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In most such instances, direct trans lation is impossible. jiwitliE ifli ances, fomaD,” ' d t o in ibUj Examplt 'i dkere 7. P R O S E S T Y L E Akkadian prose is distinguished from poetry by its absence o f short, balanced, metrical lines, although prose can seem rhythmic. ParaUeHsm is less developed than in poetry, and may be absent altogether. ^ Sentences can be longer and more complicated than in poetry. 1. See W . von Soden, “ Untersuchungen zur babylonischen M etrik,” Z A 71 (1982), 161-204, Z A 74 (1984), 2 13 —234, who works with accentuation scansion; differently W.
These passages suggest the existence o f a Mesopotamian literary tradition where in the author described the genesis, divine approval, composition, authority, and traditing o f his text. Genesis. All examples imply or state divine inspiration for the text in more or less ambiguous terms. In the case o f Erra and Ishum, the text was “ revealed” ; in the Epic o f Creation, the text was proclaimed during a ceremony, and was “ explained” by the author. In the Agushaya poem and the hymn to Ishtar, the author’s partic1.
I Kenal epiciTa (kte hd 1 Alene Peciili fpicM a ]. v :eriKN. : XiilG m': iiiG::::: : oil IEIni? OQDii' ■Ax 25 The Epic o f Creation (III. 17), which probably dates to the Mature period, is a particularly apt subject for intertextual study, for it draws on a variety o f Akkadian and Sumerian traditions. These include narrative poems about the god Ninurta,^ whose deeds are assigned to Marduk in the Epic o f Creation. 4d). One cannot demonstrate that in every case the epic was the source and the other text the borrowing, but there are usually circumstantial reasons for taking this to be the case.