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Scroll of Exalted Kingship

Scroll of Exalted Kingship

The Scroll of Exalted Kingship (Classical Mandaic: ࡃࡉࡅࡀࡍ ࡌࡀࡋࡊࡅࡕࡀ ࡏࡋࡀࡉࡕࡀDiwan Malkuta ʿLaita; Modern Mandaic: Diwān Malkuthā Əlaythā) is a Mandaean religious text. Written as a large illustrated scroll, the text consists of 1363 lines. The scroll is a commentary on the initiation of the tarmida "junior priest".

Other related texts include The Coronation of the Great Shishlam, also a commentary on the initiation of the tarmida, and the two esoteric texts Alma Rišaia Rba "The Great 'First World'" (DC 41) and Alma Rišaia Zuṭa "The Lesser 'First World'" (DC 48).