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Title: The religion of Babylonia and Assyria especially in its relations to Israel
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Rogers, Robert William, 1864-
Subjects: Judaism
Publisher: New York, Eaton
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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At first the scorpion-manadvises against the mad enterprise, but atlength encourages him to go on. Over themountains he makes his way, and at lengthcomes out to a park of the gods, which seemsto have been situated on the side of the Medi-terranean Sea on the Phoenician coast. Therehe finds the goddess Siduri-Sabitu, seated uponthe throne of the sea, and threatens to breakdown her barred doors if she does not admithim. Once admitted, the goddess inquires whyhe looks so distraught, and why he has wan-dered so far. He tells her the story of Eabanisgreat deeds, and of his death, and of how he,fearing that he also would so die and neverrise again, had set out upon this journey. Heasks her the way to Ut-napishtim, and how hecould go. She warns him that the way thitherleads over the great sea of death, a journey thatnone but Shamash, the sun god, may make;but at last tells him of the sailor of Ut-napish-tim, who may perhaps be induced to help himover the sea thither. The sailor takes him on
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THE MYTHS AND EPICS 199 the journey, and after three days they surpriseUt-napishtim, who asks the same questions asSabitu concerning his appearance and hisjourney, which are answered by Gilgames withthe same account of Eabani. After this therecomes a most unfortunate break in the tablet,and then its concluding lines. The eleventhtablet begins with a continuation of the dia-logue between Ut-napishtim and Gilgames, andsoon we are swept out into the great story ofthe deluge: Gilgames said to him, to Ut-napishtim, the far-away:I consider thee, O Ut-napishtim,Thy appearance is not changed, thou art like me,Thou art not different, thou art like me.5 Thy heart is in perfect state, to make a combat,Thou dost lie down upon thy side, and upon thy back.Tell me, how hast thou been exalted, and amid the assembly of the gods hast found life?Ut-napishtim spoke to him, to Gilgames:I will reveal to thee, O Gilgames, the hidden word,10 And the decision of the gods will I announce to thee. And now beign

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