"... In the Priestly Source, all sins are confessed collectively on an annual basis, as we learn in Leviticus 16:21. The sins of Leviticus 5, which were not committed completely unwittingly, require, an additional confession as stated ... Comparable circumstances can be detected in Šurpu, although this source contains a much longer list of offenses. Similar to what we had observed for P, the types of transgressions listed are broad and include offenses committed either on purpose, unwittingly or through carelessness. While it is true that some sins of the catalogue cannot be committed unknowingly, such as shedding the neighbor’s blood or sleeping with the neighbor’s wife (Šurpu II 48 – 49), Šurpu also lists sins which might have been committed unwittingly or through carelessness. This is the case, for example, when the supplicant sins by coming into contact with an accursed person (Šurpu II 98–103). The claim that this list of potential transgressions is deliberately vague and also includes unknown sins is supported by the concluding line of the catalogue, “The sin he knows, the sin he does not know” (Šurpu III 183). In short, Šurpu was phrased to include as many potential transgressions as possible ..."