whether the king and queen functioned in the role of patrons, spectators or participants. Other scholars take a decidedly different approach, which notes a preoccupation with foodstuffs and wine especially in the latter part of the text. Some conclude that we have a vintage festival recited at harvest time, while others sense a more ominous feel to the text and conclude that we have a famine myth and ritual. Still other scholars argue that the text’s purpose is to function as a sympathetic magic