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Diwan ḏ-Nahrawata or Diuan ḏ-Nahrauata is a Mandaean religious text. It is written as an illustrated scroll.

Contents
The scroll contains esoteric schematic diagrams of the cosmos. Well-springs () are shown as small circles, mountains as triangles, and rivers (including the Tigris, Euphrates, and Karun) as long straight lines. Zamzam Well is also depicted. Illustrations in the scroll depict Hibil Ziwa as the grand mediator and messenger of the Life. ==Manuscripts and translations==
Manuscripts and translations
E. S. Drower obtained a copy of the text and later donated it to the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, where it was catalogued as Manuscript 7 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 7). In 2022, Brikha Nasoraia published an English translation and analysis. Nasoraia (2022) lists four known manuscripts of the scroll, which he labels Mss A, B, C, and D. Only Mss A and B were previously known to Western scholars. that focuses mainly on esoteric cosmology. It has about 3300 words and was copied by Ram Zihrun, son of Sam Bihram, Kupašia in Shushtar, Iran in 1259 A.H. (1843 A.D.). The scroll contains illustrations of several uthras, including the female uthras Simat Hiia and Ezlat. ==References==
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