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Rpsh Posted 11 years ago
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and that
When there was no heaven,
no earth, no height, no depth, no name,
when Apsu was alone,
the sweet water, the first begetter; and Tiamat
the bitter water, and that
return to the womb, her Mummu,
when there were no gods —
In the fifth sentence, I think the word "that" refers to "Tiamat the bitter water". Do you think so? But is it correct if you put an "and" before "that" to form a clause?
no earth, no height, no depth, no name,
when Apsu was alone,
the sweet water, the first begetter; and Tiamat
the bitter water, and that
return to the womb, her Mummu,
when there were no gods —
In the fifth sentence, I think the word "that" refers to "Tiamat the bitter water". Do you think so? But is it correct if you put an "and" before "that" to form a clause?
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It seems it is a literal translation of the poetic inscription. "that" might refer to unmentioned beings, or there might be a word missing after "that" It's hard to say.
- It seems it is a literal translation of the poetic inscription.
- "that" might refer to unmentioned beings, or there might be a word missing after "that" It's hard to say.
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It seems it is a literal translation of the poetic inscription.
"that" might refer to unmentioned beings, or there might be a word missing after "that"
It's hard to say.
"that" might refer to unmentioned beings, or there might be a word missing after "that"
It's hard to say.
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But I've already cited the text from the first line. And there is no omission.
Here is the next lines of the poem:
When sweet and bitter
mingled together, no reed was plaited, no rushes
muddied the water,
the gods were nameless, natureless, futureless, then
from Apsu and Tiamat
in the waters gods were created, in the waters
silt precipitated,
Maybe t
Here is the next lines of the poem:
When sweet and bitter
mingled together, no reed was plaited, no rushes
muddied the water,
the gods were nameless, natureless, futureless, then
from Apsu and Tiamat
in the waters gods were created, in the waters
silt precipitated,
Maybe t
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when Apsu was alone,
the sweet water, the first begetter; and Tiamat
the bitter water, and (the beings) that
return to the womb, her Mummu,
when there were no gods —
That is the way I would interpret it. "That" referring to the beings before being born.
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the sweet water, the first begetter; and Tiamat
the bitter water, and (the beings) that
return to the womb, her Mummu,
when there were no gods —
That is the way I would interpret it. "That" referring to the beings before being born.
Here is a tra
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Someone said that the structure "and that" is complementary to the antecedent text. Do you think so?
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rpshSomeone said that the structure "and that" is complementary to the antecedent text. Do you think so?I don't know what they mean. I assume that it is just part of a literal transcription.
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