel).

There shall be forgiveness of sins for S'um son of Noah and Nuraita his wife.

There shall be forgiveness of sins for Yahia-Yuhana son of 'Nis'bai and Qinta and Anhar his wives.

There shall be forgiveness of sins for those three hundred and sixty priests who went forth from the district of Jerusalem the city.

There shall be forgiveness of sins for the souls of our good fathers and for this my soul, Adam-Zihrun son of Mahnus', who hath prayed this prayer and devotions.

There shall be forgiveness of sins for the soul of my father, Yahia-Bihram son of Hawa-Mamania.

There shall be forgiveness of sins for the soul of my mother, Mahnus' daughter of Simat.

There shall be forgiveness of sins for the soul of my teacher Bihram son of Mudalal.

There shall be forgiveness of sins for his wife, Anhar daughter of Hawa.

There shall be forgiveness of sins for the souls of my children Anhar daughter of Anhar.

There shall be forgiveness of sins for my brothers (and sisters) Anhar, and Sam, and Mudalal, and Ram; and Muhatam-Yuhana, and Adam-Yuhana, the sons of Mahnus': forgiveness of sins be there for them.

The souls of Mandaeans;

Ram son of S'arat-Simat ,forgiveness of sins be there for him;

Zihrun son of Simat, forgiveness ot sins be there for him;

Anhar daughter of Simat, forgiveness of sins be there for her ;

Simat daughter of Hawa, forgiveness of sins be there for her ;

Ram son of Simat, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Yasmin daughter of Yasman, forgiveness of sins be there for her.

All the souls of our good fathers, be there forgiveness for them.

And for this my soul, mine, Adam-Zihrun son of Mahnul, be there forgiveness for me.

The soul of my teacher, Bihram son of Mudalal, be there forgiveness for him.

The souls of priests, Adam-Zihrun son of Mamania, forgiveness of sins be there for him. Yahia-Anus' son of Maliha, forgiveness of sins be there for him.

Yahia-Ram- Zihrun son of Hawa-Simat, forgiveness of sins be there for him.

Yahia-Zihrun son of Mudalal, forgiveness of sins be there for him.

Sam-Bihram son of Mudalal, forgiveness of sins be there for him.

All souls of our good forefathers, forgiveness of sins be there for them.

And for this my soul, Adam-Zihrun son of Mahnus' who have prayed this prayer and devotions, forgiveness of sins be there for me.

And the soul of my teacher Bihram son of Mudalal, forgiveness of sons be there for him.

The souls of ganzibria:

Yahia-Yuhana son of Hawa-Simat, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Zihrun son of Simat, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Sam-Bihram son of Simat, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Bihram-S'itil son of S'arat, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Zihrun son of Maliha, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Adam son of S'adia-Maliha forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Yahia-Bayan and Yahia-Bihram sons of Hawa-Mamania, forgiveness of sins be there for them;

Ram-Yuhana son of Mamania, forgiveness of sins be there for him
Bayan-Zangia son of Anhar-Simat, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Sam-Saiwia son of S'arat, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Bihram son of Madinat, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Yahia son of Anhar-Ziwa, forgiveness of sins be there for him;

Ram-Sindan and S'aria, forgiveness of sins be there for them;

Hawa daughter of Daia, forgiveness of sins be there for her ;

Anhar- Kumraita daughter of Simat, forgiveness of sins be there for her ;

Yahia-Ramuia son of Ramuia, forgiveness of sins be there for him

Sam-Bihram son of Mudalal, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Adam son of Bihram (Bihrat?)-Dihgan, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Adam-Br-hiia son of Simat, forgiveness of sins of there for him ;

Brik-Yawar son of Buran, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Bihram Bisth'aq son of Hawa, forgiveness of sins be there for him

S'abur son of Dukt, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Mha- tam and S'itil, sons of Haiuna, forgiveness of sins be there for them ;

Anus' son of Mihria-Zad, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

S'aiar- Ziwa and S'abur son (sons?) of Kaizar'il, forgiveness of sins be there for him (them?) ;

Bhira son of Kujasta, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Zakia son of Hawa, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Ardaban-Malka-Baktiar son of Simat, forgiveness of sins be there for him.

And all souls of our good fathers, forgiveness of sins be there for them.

And for this my soul, mine, Adam-Zihrun son of Mahnus', who have prayed this prayer and these devotions, forgiveness of sins be there for me.

The soul of my teacher, Bihram, son of Mudalal, forgiveness of sins be there for him.

The souls of the ethnarchs:

Adam-Bul-Faraz son of Hawa- Mamania, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Anus' Mu'ailia son of Hawa-Zadia, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Yahia-Adam, son of Zadia-Anus' , Hawa ( ?), forgiveness of sins be there for him (their?) ;

Bihdad son of S'adia, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Bainia son of Haiuna, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

Haiuna daughter of Tihwia, forgiveness of sins be there for her ;

Ramuia son of 'Qaimat, forgiveness of sins be there for him ;

S'ganda son of Yasman, forgiveness of sins be there for him,

Zazai-d-Gawazta son of Hawa, forgiveness of sins be there for him.

The people, (consisting of all Nasoraeans, priests and laymen (mandaiia), and ganzibria and ganzaiia (headpriests and treasurers ?), from the age of Adam the First Man down to the end of the world (and generations) ;

all who went down to the jordan and were immersed and received the Pure Sign, who did not betray their Sign, nor renounced (were converted from) their Baptism, forgiveness of sins be there for them.

For them and their spouses and their offspring, their priests, and for those who supplied this bread and ritual food (t'abuta), and for you, my fathers, my teachers and instructors when ye upheld me from the Left to the Right, Forgiveness be there for you.

And ye shall say "Life abideth in Its Dwelling "

And Life be praised:

Life is victorious over all works.